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Dewi Claire Schreefel

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Dewi Claire Schreefel
Personal information
Born (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 38)
Alkmaar, Netherlands
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality Netherlands
ResidenceDiepenveen, Deventer, Netherlands
Career
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)Futures Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT66: 2012
Women's PGA C'shipT57: 2011
U.S. Women's OpenT36: 2013
Women's British OpenT11: 2011
Evian Championship70th: 2014

Dewi Claire Schreefel (born 12 November 1985) is a Dutch professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour and formerly on the Futures Tour.

Personal

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Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985. She resides in the village of Diepenveen located within the municipality of Deventer. Her father is Indonesian and her mother is Dutch.

Amateur and college career

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As a junior player, Schreefel won the Dutch Stroke-Play Championship five times, in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004. She also won the 2004 Italian Women's Amateur Championship and the Dutch Match-Play Championship. She attended the University of Southern California where she was a member of the 2008 NCAA National Championship winning team, was the 2006 NCAA Individual champion, a three-time All-American and finished in the top-10 14 times. She had three wins during her college career.[1] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology.[citation needed]

Schreefel was part of the Dutch team finishing silver medalists at the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship after host nation Sweden at Stenungsund Golf Club.[2] She also played for the Netherlands five times in a row at the Espirito Santo Trophy, last time in 2008 in Adelaide, Australia.[3][4]

Professional career

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Schreefel turned professional in 2008, and joined the Futures Tour on 27 January 2009. She had one win on the Futures Tour in her rookie season and finished tenth on the season-ending money list to earn LPGA Tour status for 2010, although she was unable to gain entry into any LPGA events in 2010 because of her low status on the LPGA priority list and she played a second full season on the Futures Tour that year. She finished tied for fourth place in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament on 12 December 2010 to earn full playing status on the LPGA for 2011.[5]

Professional wins (2)

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Ladies European Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 7 Sep 2014 Helsingborg Open −17 (67-70-68-66=271) 7 strokes Australia Rebecca Artis

Futures Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 19 Jul 2009 ING New England Golf Classic −8 (69-64-69=202) 3 strokes South Korea Aimee Cho, United States Hannah Jun, Australia Kristie Smith

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ANA Inspiration CUT T66 CUT T71 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T57 T62 CUT 72 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T57 T36 CUT CUT
Women's British Open T11 T47 T56 CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ CUT 70

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ University of Southern California, USC Trojan Profile Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ "World Amateur Team Championships: Women's World Amateur Team Championship". Golfstat. 11 October 2008. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "23rd World Amateur Team Championship" (PDF). World Amateur Golf Council. pp. 5−10. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  5. ^ LPGA, LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Archived 2011-08-14 at the Wayback Machine 10 December 2010, Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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