| Line Toft Hansen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 31 July 1999 Hillerød, Denmark | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Denmark | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2019 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2020) | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Line Toft Hansen (born 31 July 1999) is a Danish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour.[1]
Early life and amateur career
Hansen started playing golf in 2007, taught by her grandfather. She played at Gilleleje Golf Club, where her parents owned the restaurant, and later switched to Hillerød Golf Club.[1] Her brother, Morten Toft Hansen, is also a professional golfer. He won the 2018 Swedish PGA Championship. In 2013, they both won the AON Junior Tour III tournament, in the girls' and boys' category respectively.[2]
Hansen won the Finnish International Championship (U16) in 2014. She was runner-up in the team event at the 2015 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada, and finished 10th individually. She was runner-up at the 2017 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship[3] and runner-up at the 2018 Turkish International Amateur Open Championship.[4] In 2019, she was 3rd at the German International Amateur.[5]
Professional career
Hansen turned professional in late 2019 and joined the 2020 Ladies European Tour with limited category. She started four tournaments and made two cuts. In 2021, she started more than a dozen tournaments and finished T4 in the team event at the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande, teamed with Anne-Lise Caudal of France and Lee-Anne Pace of South Africa.
In 2020, Hansen also participated in seven tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour over the summer, winning the Hagge Open held at Hagge Golf Club near Ludvika, Dalarna.[6] This was enough to win the Order of Merit, albeit shared with Louise Rydqvist, and in the lesser domestic category excluding LET Access Series designated events. The main category was won by Linn Grant.[7]
Amateur wins
- 2013 AON Junior Tour III
- 2014 Finnish International Championship (U16)
- 2016 DGU Elite Tour Damer Sæsonfinalen
- 2017 Hotel Præstekilde Møn Open
Professional wins (1)
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Sep 2020 | Hagge Open | 65-74=139 | −3 | Playoff |  Marina Hedlund |
[9] |
Team appearances
Amateur
- World Junior Girls Championship (representing Denmark): 2015
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Denmark): 2016
References
- 1 2 3 "Player Profile Line Toft Hansen". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Søskende parret Line og Morten Toft Hansen fra Gilleleje Golfklub vandt søndag den 18. aug. 2013 AON Junior Tour III for henholdsvis piger og drenge" (in Danish). Hansen Golf. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "2017 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "2018 Turkish International Amateur Open Championship". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "2019 German International Amateur". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ↑ "Line Toft Hansen vandt sin første sejr som professionel" (in Danish). Golfbladet. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Toft søskende tæt på at genindskrive sig i historiebøgerne" (in Danish). Hansen Golf. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ "Results 2020 Hagge Open by Kompressorteknik MLAB". Golfdata. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
External links
- Line Toft Hansen at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Line Toft Hansen at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
- Line Toft Hansen at the World Amateur Golf Ranking official site