Malene Jørgensen

Malene Jørgensen (born 30 July 1986) is a Danish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour between 2009 and 2016. She was runner-up in the Dutch Ladies Open, Turkish Ladies Open and Hero Women's Indian Open.[1]

Malene Jørgensen
Personal information
Born (1986-07-30) 30 July 1986
Odense, Denmark
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality Denmark
Career
Turned professional2009
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenT25: 2013
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Early life and amateur career

Jørgensen started playing golf at age 9 with her family, encouraged by her 6 years older brother Michael Jørgensen, a professional golfer and Challenge Tour player.[2] She represented Odense Eventyr Golf Club.[3]

Jørgensen was a member of the Danish National Team between 2002 and 2008. She represented Denmark at the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship where Denmark finished fifth and at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy in Adelaide, Australia, where Denmark tied for 8th place.[1]

Professional career

Jørgensen turned professional in January 2009 and joined the Ladies European Tour. In her rookie year, she finished inside the top 80 in the rankings, to keep her full card. She finished 48th on the Order of Merit in 2010 and 56th in 2011, but had to return to Q-School to keep her card after finishing 100th in 2012.[2]

She represented Denmark at the 2011 European Nations Cup with Iben Tinning, replacing Lisa Holm Sørensen.[4]

Jørgensen's game improved, and in 2013 she made the cut at the Women's British Open. In May 2014, she hit the best form of her career, and was runner-up at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open, and the following week lost a playoff to Kylie Henry at the Deloitte Ladies Open. In 2015, she finished third at the Helsingborg Open and Lacoste Ladies Open de France, and recorded another runner-up finish at the Hero Women's Indian Open, losing by one stroke to compatriot Emily Kristine Pedersen.[5][6]

She finished 15th on the LET Order of Merit in 2014, 16th in 2015, and 18th in 2016.[7] After taking 2017 off for maternity leave, Jørgensen did not return to tour.[8]

Amateur wins
  • 2006 Danish Amateur Strokeplay Championship, Danish Amateur Matchplay Championship
  • 2008 Danish Amateur Strokeplay Championship, Danish International Ladies Amateur Championship

Source:[2]

Playoff record

LET playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2014 Deloitte Ladies Open Australia Nikki Campbell, Scotland Kylie Henry Henry won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in LPGA majors
Tournament20102011201220132014
Women's British Open CUT CUT T25 CUT
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References
  1. "Malene Jørgensen Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. "2013 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. "Medvind for fynsk golf-pro" (in Danish). TV2 Fyn. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. "Retired Tinning won't rule out a fifth Solheim Cup appearance". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. "Malene Jørgensen blev flot nr. 2 i stor turnering" (in Danish). Odense Eventyr Golf. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. "Flot Andenplads Til Malene Jørgensen På LET" (in Danish). Golfavisen. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. "Malene Jørgensen er gået på barsel" (in Danish). 19Hul. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  8. "Et kort comeback venter på Malene Jørgensen" (in Danish). golf.dk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.


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