Amy Olson

{{short description|American professional golfer (born 1992)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Amy Olson | image = Amy Anderson Olson (42105485502).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Olson in 2018 | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|7|10}} | birth_place = Oxbow, North Dakota | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | weight = | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = Fargo, North Dakota<ref name=Momtobe>{{cite news |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2023/soon-to-be-lpgamom-amy-olson-hopes-to-inspire-while-playing |title=Soon-To-Be #LPGAMOM Amy Olson Hopes to Inspire While Playing Pregnant at U.S. Women's Open |author=Sarah Kellam |work=LPGA |date=June 29, 2023 |accessdate=June 30, 2023}}</ref> | spouse = Grant Olson | partner = | children = 1 | college = North Dakota State University | yearpro = 2013 | tour = | extour = LPGA Tour (joined 2013) | prowins = | lpgawins = 0 | letwins =  | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins =  | lagtwins =  | alpgwins =  | futwins =  | otherwins =  | majorwins =  | nabisco = T9: 2018 | lpga = T18: 2018 | wusopen = T2: 2020 | wbritopen = T28: 2018 | evian = T2: 2018 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = }} '''Amy Olson''' née '''Anderson''' (born July 10, 1992){{r|LPGAovr}} is an American professional golfer. She played on the LPGA Tour from 2013 to 2023. She turned professional in 2013 after her collegiate career at North Dakota State University where she won an NCAA record 20 collegiate events.{{r|golfwk}}

==Early life== Anderson was born in 1992 in Oxbow, North Dakota to Mark and Twyla Anderson. She started playing golf at age two and won numerous local, state, and regional competitions. her most notable win coming in 2009 at the U.S. Girl's Junior at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster.{{r|am}} In 2011, she was the first woman to compete in the KX Bank of the West Amateur Tournament.<ref name=Par/>

She has one sibling, Nathan Anderson, who competed on North Dakota State University's men's golf team. She was home schooled through high school.{{r|usgtv}}

==Amateur career== Anderson competed at North Dakota State University (NDSU) where she led the women's golf program in scoring each of her four years.{{r|NDSUbio}} She qualified for the 2011 U.S. Women's Open while in college and held the first-round lead at The Broadmoor. She won 20 collegiate events, which beat Juli Inkster's NCAA record of 17 events.{{r|golfwk}}

In addition to her performance on the golf course, Anderson held a 3.97 GPA in accounting and won the Elite 89 Award as a sophomore, being the student-athlete with the highest GPA (4.0) at the national championship.{{r|NDSUbio}}

==Professional career== After completing her senior season at NDSU, Anderson turned professional and won Stage II of LPGA Qualifying school.{{r|golfwk2}} She gained her LPGA Tour card in June 2013 to be part of the rookie class in 2014.{{r|newkid}} Her best finish of the year came at the LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii, where she finished tied for 7th.{{r|LPGAovr}}

In 2018, Olson made the final pairing at the ANA Inspiration, and picked up her first top-10 in a major there as she tied for 9th.<ref name=pos>{{cite news |work=Golf Channel |title=Olson keeps positive attitude despite tough loss |date=September 16, 2018 |first=Randall |last=Mell |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/olson-keeps-positive-attitude-despite-tough-loss}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |work=Golf Channel |title=ANA Inspiration Leaderboard 2018 |date=April 1, 2018 |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2018/ana-inspiration/}}</ref> At The Evian Championship, Olson came close to making her first LPGA victory a major championship, but after at least sharing the lead for most of the final day, she lost to Angela Stanford on the 18th hole with a double bogey.<ref name=pos/><ref>{{cite news |work=Golf Channel |title=Stanford wins Evian after Olson 3-putts |date=September 16, 2018 |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/article/golf-central-blog/stanford-wins-evian-after-olson-3-putts}}</ref> By the end of 2018, she posted a career-best four top-10 finishes in 24 starts, and passed the $1 million mark in career earnings with her T10 finish at the CME Group Tour Championship.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=LPGA |title=Amy Olson – Bio |accessdate=February 19, 2019 |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/amy-olson/98084/bio}}</ref>

Olson started her 2019 season sharing a five-way tie for tenth in the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open,<ref>{{cite web |website=Cleveland.com |title=Nelly Korda wins Women's Australian Open 2019: Final results, leaderboard |date=February 17, 2019 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sports/2019/02/nelly-korda-wins-womens-australian-open-2019-final-results-leaderboard.html}}</ref> and a tie for fifth in the HSBC Women's World Championship.<ref>{{cite news |work=Golf Channel |title=HSBC Women's World Championship |date=March 3, 2019 |url=https://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2019/hsbc-womens-world-championship/}}</ref>

Olson announced her professional golf retirement on her X account on April 24, 2024.<ref name="Golfweek retirement">{{cite news |last1=Nichols |first1=Beth Ann |title=Photos: LPGA's Amy Olson announces retirement |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/gallery/lpga-amy-olson-announces-retirement-pictures/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=Golfweek |publisher=USA Today |date=24 April 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life== {{As of|2017}} she competes under her married name, Amy Olson.<ref name=Par>{{cite news |url=https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/sports/Par-for-the-course-NDSU-golfer-follows-in-Amy-Andersons-footsteps-428554503.html |title=Par for the course, NDSU golfer follows in Amy Anderson's footsteps |website=Valley News Live |location=Fargo, North Dakota |date=June 14, 2017 }}</ref> Olson is married to Grant Olson, the NDSU defensive coordinator.

She found out on January 13, 2023, she is expecting their first child. She played the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links on July 6–9 while seven months pregnant, before a planned maternity leave at 30 weeks.<ref name=Momtobe /> That would be her last tournament before officially retiring in 2024. She gave birth to her daughter in 2023.<ref name="Golfweek retirement" />

She is a Christian.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ackerman |first=Jon |title=Golfer Amy Olson relies on Lord's strength, finishes runner-up at U.S. Open after father-in-law's death |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/golf/2020/12/15/amy-olson-lords-strength-us-open-father-in-law-death/ |website=Sports Spectrum |date=15 December 2020 |access-date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Results in LPGA majors== ''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" ! Tournament !! 2011 !! 2012 || 2013 !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T67 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|T9 |T52 |T51 |T40 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |70 |CUT |CUT |T18 |CUT |T37 |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |63 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T52 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:yellow;"|T2 |T12 |T60 |CUT |- |align=left|The Evian Championship ^ |style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=2| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |63 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T70 |style="background:yellow;"|T2 |T30 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |T60 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's British Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T28 |CUT |T45 |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.  {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} LA = low amateur<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> NT = no tournament<br/> "T" = tied

===Summary=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made |- |align=left|Chevron Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 6 || 5 |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 3 |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 7 || 5 |- |align=left|The Evian Championship || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 7 || 5 |- |align=left|Women's British Open || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 |- !Totals !! 0 !! 2 !! 0 !! 2 !! 3 !! 5 !! 35 !! 20 |} *Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2017 Evian – 2019 ANA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2012

== References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="LPGAovr"> {{cite web |title=Amy Anderson |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/players/a/amy-anderson.aspx |access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="golfwk"> {{cite magazine |title=NDSU, Anderson sweep titles in Summit League |magazine=Golfweek |date=April 25, 2013 |url=http://golfweek.com/news/2013/apr/25/ndsu-anderson-sweep-titles-summit-league/ |access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="usgtv">{{cite web |last=Klongerbo |first=Troy |title=Amy Anderson – Chasing the Dream and the Record Books |publisher=US Golf TV |date=October 2, 2012 |url=http://usgolftv.com/sdgolftv/amy-anderson-impressive-resume-both-on-and-off-the-course-with-major-future-potential/ |access-date=November 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113074747/http://usgolftv.com/sdgolftv/amy-anderson-impressive-resume-both-on-and-off-the-course-with-major-future-potential/ |archive-date=November 13, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="am"> {{cite web |title=Anderson defeats Kim to win USGA Junior Girls |publisher=Amateurgolf.com |date=July 25, 2009 |url=http://www.amateurgolf.com/3698-GolfNews-Anderson-defeats-Kim-to-win-USGA-Junior-Girls |access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NDSUbio"> {{cite web |title=Amy Anderson|publisher=North Dakota State athletics |url=http://www.gobison.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2002 |access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="golfwk2"> {{cite magazine |title=Anderson medalist at 2nd stage of LPGA Q-School |magazine=Golfweek |date=October 11, 2013 |url=http://golfweek.com/news/2013/oct/11/lpga-qschool-amy-anderson-second-stage/ |access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name="newkid"> {{cite web |title=New Kids on the Block: Amy Anderson |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/media-library/videos/2014/players/anderson_amy/new-kids-anderson.aspx |format=video |access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref> }}

== External links == *{{LPGA player|amy-anderson/98084}} *{{WWGR|4300}} *[http://www.gobison.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2002 Amy Anderson] at the official North Dakota State University athletics site

{{DEFAULTSORT:Olson, Amy}} Category:American female golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Golfers from North Dakota Category:North Dakota State Bison athletes Category:People from Cass County, North Dakota Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American sportswomen