Anna Oxenstierna

{{short description|Swedish golfer}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Anna Oxenstierna | image = | imagesize =  | caption = | fullname =Anna Iliana Maria Gabriella Oxenstierna | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|6|13|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | height =  | weight = | nationality = {{SWE}} | residence = Stockholm, Sweden | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1987 | retired = | tour = | extour = Ladies European Tour Swedish Golf Tour | prowins = 3 | letwins = 1 | otherwins = 2 | majorwins =  | nabisco = | lpga = | wusopen = | wbritopen = | evian = | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 = | year1 = | award2 =  | year2 =  | awardssection =  }} '''Anna Iliana Maria Gabriella Oxenstierna''' (born 13 June 1963) is a retired Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the European Lady Junior's Team Championship twice and the 1989 TEC Players Championship in England.<ref>{{cite book |title=LET Tour Guide 2013 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/30317578/2013–let–tour–guide–pdf–ladies–european–tour |publisher=Ladies European Tour |year=2013 |page=196}}</ref>

== Early life and family== Born into an athletic and golfing family, her father Thure Gabriel Oxenstierna is the architect of Roslagen Golf Club, where her brother Alexander later became the general manager. Her grandfather Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna won gold in modern pentathlon at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=132}}</ref>

==Amateur career== Oxenstierna joined the Swedish National Team in 1978 and represented Sweden five times at the European Lady Junior's Team Championship, winning the 1981 and 1984 editions and finishing runner-up in 1982 and 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=198}}</ref> She finished third at the 1983 European Ladies' Team Championship in Waterloo, Belgium, and fourth at the 1985 edition in Stavanger, Norway.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=192}}</ref> She formed the Swedish team, with Liselotte Neumann and Viveca Hoff, that finished seventh at the 1984 Espirito Santo Trophy in Hong Kong .<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=184}}</ref>

Individually, she won the 1983 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship, at the time the most prestigious amateur tournament in the nation. She also won the 72-hole tournament Pierre Robert Cup at Falsterbo Golf Club in both 1981 and 1984.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=221}}</ref> She was semi-finalist at the Swedish Matchplay Championship in 1988 and 1994.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=220}}</ref>

== Professional career== Oxenstierna turned professional ahead of the 1987 season and played on the Swedish Golf Tour where she was runner-up at the 1987 Delsjö Ladies Open. She finished the 1987 season third on Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit, and in 1988 she finished second, behind Sofia Grönberg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=278}}</ref> In 1989 she won the IBM Ladies Open and Ängsö Ladies Open.

Oxenstierna also joined the Ladies European Tour, where she won the 1989 TEC Players Championship two strokes ahead of Laurette Maritz, to become the fifth Swedish LET winner after Kärstin Ehrnlund, Marie Wennersten, Liselotte Neumann and Sofia Grönberg.<ref>{{cite web |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |accessdate=26 September 2020 |page=262}}</ref> In 1990 she was runner-up at the WPG European Tour Classic, 2 strokes behind Tania Abitbol of Spain.<ref name="Golfdata"/>

==Amateur wins== *1981 Pierre Robert Cup *1983 Swedish International Stroke Play Championship *1984 Pierre Robert Cup

==Professional wins (3)== ===Ladies European Tour (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 || align=right|9 Jul 1989 || TEC Players Championship || align=center|286 || align=center| −6 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Laurette Maritz |}

===Swedish Golf Tour (2)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of victory !Runner-up !Ref |- |align=center|1 || align=right|4 Jun 1989 || IBM Ladies Open || align=center|216 || align=center|−3 || 9 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} Pia Nilsson ||<ref>{{cite web |title=1989 IBM Ladies Open |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/tournament_results?CompID=M892XXX |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=16 April 2025}}</ref> |- |align=center|2 || align=right|18 Jun 1989 || Ängsö Ladies Open || align=center|221 || align=center|+5 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|SWE}} Helen Alfredsson ||<ref>{{cite web |title=1989 Ängsö Ladies Open |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/tournament_results?CompID=M894XXX |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=16 April 2025}}</ref> |}

Source:<ref name="Golfdata">{{cite web |title=Anna Oxenstierna |url=https://golfdata.se/guide/Profil_startsida.asp?nr=3020 |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=26 September 2020}}</ref>

==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1980, 1981 (winners), 1982, 1983, 1984 (winners) *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 1983, 1985 *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 1984 *Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 1985

Source:<ref name=etc>{{cite web |url=http://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-team-championship |title=European Team Championships |publisher=European Golf Association}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Golfdata|3020}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oxenstierna, Anna}} Category:Swedish female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Stockholm Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Swedish sportswomen