Antonella Cvitan
| Antonella Cvitan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Antonella Cvitan Bäckström | ||
| Born | 3 September 1980 Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Helsingborg, Sweden | ||
| Spouse | Joakim Bäckström | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2001 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (2001–2010) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour Nedbank Women's Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 5 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2006 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Antonella Cvitan (born 3 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer and former Ladies European Tour player.
Career[edit]
Cvitan turned professional in 2001 and joined the Ladies European Tour, having finished 26th at Q-School. She played on the LET until 2010. 2007 was her best season, with top-15 finishes at the Ladies Open of Portugal and Ladies Scottish Open.[2]
Playing on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa several seasons early 2000s, Cvitan was runner-up at the 2005 Telkom Women's Classic in Pretoria, two strokes behind Laurette Maritz, after she birdied her final three holes.[3]
Cvitan won two titles on the Swedish Golf Tour, the 2004 Telia Grand Opening and the 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open. In addition, she was runner-up at the 2006 Falköping Ladies Open, 2008 Svensk Biogas Masters, 2008 Kungsängen Queens Masters and the 2009 Körunda Ladies Open.[2]
Cvitan played on the LET Access Series between 2012 and 2014. She won the 2012 Samsø Ladies Open with a par on the first playoff hole, after Nicole Broch Larsen hit her tee shot out of bounds, and was runner-up at the 2013 Ingarö Ladies Open.[4]
Her only major appearance was at the 2006 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where she did not make the cut.[5]
She has been attached to Vasatorp Golf Club and Kristianstad Golf Club.[6]
Personal life[edit]
Cvitan married former European Tour player Joakim Bäckström. They won the Swedish Husband-Wife Championship in 2014 and 2019.[7]
Professional wins (5)[edit]
LET Access Series wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Aug 2012 | Samsø Ladies Open | 70-73-70=213 | –3 | Playoff |  Nicole Broch Larsen (a)
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Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 May 2004 | Telia Grand Opening | 73-67=140 | +2 | 1 stroke | Lisa Holm Sørensen
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| 2 | 11 Jun 2006 | Klitterbyn Ladies Open | 70-65-71=206 | –7 | 1 stroke | Caroline Hedwall
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Other wins (2)[edit]
- 2014 Swedish Husband-Wife Championship (with Joakim Bäckström)
- 2019 Swedish Husband-Wife Championship (with Joakim Bäckström)
Source:[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "2001 fick Stenson stipendiet – nu är det Kinhults tur". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Antonella Cvitan". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Maritz wins Telkom Women's Classic". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Strömberg, Martin (19 August 2012). "Cvitan vann i Danmark". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Majordebut i skuggan av Sörenstam". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 2 August 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Cvitan lämnar Kristianstad" (in Swedish). Kristianstadbladet. 7 May 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ Strömberg, Martin. "SM Lockade Stjärnorna". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Results 2012 Samsø Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Results 2004 Telia Grand Opening". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Results 2006 Klitterbyn Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Segrare Äkta Makar/Sambor Mixed" (PDF). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
External links[edit]
- Antonella Cvitan at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)