Marita_Engzelius
Marita Engzelius
Norwegian professional golfer
Marita Engzelius (born 9 February 1988) is a retired Norwegian professional golfer, who played on the Symetra Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the Symetra Tour Championship and was runner-up at the New South Wales Women's Open.[1]
| Marita Engzelius | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1988-02-09) 9 February 1988 (age 36) Bærum, Norway |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  Norway |
| Career | |
| College | University of Tulsa |
| Turned professional | 2013 |
| Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour Ladies European Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Epson Tour | 1 |
Engzelius won the Norwegian National Golf Championship three times (2007, 2010 and 2012) and was awarded the Kongepokal.[2] She represented Norway at the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2010 and 2012.
Playing golf at the University of Tulsa between 2009 and 2012, she was a three-time All-Conference USA selection.[3][4]
Engzelius turned professional after finishing 24th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2012, where she earned a place on the Symetra Tour and limited category for the 2013 LPGA Tour.[5]
She played on the Symetra Tour from 2013 to 2017. In 2014 she eagled the first playoff hole to win the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship, to finish 15th on the money list.[6]
Engzelius was successful at the Ladies European Tour's qualifying school in 2017, and played on the LET 2018 and 2019. She won the season opener in the LET Access Series, the Terre Blanche Ladies Open held in France, in April 2018.[7] Her best finish on the LET was runner-up at the 2018 New South Wales Women's Open in Australia, two strokes behind Meghan MacLaren.[1]
After 7 years on tour she announced her retirement at the Open de España Femenino in December 2019.[5]
Amateur wins
Symetra Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 Jul 2014 | Symetra Tour Championship | 278 | −10 | Playoff |  Demi Runas Jackie Stoelting |
LET Access Series wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Oct 2018 | Terre Blanche Ladies Open | 67-69=136 | −8 | 3 strokes |  Emma Nilsson |
Amateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Norway): 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Norway): 2010, 2012
Professional
- European Championships (representing Norway): 2018
- "Player Profile Marita Engzelius". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "Norgesmesterskapene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Golf Federation. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- "Player Profile Marita Engzelius". Tulsa Hurricane. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "Player Profile Marita Engzelius". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "Marita Engzelius legger opp" (in Norwegian). Norsk Golf. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "Marita Engzelius wins Symetra Tour finale". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "Getting to Know Marita Engzelius". LET Acceess Series. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- Marita Engzelius at the LPGA Tour official site
- Marita Engzelius at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Marita Engzelius at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Marita Engzelius at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)