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Helen Alfredsson

Sweden · born , Gothenburg, Sweden

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1993 The Chevron Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times
  • Other titles 1990 Women's Open, 1994 Evian Championship, 1998 Evian Championship and 2008 Evian Championship

Wins

Majors (1)

  1. 1st major · 1993 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 284 (-4) · 2 strokes from Tina Barrett, Amy Benz and Betsy King

Other wins

  1. 1990 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 288
  2. 1994 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 287
  3. 1998 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 277
  4. 2008 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 273

Near misses

  1. 1993 U.S. Women's Open Crooked Stick G.C. · runner-up to Lauri Merten · 281
  2. 2008 U.S. Women's Open Interlachen C.C. · runner-up to Inbee Park · 287

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Lauri Merten's rivals →

Moments

Records and firsts

  1. 1994 U.S. Women's Open lowest 18 holes · 63
  2. 1994 U.S. Women's Open lowest 36 holes · 132

Results by championship

    Best day

    1993 The Chevron Championship

    Mission Hills Country Club · 284 (-4) · 2 strokes from Tina Barrett, Amy Benz and Betsy King

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 1993.

    Career line, 1990–2008

    U.S. Women's Open
    1993 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Lauri Merten2008 U.S. Women's Open: runner-up to Inbee Park
    Chevron Championship
    1993 Chevron Championship: won
    Women's Open
    1990 Women's Open: won
    Evian Championship
    1994 Evian Championship: won1998 Evian Championship: won2008 Evian Championship: won
    1990199520002005

    7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Other win
    • Runner-up

    Helen Alfredsson was born in 1965 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Alfredsson won one major championship: the 1993 Chevron Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1st major · 1993 The Chevron Championship Mission Hills Country Club · 284 (-4) · 2 strokes from Tina Barrett, Amy Benz and Betsy King

    Other wins in championships we cover (4)

    1. 1990 AIG Women's Open Woburn Golf Club · 288
    2. 1994 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 287
    3. 1998 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 277
    4. 2008 The Evian Championship Evian Resort Golf Club · 273

    Near misses

    1. 1993 U.S. Women's Open Crooked Stick G.C. · runner-up to Lauri Merten · 281
    2. 2008 U.S. Women's Open Interlachen C.C. · runner-up to Inbee Park · 287

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1994 U.S. Women's Open lowest 18 holes · 63
    2. 1994 U.S. Women's Open lowest 36 holes · 132

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Helen Alfredsson
    2. Wikipedia: Chevron Championship
    3. Wikipedia: 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
    4. Wikipedia: Women's British Open
    5. aigwomensopen.com: records
    6. lpga.com: british history — link no longer works (checked October 20, 2026): https://lpga.com/news/british-history
    7. Wikipedia: The Evian Championship
    8. lpga.com: 2019 the magical history of the evian championship (archived copy; the original link no longer works)