Emily Kristine Pedersen

{{short description|Danish professional golfer}}

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}

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| fullname = Emily Kristine Pedersen

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|3|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

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| yearpro = 2015

| tour = Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour

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| nabisco = CUT: 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024

| lpga = T36: 2017

| wusopen = T23: 2021

| wbritopen = T11: 2020

| evian = T14: 2016

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| award1 = Den Gyldne Golfbold (PoY in Denmark)

| year1 = 2013, 2020

| award2 = Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year

| year2 = 2015

| award3 = Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner

| year3 = 2020

| award4 = Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year

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Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour.[http://ladieseuropeantour.com/player/?player=200565 Profile on Ladies European Tour's official site] She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015.

Pedersen earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2021/an-earns-medalist-honors-at-q-series |title=Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series |publisher=LPGA |date=13 December 2021}}

She made only the second hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history in 2023 on the 12th hole in the afternoon four-ball on 22 September 2023.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/LPGA/status/1705250764296171865 |title=Solheim Cup Ace |publisher=twitter.com |date=September 22, 2023}}

Amateur wins

Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.wagr.com/en/Ranking/Player.aspx?playerid=17106&isMens=False |title=Emily Kristine Pedersen |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=8 August 2017}}

Professional wins (6)

=Ladies European Tour wins (5)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning
score

!To par

!Margin
of victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|25 Oct 2015

|Hero Women's Indian Open1

|align=right|70-73-73=216

|align=center|E

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|DNK}} Malene Jørgensen
{{flagicon|WAL}} Becky Morgan
{{flagicon|USA}} Cheyenne Woods

align=center|2

|align=right|30 Aug 2020

|Tipsport Czech Ladies Open

|align=right|63-65-71=199

|align=center|−17

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Christine Wolf

align=center|3

|align=right|15 Nov 2020

|Aramco Saudi Ladies International

|align=right|67-68-71-72=278

|align=center|−10

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Georgia Hall

align=center|4

|align=right|19 Nov 2020

|Saudi Ladies Team International
(individual event)

|align=right|69-66-67=202

|align=center|−14

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|NLD}} Anne van Dam
{{flagicon|AUS}} Stephanie Kyriacou
{{flagicon|ESP}} Luna Sobrón

align=center|5

|align=right|29 Nov 2020

|Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España

|align=right|68-71-68-66=273

|align=center|−15

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Nuria Iturrioz

1 Co-sanctioned by Ladies Asian Golf Tour

LET playoff record (1–2)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|2015

|Open de France Dames

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Céline Herbin

|Herbin won with a par on the third extra hole{{cite web |title=Céline Herbin wins play-off to claim Lacoste Ladies Open de France |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/celine-herbin-wins-play-off-to-claim-lacoste-ladies-open-de-france/ |publisher=LET |access-date=31 January 2020}}

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|align=center|2

|2020

|ASI Ladies Scottish Open

|{{flagicon|USA}} Cheyenne Knight
{{flagicon|USA}} Stacy Lewis
{{flagicon|ESP}} Azahara Muñoz

|Lewis won with a birdie on the first extra hole

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|align=center|2

|2020

|Saudi Ladies International

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Georgia Hall

|Pedersen won with a birdie on the first extra hole

=Danish Golf Tour wins (1)=

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of
victory!!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|10 Jun 2020

|Bravo Tours Open

|−11 (66-67=133)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Oliver Suhr

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

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!! Tournament !! 2014 !! 2015 !! 2016 !! 2017 !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024

align=left|Chevron Championship

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|CUT

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|CUT

|CUT

|CUT

align=left|U.S. Women's Open

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|T41

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|CUT

|T23

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|T58

align=left|Women's PGA Championship

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|T36

|CUT

|CUT

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|CUT

|T50

|T52

|CUT

align=left|The Evian Championship

|T47

|T25

|T14

|CUT

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|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

|T19

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|CUT

|54

align=left|Women's British Open

|CUT

|CUT

|T40

|CUT

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|T11

|T42

|T22

|T30

|CUT

{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}

CUT = missed the half-way cut

NT = no tournament

"T" = tied

=Summary=

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!Tournament !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top-5 !! Top-10 !! Top-25 !! Events !! Cuts made

align=left|Chevron Championship00000040
align=left|U.S. Women's Open00000143
align=left|Women's PGA Championship00000073
align=left|The Evian Championship00000375
align=left|Women's British Open00000295
Totals0000063116

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

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! Year !! Ranking !! Source

2014460{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2014-12-29 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 29, 2014}}
2015118{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2015-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2015}}
2016100{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2016-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 26, 2016}}
2017153{{cite web |url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2017-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 25, 2017}}
2018323{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 31, 2018}}
2019509{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 30, 2019}}
202071{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 28, 2020}}
202174{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=December 27, 2021}}
2022126{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=26 December 2022}}
2023110{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=25 December 2023}}
2024132{{cite web |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 |title=Women's World Golf Rankings |date=30 December 2024}}

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

=Solheim Cup record=

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! Year !! Total
matches !! Total
W–L–H !! Singles
W–L–H !! Foursomes
W–L–H !! Fourballs
W–L–H !! Points
won !! Points
%

Career

|17

|7–9–1

|1–3–0

|3–4–0

|3–2–1

|7.5

|44.1

2017

|3

|0–3–0

|0–1–0 lost to D. Kang 3&1

|0–1–0 lost w/ M. Reid 5&3

|0–1–0 lost w/ C. Ciganda 6&5

|0

|0.0

2021

|4

|3–1–0

|1–0–0 def. D. Kang 1 up

|1–1–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&1
lost w/ C. Hull 2&1

|1–0–0 won w/ C. Hull 3&2

|3

|75.0

2023

|5

|2–2–1

|0–1–0 lost to L. Thompson 2&1

|1–1–0 lost w/ C. Hull 5&4
won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1

|1–0–1 halved w/ M. Stark
won w/ M. Sagström 2&1

|2.5

|50.0

2024

|5

|2–3–0

|0–1–0 lost to M. Khang 6&5

|1–1–0 won w/ M. Stark 2 up
lost w/ C. Ciganda 1 dn

|1–1–0 lost w/ M. Stark 3&2
won w/ C. Ciganda 2&1

|2.0

|40.0

References

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