Tiia Koivisto
{{short description|Finnish professional golfer}}
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| birth_place = Mäntsälä, Finland
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| tour = LET (joined 2021)
| extour = LET Access Series (joined 2017)
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Tiia Koivisto (born 6 February 1994) is a Finnish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2022 Jabra Ladies Open. In 2020, she topped the LETAS Order of Merit after winning the Czech Ladies Challenge.{{cite web |title=Player Profile Tiia Koivisto |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/?player=910121 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=9 September 2021}}
Career
Koivisto was born in Mäntsälä in the greater Helsinki area and grew up next to the Hirvihaaran Golf Course.{{cite web |title=Tiia Koivisto |url=https://hirvihaarangolf.fi/higm-seura/tiia-koivisto/ |publisher=Hirvihaaran Golf |language=fi |access-date=9 September 2021}} She only took up golf at the age of 15 after playing soccer for most of her childhood, first for the boys' team as a defender and then later in the women's as a striker.{{cite web |title=Getting to Know Tiia Koivisto |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/getting-to-knowtiia-koivisto/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=9 September 2021}}
In 2016, she won the Finnish Match Play and finished third in the Finnish Stroke Play Championship.
Koivisto turned professional in late 2016 after attending LET Q-School, and started playing on the LET Access Series in 2017. She has enjoyed steady progress, with two top-10 finishes in her first season at the Azores Ladies Open and the Castellum Ladies Open, a solo third finish at the Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open in 2018, to five top-10 finishes in 2019. In 2020, she finished T11 at the Australian Ladies Classic and won the Czech Ladies Challenge to top the LETAS Order of Merit, earning promotion to the Ladies European Tour. She finished the year with a scoring average of 69.6.
In 2021, she finished T7 at the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande and made the cut in her first LPGA Tour-sanctioned event, the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Ireland.
In 2022, she won the Jabra Ladies Open, held at the Evian Resort Golf Club in France, after beating Whitney Hillier of Australia in a playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole. With her victory, Koivisto earned a place in the field for The Amundi Evian Championship, her first major.{{cite web |title=Jabra Joy For Tiia Koivisto |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/jabra-joy-for-tiia-koivisto/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=22 May 2022}}
Amateur wins
- 2014 Audi Finnish Tour Karsinta
- 2016 Finnish Match Play
Professional wins (2)
=Ladies European Tour wins (1)=
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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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|align=right|21 May 2022 |−6 (72-69-66=207) |Playoff |{{flagicon|AUS}} Whitney Hillier |
Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–0)
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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |
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|align=center|1 |2022 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Whitney Hillier |Won with birdie on first extra hole |
=LET Access Series wins (1)=
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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of |
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|align=right|18 Sep 2020 |Amundi Czech Ladies Challenge |−9 (68-71-68=207) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|ENG}} Cara Gainer |
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://tiiakoivisto.com}} {{in lang|fi}}
- {{LadiesEuroTour player|910121}}
- {{WWGR|4967}}
- {{Golfdata|48746}}
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Category:Finnish female golfers
Category:Ladies European Tour golfers