Pernilla Lindberg

Early life

Lindberg was born and grew up in Bollnäs in the province of Hälsingland, Gävleborg County, Sweden. As a youth in Sweden, she was an alpine ski racer. She started playing golf at the age of four introduced by her father Jan, one of the leading players in the local golf club, Bollnäs Golf Club, in the 1970s.

2002–2004, Lindberg won seven national youth tournaments in Sweden. In 2003, she topped the Swedish Junior Tour Order of Merit, and was awarded the Annika Sörenstam Trophy.

Amateur career

Lindberg had a successful career. She beat the Americans in the 2003 Junior Solheim Cup at Bokskogen Golf Club 12–11 as part of the European team.

With the Swedish national team, she was part of winning the 2004 European Girls' Team Championship, the 2006 European Lady Junior's Team Championship, and the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship.

In 2005, she represented Sweden at the Spirit International Amateur in Texas and won the individual title.

Lindberg was also part of the team representing Sweden at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy in Adelaide, Australia together with Caroline Hedwall and Anna Nordqvist. Sweden won the team tournament for their second title and the first wire-to-wire win seen in the championship in 18 years, beating team Spain by 12 strokes. Lindberg finished 18th individually, despite none of her four rounds counted towards the team score. After Sweden took a 10-stroke-lead after the first round, Lindberg joked that they could sell her non-counting 1-under-par-score to another team for an expensive price.

In 2008 she tied for 10th at the 2008 Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika on the Ladies European Tour.

Lindberg played college golf in the United States with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, where she was a three-time All-American. She graduated in May 2009 with a bachelor's degree in international business.

Professional career

Lindberg joined the Duramed Futures Tour in June 2009 and was runner-up at the iMPACT Classic in Virginia. At the end of the year, she qualified for both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour (LET) for 2010. On the LET, she was runner-up at the 2010 New Zealand Women's Open, after she shot a career low 63 (−9), and at the 2011 Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China.

Lindberg tied for 5th at the 2015 U.S. Women's Open, her best major championship finish so far.

Her first professional win came at a major championship, the 2018 ANA Inspiration held March 29 – April 2 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California . She prevailed in a sudden-death playoff, which extended to eight holes, over Inbee Park and Jennifer Song. Despite holding a three-shot lead after 54 holes, Lindberg shot 71 in the final round. In the final pairing, she birdied the 72nd hole to finish at 273 (−15), tied with Park and Song. In the playoff, Song was eliminated on the third extra hole when Park and Lindberg both birdied. After another try, the remaining two parred the hole and play was suspended due to darkness. On Monday morning, the playoff resumed on the 10th hole, then went to 17 and back to 18. Still tied after seven extra holes, the players returned to #10, where Lindberg sank a 30 ft birdie putt, while Park missed hers from The victory boosted Lindberg′s world ranking 61 places, from 95 to 34, and a few weeks later she reached a career-best 29.

In October 2025, Lindberg announced her retirement from the LPGA Tour at age 39, after 340 starts and $3.4 million in prize money.

Personal life

On 31 January 2019, Lindberg married Daniel Taylor, who had been her caddie for several seasons.

Awards, honors

In 2013, Lindberg received Elit Sign number 142 by the Swedish Golf Federation based on world ranking achievements.

In July 2018, she was named honorary member of Bollnäs Golf Club, were the won the club championship in 2001, when she was 15 years old.

For the 2018 season, she was named Swedish Golfer of the Year.

In 2019, she received The Golden Club ("Guldklubban") the highest award by the Swedish Golf Federation for contributions to Swedish golf.

In 2020, she was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.

Amateur wins

• 2005 Spirit International Amateur (individual title)

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Major championships

Wins (1)

1 Defeated Park and Song in a sudden-death playoff: Lindberg (5-5-4-5-4-3-5-3), Park (5-5-4-5-4-3-5-x) and Song (5-5-5).

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut

NT = no tournament

"T" = tied

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2018 ANA – 2018 Evian)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary

As of the 2025 season

LET career summary

• through the 2022 season

Futures Tour summary

• joined in June at mid-season

World ranking

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

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2003, 2004 (winners)
• Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2003 (winners)
• Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2005, 2007 (winners)
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2005, 2007, 2008 (winners)
• Spirit International Amateur (representing Sweden): 2005 (individual winner)
• European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2006 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2008 (winners)

Professional

• International Crown (representing Sweden): 2014, 2018

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