EMILY KRISTINE PEDERSEN
PERSONAL PROFILE
Emily is one of the best female golf players in the world. She started her golfing career in Smorum Golf Club and went professional in 2015. She had her first big international breakthrough in the fall of 2020, where she won tournaments three weeks in a row, the first golf player in 31 years to do so. She played a total of 12 tournaments in the Ladies European Tour that year and won four of them. She won the overall Tour, Race to Costa del Sol that year as only the second Dane ever to do so.
In June 2020 she made headlines by winning the Bravo Tours Open by Enjoy Resorts, part of the ECCO Tour, at Romo. She beat all the male players in the tournament.
Solheim Cup
Emily was selected for the Solheim Cup Team Europe for the first time in 2017, again in 2021 and in 2023, Team Europe winning the latter two. She not only won with Team Europe in 2023, but she also wrote history hitting an impressive hole-in-one as the first woman in 10 years to do so and the only second hole-in-one in the Solheim Cup history. In 2024 Emily was selected by the European Captain for the Solheim Cup 2024 beacuse of what she brings to the team, her previous performances and for the fantastic team player she is.
Olympics
Emily Kristine Pedersen qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and was an amazing ambassador for Denmark ending the Games with a fifth place. In 2024 she qualified for the Paris Olympic Games, proudly representing Denmark for the second time.
Brand Ambassador
In everything she does she is showing her worth on and off the course. She is young and driven, a fantastic brand ambassador, and many golf experts believe her to have a very bright future ahead of her in the world of golf.
She has been brand ambassador for the luxurious jewelry brand Shamballa Jewels, and today she is brand ambassador for the global logistics company Scan Global Logistics, which se has been since 2022.
AWARDS
2014 – ‘Female Golf Talent of the Year’ by Golf Club Denmark
2013 - "The Golden Golf Ball"
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
2021 – 5th The Olympic Games in Tokyo
2020 – Winner Open de España Femenino
2020 – Winner Saudi Ladies Team International
2020 – Winner Aramco Saudi Ladies International
2020 – Winner Czech Open
