Maria Hjorth

Maria Hjorth
Hjorth at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameMaria Anna McBride
NicknameMimmi
Born (1973-10-15) 15 October 1973
Falun, Sweden
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
SpouseShaun McBride
Children1[1]
Career
CollegeUniversity of Stirling
Turned professional1996
Current tourLegends Tour
Former toursLPGA Tour (1998–2016)
Ladies European Tour (1996–2016)
Professional wins17
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour5
Ladies European Tour2
Other8 (regular)
2 (senior)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship4th: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship2nd: 2008
U.S. Women's OpenT8: 1999
du Maurier ClassicT17: 1999
Women's British OpenT2: 2007
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Signature

Maria Anna McBride (née Hjorth born 15 October 1973) is a Swedish professional golfer. She has won five times on the LPGA Tour and twice finished second in major championships. As a senior, after turning 50, she completed the "senior slam" winning both of the two senior women's major championships in the same year, the 2026 U.S. Senior Women's Open and the 2026 LPGA Legends Championship.

Early years

Hjorth was born in Falun. As the youngest of three daughters to Kjell and Monica Hjorth, she first gripped a golf club at three years of age. Six years old, she traveled with her family, to compete in the unofficial Swedish Championship for children, the Colgate Cup, for girls up to 10 years of age. After the round, her elder sister helped her to count the score.

Nordic skiing was a main interest during winter time. At ten years of age, Hjorth also began playing curling and later became the youngest ever individual winner of the Swedish Championship in curling.

On the golf course, she usually practiced with boys older than her, why she soon find it natural to play from the same tee as the men. During her amateur career she always represented Falun-Borlänge Golf Club.[2]

Amateur career

Hjorth won many individual amateur titles including the 1995 European Ladies Amateur Championship at Wannsee, Berlin, Germany.[3]

She represented Sweden twice at the Espirito Santo Trophy. In 1992 in Vancouver, Canada, with Annika Sörenstam on the team, Sweden finished fourth. In 1994 at Golf National in Paris, France, the Swedish team finished as bronze medalists. Hjorth was also part of the winning Swedish team at the 1994 European Lady Junior's Team Championship at Gutenhof Golf Club, Austria.[3]

Hjorth attended the University of Stirling in Scotland.

Professional career

Hjorth turned professional in 1996 and won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit that year. She played mainly on the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 1996 and 1997. In late 1997, she finished fourth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to gain exempt status on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour for the 1998 season. Since 1998 she played mainly on the LPGA Tour, while continuing to play in Europe several times each year.

She has won two individual titles on the LET and five on the LPGA. Winning her second LPGA title in 1999, the Mizuno Classic in Japan, she played with a mix-matched set of clubs because her clubs were lost by an airline.

Major championships

She once finished second in the Women's PGA Championship, losing in a playoff, and once tied second in the Women's British Open. She was also sole or tied second in the Evian Masters in France three times before it was recognized as a major championship.

Professional team appearaces

She was a member of five European Solheim Cup teams in 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 and played three times in the Praia d'El Rey European Cup, a team competition sanctioned by the LET.

Senior career

As a senior, after turning 50, Hjorth, now playing under her last name McBride, won both of the two senior women's major championships in the same year, the 2026 U.S. Senior Women's Open and the 2026 Senior LPGA Championship, completing the same "senior slam" as Laura Davies achieved in 2018 and Hjorth's fellow country women Helen Alfredsson in 2019.[4]

Private life, awards, honors

In 1996, she earned Elite Sign No. 107 by the Swedish Golf Federation, on the basis of national team appearances and national championship performances.[5]

In 2001, she was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.[6]

In 1995, three weeks before winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship, she was diagnosed with diabetes.[2]

She married Shaun McBride on New Years eve 2007 and since then played under her married name, Maria McBride. Their daughter Emily was born in 2009 and the family resides in Orlando, Florida.

Her husband has caddied for her, as well as on the PGA Tour, for Bryce Molder.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (17)

LPGA Tour (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 19 Sep 1999 Safeco Classic 69-68-70-64=271 −17 2 strokes Scotland Catriona Matthew 97,500
2 7 Nov 1999 Mizuno Classic 70-64-67=201 −15 5 strokes England Laura Davies
South Korea Ok-Hee Ku
Japan Fumiko Moriguchi
Japan Aki Nakano		 120,000
3 30 Sep 2007 Navistar LPGA Classic 70-67-70-67=274 −14 1 stroke United States Stacy Prammanasudh 195,000
4 5 Dec 2010 LPGA Tour Championship 72-68-71-72=283 −5 1 stroke South Korea Amy Yang 225,000
5 1 May 2011 Avnet LPGA Classic 70-74-67-67=278 −10 2 strokes South Korea Song-Hee Kim 195,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 Subaru Memorial of Naples United States Nancy Scranton Lost to par on second extra hole
2 2008 McDonald's LPGA Championship Taiwan Yani Tseng Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Ladies European Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share
1 11 Jul 2004 Ladies English Open 66-67-64=197 −19 6 strokes Australia Joanne Mills £18,750
2 10 Jul 2005 Ladies English Open (2) 68-69-67=204 −12 1 stroke Finland Minea Blomqvist €24,750

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResultRef
1 1999 McDonald's WPGA Championship England Laura Davies Lost to par on second extra hole [7]

Swedish Golf Tour (7)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Ref
128 Jul 1991Aspeboda Ladies Open
(as an amateur)		70-73-75=218+27 strokesSweden Ulrika Johansson (a)[8]
21 Aug 1993Aspeboda Ladies Open (2)
(as an amateur)		77-73-75=225+91 strokeSweden Carin Hjalmarsson[9]
311 Sep 1993SM Match Play
(as an amateur)		19thSweden Jennifer Allmark[10]
47 Aug 1994SM Match Play (2)
(as an amateur)		19thSweden Charlotta Sörenstam (a)[11]
52 Jun 1996Delsjö Ladies Open77-72-72=221+52 strokesSweden Helene Koch[12]
616 Jun 1996Toyota Ladies Open71-71-68=210−611 strokesSweden Malin Landehag[13]
728 Jul 1996Aspeboda Ladies Open (3)71-71-72=214−55 strokesSweden Linda Ericsson[14]

Other wins (1)

  • 1997 A.V. Rubbish Classic (Players West Tour)

Legends of the LPGA wins (2)

Legend
Legends Tour major championships (2)
Other Legends Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Aug 2026 LPGA Legends Championship −7 (68-70-68=206) 2 strokes United States Angela Stanford
2 23 Aug 2026 U.S. Senior Women's Open −6 (73-70-66-73=282) 2 strokes Sweden Annika Sörenstam

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament199819992000
Kraft Nabisco Championship T10 CUT
LPGA Championship T16 T63 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T8 CUT
du Maurier Classic T41 T17 CUT
Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009
Kraft Nabisco Championship T24 T36 T5 CUT CUT 9 4
LPGA Championship T3 T22 CUT CUT 71 T39 T33 2 T23
U.S. Women's Open T19 CUT CUT CUT T41 CUT T51 CUT
Women's British Open ^ T25 CUT CUT 69 CUT T45 T2 T69 T11
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
Kraft Nabisco Championship T19 T38 T69 CUT CUT
LPGA Championship CUT T8 CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T28 T34 CUT CUT
Women's British Open CUT 13 CUT 12 T65
The Evian Championship ^^ CUT

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration000146149
Women's PGA Championship0112361810
U.S. Women's Open000012146
Women's British Open010115149
The Evian Championship00000010
du Maurier Classic00000132
Totals02149206436
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (nine times)

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
1998 25 19 0 0 0 3 T5 133,943 72.08
1999 31 29 2 1 1 8 1 572,940 71.09
2000 28 15 0 1 0 2 2 181,939 50 73.05
2001 29 24 0 4 2 9 2 848,195 5 71.46
2002 22 17 0 1 0 2 T2 359,194 26 72.14
2003 22 11 0 0 0 T5 T2 108,512 70 73.08
2004 22 9 0 0 0 0 T17 44,074 123 73.08 154
2005 23 16 0 0 1 4 T3 242,371 51 71.36 35
2006 26 18 0 0 1 2 T3 299,634 44 72.20 48
2007 28 23 1 3 0 8 1 949,055 11 71.88 19
2008 22 20 0 1 0 4 2 588,396 31 71.76 24
2009 18 14 0 1 0 3 T2 428,935 32 71.02 14
2010 22 13 1 0 1 4 1 568,914 20 71.97 31
2011 20 20 1 0 0 6 1 630,320 17 71.51 16
2012 20 12 0 0 0 1 T9 98,971 79 73.56 95
2013 15 9 0 0 0 0 T30 39,238 106 72.56 71
2014 15 2 0 0 0 0 T69 6,497 154 74.73 153
2015 14 8 0 0 0 2 T4 172,308 73 72.33 73
2016 17 3 0 0 0 0 T54 14,213 154 73.77 147
2022 2 1 0 0 0 0 T67 3,239 197 74.17 n/a
  • official through the 2022 season[15]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 21 6–10–5 0–4–1 4–3–1 2–3–3 8.5 40.5%
2002 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to K. Robbins 5&3 0–0–0 1–1–0 lost w/ A. Sörenstam 2&1,
won w/ I. Tinning 1 up		 1.0 33%
2005 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to N. Gulbis 2&1 1–1–0 won w/ L. Davies 2&1,
lost w/ L. Davies 3&2		 0–1–0 lost w/ I. Tinning 3&2 1.0 25%
2007 5 1–1–3 0–1–0 lost to P. Creamer 2&1 1–0–1 won w/ G. Nocera 3&2,
halved w/ G. Nocera		 0–0–2 halved w/ A. Sörenstam,
halved w/ L. Wessberg		 2.5 50%
2009 5 2–1–2 0–0–1 halved w/ C. Kerr 1–1–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&2,
lost w/ A. Nordqvist 1 dn		 1–0–1 halved w/ C. Matthew,
won w/ G. Nocera 1 up		 3.0 60%
2011 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to C. Kim 4&2 1–1–0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 2&1,
won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&2		 0–1–0 lost w/ A. Muñoz 3&1 1.0 25%

References

  1. ↑ "Moms on Tour Blog". LPGA. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Monica Hjorth "Mimmi älskade att träna"". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6. June 2009. pp. 111–112.
  3. 1 2 Golf - Den Stora Sporten' [Golf - the Great Sport] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. pp. 193, 194, 195 198, 199, 209, 225.
  4. ↑ Coffin, Jay (23 August 2026). "Maria McBride holds off Annika Sorenstam, becomes third Swede to win U.S. Senior Women's Open". Golf Digest.
  5. ↑ Jansson, Anders (2004). Golf - Den stora sporten, Elitmärket [Golf - The great sport, Elite Sign] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. p. 97. ISBN 91-86818007.
  6. ↑ "PGA of Sweden, Utmärkelser, Hedersmedlemar" [PGA of Sweden, Awards, Honorary Members] (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  7. ↑ "Tävling, European Ladies Tour" [Competition, European Ladies Tour]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9. September 1999. p. 113. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Results 1991 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Results 1993 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Results 1993 SM Match". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Results 1994 SM Match". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "Results 1996 Delsjö Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "Results 1996 Toyota Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  14. ↑ "Results 1996 Aspeboda Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  15. ↑ "Maria McBride – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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