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{{short description|Swedish golfer}}
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| fullname          = 	Sofia Maria Grönberg Whitmore
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| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1965|5|25|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Falköping]], Sweden
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| nationality       = {{SWE}}
| residence         = [[Halmstad]], Sweden
| spouse            = John Whitmore
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| college           = [[University of Alabama]]
| yearpro           = 1988
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| extour            = [[Ladies European Tour]] (1989–2001)
| prowins           = 8
| letwins           = 3
| lagtwins          = 1
| otherwins         = 4
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| award1            = [[Ladies Asian Golf Tour]] Order of Merit
| year1             = [[1989 Ladies Asian Golf Tour|1989]]
| award2            = [[Swedish Golfer of the Year]]
| year2             = 1989
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'''Sofia Grönberg-Whitmore''' (born 25 May 1965) is a [[List of Swedish professional golfers|Swedish professional golfer]]. She played on the [[Ladies European Tour]] (LET) between 1989 and 2001 and won three LET titles. In 1989 she also won a title on the [[Ladies Asian Golf Tour]] and its Order of Merit.<ref name="dss">{{cite book |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1? |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport |first=Anders |last=Jansson |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |date=2004 |isbn=91-86818007 |pages=184–187, 193, 198–199, 227, 266}}</ref>
Alongside [[Helen Alfredsson]] and [[Liselotte Neumann]], Grönberg-Whitmore was one of the pioneers of women's professional golf in Sweden in the 1980s.
==Amateur career==
She spent two years with the golf team at the [[University of Alabama]] and later married Englishman John Whitmore, residing in [[Warwickshire]] for part of her career.<ref name="Independent">[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-gronberg-prevails-in-playoff-test-of-nerve-1118606.html Golf: Gronberg prevails in play-off test of nerve], The Independent, 31 August 1999</ref>
As an amateur, she was part of the Swedish teams winning the 1984 [[European Lady Junior's Team Championship]] and the 1987 [[European Ladies' Team Championship]]. She played in the [[1986 Espirito Santo Trophy]] in Caracas, Venezuela with [[Helen Alfredsson]] and [[Eva Dahllöf]]. In 1987 she played for Europe in the [[Vagliano Trophy]].<ref name="dss"/>
==Professional career==
Grönberg-Whitmore turned professional in 1988 and joined the [[Ladies European Tour]]. She won the 1988 [[IBM Ladies Open]], a [[Swedish Golf Tour (women)|Swedish Golf Tour]] event that was added to the LET schedule two years later.
In early 1989, Grönberg-Whitmore played on the [[Ladies Asian Golf Tour]], where she won the Indonesia Ladies Open and that season's Order of Merit. Back in Europe, she won the LET season opener, the [[Rome Classic]], in April. At the end of the year, she was named [[Swedish Golfer of the Year]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/popup/1? |title=Golf - Den stora sporten |language=Swedish |trans-title=Golf - The great sport |first=Anders |last=Jansson |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |date=2004 |isbn=91-86818007 |page=44}}</ref>
Over the next decade, her best results were runner-up finishes at the [[La Manga Spanish Open]] and the [[Sens Ladies' Dutch Open]], both in 1994. She returned to her winning ways in 1999. After triumphing both in the [[Air France Madame Biarritz Open]] and the inaugural Cantor Fitzgerald [[Laura Davies Invitational]] at [[Brocket Hall]], she moved to fifth place on the [[LET Order of Merit]] and sixth spot on the European [[Solheim Cup]] ranking.<ref>[http://www.golftoday.co.uk/tours/tournews/news99/airfrance3.html Gronberg wins second title of season], Golf Today, 31 August 1999</ref>
==Professional wins (8)==
===Ladies European Tour (3)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning<br>score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|1
|16 Apr [[1989 Ladies European Tour|1989]]
|[[Rome Classic]]
|210 (−6)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Marie-Laure Taya]]
|-
|2
|30 Aug [[1999 Ladies European Tour|1999]]
|[[Laura Davies Invitational]]
|275 (−13)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Trish Johnson]]
|-
|3
|9 Oct 1999
|[[Air France Madame Biarritz Open]]
| 200 (−10)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandrine Mendiburu]]
|}
===Ladies Asian Golf Tour (1)===
*[[1989 Ladies Asian Golf Tour|1989]] [[Indonesia Ladies Open]]
===Swedish Golf Tour (1)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning<br>score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner-up
|-
|1
|28 Aug [[1988 Swedish Golf Tour (women)|1988]]
|[[IBM Ladies Open]]
|224 (+5)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Maria Guslin]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Pia Nilsson (golfer)|Pia Nilsson]]
|}
===Other (3)===
*2005 Prins Bertils Pokal
*2007 Prins Bertils Pokal
*2010 Prins Bertils Pokal
==Team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[[European Lady Junior's Team Championship]] (representing Sweden): 1984 (winners), 1986
*[[European Ladies' Team Championship]] (representing Sweden): [[1985 European Ladies' Team Championship|1985]], [[1987 European Ladies' Team Championship|1987]] (winners)
*[[Espirito Santo Trophy]] (representing Sweden): [[1986 Espirito Santo Trophy|1986]]
*[[Vagliano Trophy]] (representing the Continent of Europe): 1987
'''Professional'''
*[[Praia d'El Rey European Cup]] (representing Ladies European Tour): 1999 (winners)
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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Swedish female golfers]]
[[Category:Alabama Crimson Tide women's golfers]]
[[Category:Ladies European Tour golfers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Västra Götaland County]]
[[Category:People from Falköping Municipality]]
[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]