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.

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 older boys, why she soon find it easier to play from the men's tees. During her amateur career she always represented Falun-Borlänge Golf Club.

Amateur career

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

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.

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 has played mainly on 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.

She has finished second in the Women's PGA Championship, losing in a playoff, and 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 (15)

LPGA Tour (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of victoryRunner(s)-upWinner's share ($)
119 Sep 1999Safeco Classic69-68-70-64=271−172 strokesScotland Catriona Matthew97,500
27 Nov 1999Mizuno Classic70-64-67=201−155 strokesEngland Laura Davies South Korea Ok-Hee Ku Japan Fumiko Moriguchi Japan Aki Nakano120,000
330 Sep 2007Navistar LPGA Classic70-67-70-67=274−141 strokeUnited States Stacy Prammanasudh195,000
45 Dec 2010LPGA Tour Championship72-68-71-72=283−51 strokeSouth Korea Amy Yang225,000
51 May 2011Avnet LPGA Classic70-74-67-67=278−102 strokesSouth Korea Song-Hee Kim195,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12000Subaru Memorial of NaplesUnited States Nancy ScrantonLost to par on second extra hole
22008McDonald's LPGA ChampionshipTaiwan Yani TsengLost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Ladies European Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of victoryRunner-upWinner's share (€)
111 Jul 2004Ladies English Open66-67-64=197−196 strokesAustralia Joanne Mills26,859
210 Jul 2005Ladies English Open68-69-67=204−121 strokeFinland Minea Blomqvist24,750

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11999McDonalds WPGA ChampionshipEngland Laura DaviesLost to par on second extra hole

Other wins (8)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament199819992000
Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT10CUT
LPGA ChampionshipT16T63CUT
U.S. Women's OpenT8CUT
du Maurier ClassicT41T17CUT
Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009
Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT24T36T5CUTCUT94
LPGA ChampionshipT3T22CUTCUT71T39T332T23
U.S. Women's OpenT19CUTCUTCUTT41CUTT51CUT
Women's British Open ^T25CUTCUT69CUTT45T2T69T11
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016
Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT19T38T69CUTCUT
LPGA ChampionshipCUTT8CUTCUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's OpenT28T34CUTCUT
Women's British OpenCUT13CUT12T65
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

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 playedCuts madeWins2nd3rdTop 10sBest finishEarnings ($)Money list rankScoring averageScoring rank
199825190003T5133,94372.08
1999312921181572,94071.09
2000281501022181,9395073.05
2001292404292848,195571.46
200222170102T2359,1942672.14
20032211000T5T2108,5127073.08
20042290000T1744,07412373.08154
200523160014T3242,3715171.3635
200626180012T3299,6344472.2048
2007282313081949,0551171.8819
2008222001042588,3963171.7624
200918140103T2428,9353271.0214
2010221310141568,9142071.9731
2011202010061630,3201771.5116
201220120001T998,9717973.5695
20131590000T3039,23810672.5671
20141520000T696,49715474.73153
20151480002T4172,3087372.3373
20161730000T5414,21315473.77147
2022210000T673,23919774.17n/a
  • official through the 2022 season

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal matchesTotal W–L–HSingles W–L–HFoursomes W–L–HFourballs W–L–HPoints wonPoints %
Career216–10–50–4–14–3–12–3–38.540.5%
200231–2–00–1–0 lost to K. Robbins 5&30–0–01–1–0 lost w/ A. Sörenstam 2&1, won w/ I. Tinning 1 up1.033%
200541–3–00–1–0 lost to N. Gulbis 2&11–1–0 won w/ L. Davies 2&1, lost w/ L. Davies 3&20–1–0 lost w/ I. Tinning 3&21.025%
200751–1–30–1–0 lost to P. Creamer 2&11–0–1 won w/ G. Nocera 3&2, halved w/ G. Nocera0–0–2 halved w/ A. Sörenstam, halved w/ L. Wessberg2.550%
200952–1–20–0–1 halved w/ C. Kerr1–1–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&2, lost w/ A. Nordqvist 1 dn1–0–1 halved w/ C. Matthew, won w/ G. Nocera 1 up3.060%
201141–3–00–1–0 lost to C. Kim 4&21–1–0 lost w/ A. Nordqvist 2&1, won w/ A. Nordqvist 3&20–1–0 lost w/ A. Muñoz 3&11.025%

External links

  • at the LPGA Tour official site
  • at the Legends Tour official site (also at )
  • at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)