Welcome to Louise Friberg

"Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want"

I got a lot of experience last year! Most of the year felt like an uphill battle. Fortunately 2009 is done and over with and 2010 is a year I am looking forward to!

This winter I have worked very hard on both my game and also on my physical abilities.

The fact that I did not get what I wanted last year motivated me even more this winter to get the process going to get my game back to where it belongs and then some!

I went back to Sweden to reconnect with my coach Rikard Fors. We took a break in 2009 but now back working together and it feels great!

He is a big part of why I even made it to the LPGA tour so I am happy that we are working together again. read all »

Thank You all for you support and I will see You on the course!

First day Royal Birkdale done!

29 July, 2010

So I had a great start to the day, was 2 under after a few holes. I still plaed good the rest of the holes, just made a few bogeys for no reason but misjudging wind around the greens. No big deal:)
It was loads of fun today even though it was cold, windy and rainy…but that is GB for you! The courses are set up for wind and it is fun to be creative with the shots.
Now Gustaf and I are heading out to town, I did not pack enough I guess:) I have started to pack light, this week too light:) when I mentioned to Gustaf that I was happy that I finally learned to pack light he kindly noted to me that there is no reason to pack light when I still have to go shop for everything on site. I guess that makes a sense… Either way, we are out for some shopping now!

I am in the British Open!

27 July, 2010

Yesterday was a good day in that I made the qualifying for the British Open. The course we played was very nice, it is called the Hillside Golf Club. The weather was less than copperating but I managed to end the round at +1 which got me a spot without having to be in a playoff.

Since there is Pro-Am all day at Royal Birkdale here today and there is no play all day if you are not in the Pro-Am then I decided to play a quick 9 holes and just to have seen parts of the course. This morning I walked the front nine to get a glimpse of the rest of the course. Tomorrow is the last practice day before the tournament starts on Thursday, so I will head out for a round of 18 holes.

The course looks awesome. There a bunkers as well as some thick grass in play and the wind will determine how agressive I can get on a few of the holes. It should be lots of fun this week. There are many of my friends on the LET who are playing this week so there is a bunch of catching up to do which is always fun!

Now I am off for some more putting practice.

Boat, sunglasses, bbq, golf and fun!

23 July, 2010

I have had so much fun this week since we got back to Sweden! A top moments are both when we were out on the water with “Lunkans” motorboat on Tuesday afternoon. It was an all day thing and there were five of us catching some waves:) This week “Öresund” (the water between south of Sweden and Denmark) have swallowed two pairs of nice sunglasses. First on Tuesday when we were going fast on the water, to make the story short Lunkans sunglasses got kicked off from him and ended up in the water, of course there was no way to find them. He bought the sunglasses only a couple fo weeks ago. First it was a bit of a party pooper but after 1 minute of &%/(#”¤ we were all good to go! Then on Wednesday, Gustaf and Lunkan went out on the choppy water again to do some canoeing. One of the waves caught Gustaf and he ended up flipping over upside down and of course, his sunglasses were long gone as well. I know it sucks when it happens I think it makes for funny stories and great laughs afterwards.

On Wednesday night we were all bbq at Karin and Olas place. It was great fun and good food. They live downtown so we took the car, I was the DD so I felt good on Thursday morning when I teed off early morning hours. It was raining pretty bad for a few holes but the humidity and heat was quite bad. I am glad I brought the rainjacket!

Thursday night we had a bbq at our place. I was so happy to see Maria, Kim, Pernilla, Gustav and the little Ellen. We had a great time and some good food and wine. It was a perfect night!

Today Gustaf and I spent the day in Malmoe to visit my grandparents. We went to a nearby golf club and had lunch. Then we spent some time at my grandparents house talking and laughing:)

Now I am almost done with packing for tomorrow. The plane does not leave until in the afternoon so I have some time in the morning to do that as well. Now I am ready to head to pick up my mom who have had a ladies night at a friends house:) Of course, I am happy to be the driver so they can have a glass of wine or two. Here in Sweden, the laws are much more strict than in the US and you cannot drive even after one glass of wine. Since I am home doing nothing I am happy to be the driver:)

See you all soon!

In Sweden!

18 July, 2010

After a good trip we arrived to Sweden on Saturday night. The flight from London to Copenhagen was a bit delayed and so we got in a bit later than expected. I had a 30year birthday party to go to, and Gustaf was going to hang out at his parents house instead (he was not up for the 20 hours travelling and then heading out to a party and then hit the town!). So, I was dropped off at my parents house, ate a little bit and got ready for a fun night out! It was lots of fun to see Maria and some other people there. Then we headed to downtown for some dancing. I met up with a few of Gustaf’s friends and we had lots of fun. Of course, we missed Gustaf but at this point he was well asleep :)
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Getting ready for Sweden

15 July, 2010

So we are going to Sweden tomorrow (Friday) and will be there for about a week before heading to GB to do Monday qualifying for the British Open. I did not get a sponsors invite for Evian Masters, not that I was counting on it at all but I had hopes until the final five spots were revealed yesterday. Bummer. It would have been great fun to get to go there again. I guess i just have to play a lot better instead of trying to get sponsors invites everywhere:)
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Coffee in the sun

13 July, 2010

Yesterday was yet another day of getting things in order as well as of course, having some coffee in the 110 degree sun:), i had iced coffee yesterday though. The pic is from Press coffee which is one of our fav spots for coffee here in Scottsdale. They roast their own beans and we always get the Dethstaar (spelling!?) espresso beans.
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Back in Phoenix

11 July, 2010

We got back to Phoenix last night. The travels went well, except for a few annoying instances on the plane:) but that always happens so no big deal!
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Oakmont day 5, the last one:(

9 July, 2010

Today was a much better day on the golf course! I actually plaeyd quite well, too bad that I made 5 bogeys in the last 6 holes. The wind started swirling a little and it was a little tricky to figure it out and to top it off i missed three putts within 9 feet, which should not happen. I am happy that my game was better today though. Too bad that I don’t have any tournaments coming up soon. I might go to the Monday qualifier for the British Open, I am not happy about doing it but I guess I have to if I want to be a part of that tournament.
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Oakmont day 4

8 July, 2010

As you might have seen in the result list, not all days are a walk in the park duirng the US Ooen. I shot a horrible +12 today and I hate to say that they were all bogies. I almost wish I had one big hole and then pars and maybe a couple of bogies, but that was not the case. The good news is that I kept the ball in decent play the whole time with the exception of chipping out from a bunker or two but other than that I just had the ball in play but was not able to make the up and downs that I needed and I did not have many birdie chances.
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