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Alfredsson is new player president of Ladies European Tour (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Open champion and Solheim Cup captain Helen Alfredsson has been appointed the first player president of the Ladies European Tour (LET).

The 51-year-old Swede registered 21 worldwide victories including one major at the 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore Championship.

Alfredsson also won the British Open in 1990, before the tournament became a major 11 years later, and three Evian Masters titles.

"I'm honored to be the first president of the Ladies European Tour," she said in a news release on Thursday. "I'm thrilled to be able to give something back to the tour after all these years.