Beatrice Wallin
Beatrice Wallin | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Veronika Beatrice Wallin | ||
Born | Olofstorp, Sweden | 5 April 1999||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Tallahassee, Florida | ||
Career | |||
College | Florida State University | ||
Status | Amateur | ||
Professional wins | 1 | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
ANA Inspiration | DNP | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2020 | ||
Women's British Open | DNP | ||
Evian Championship | DNP | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Veronika Beatrice Wallin (born 5 April 1999) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She won the 2016 Annika Invitational Europe and won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2020.[1]
Career[]
Wallin joined the National Team in 2016 and was part of a golden era of Swedish success in European team championships. Her team, which often included Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Amanda Linnér, Ingrid Lindblad and Maja Stark, was runner-up at the 2016 European Girls' Team Championship and won in 2017. They then went on to win the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and finished runner-up in 2021. She is attached to Hills Golf Club in Mölndal, close to Gothenburg, Sweden.[2]
She also represented Sweden at the 2017 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada and in 2019 at The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship with Maja Stark in Texas.
Individually, Wallin finished 4th at the 2015 Annika Invitational Europe and won the event in 2016, which helped her qualify for the European teams at the 2016 Junior Ryder Cup and the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup. She was runner-up at the 2016 French International Ladies Amateur Championship (Trophée Cecile de Rothschild) and the 2017 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship (Trophée Esmond), and 3rd at the 2017 Portuguese Ladies Amateur.[1]
In the summer of 2020, she was runner-up in three professional tournaments on the 2020 Swedish Golf Tour, the GolfUppsala Open and the Didriksons Skaftö Open behind Ingrid Lindblad, and the Golfhäftet Masters behind Linn Grant.[3] She was invited to play in the 2020 U.S. Women's Open by virtue of her World Amateur Golf Ranking.[4]
Wallin accepted a golf scholarship to Florida State University and started playing with the women's golf team in the fall of 2018.[5] In 2021, she won two tournaments[6] and was named Atlantic Coast Conference Golfer of the Year.[7] She played in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup with a 3–1 individual record and finished 4th at the 2021 European Ladies Amateur. She played in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019, finishing 7th, and finished 10th at the 2021 installment, 3 strokes behind winner Tsubasa Kajitani of Japan.[8]
Amateur wins[]
- 2011 Skandia Tour Regional #4, Skandia Tour Regional #5, Skandia Cup Riksfinal F13
- 2012 Skandia Tour Regional #1, Skandia Cup Riksfinal F13
- 2013 Innesvingen Junior Open, Chalmers Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #6
- 2014 Sötenäs Junior Open, Torslanda Junior Open
- 2015 Skandia Tour Elit #1
- 2016 Annika Invitational Europe
- 2021 Florida State Match Up, Pinetree Women's Collegiate
Results in LPGA majors[]
Tournament | 2020 |
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ANA Inspiration | |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT |
Women's PGA Championship | |
The Evian Championship | |
Women's British Open |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Team appearances[]
Amateur
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2015, 2016, 2017 (winners)
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018 (winners), 2019 (winners), 2020 (winners), 2021
- Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2016
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2017
- World Junior Girls Championship (representing Sweden): 2017
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2018
- The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship (representing Sweden): 2019
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2021
References[]
- ^ a b c "Beatrice Wallin". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "National Team Roster: Beatrice Wallin". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Beatrice Wallin Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Player Bio: Beatrice Wallin". USGA. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Beatrice Wallin". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Women's college golf player of the week: Beatrice Wallin, Florida State". Golfweek. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Florida State's Beatrice Wallin Headlines 2021 All-ACC Women's Golf Team". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Beatrice Wallin Biography". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
- ^ "International matches". European Golf Association.
External links[]
- Beatrice Wallin at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
- Beatrice Wallin at the Florida State Seminoles official site
- Swedish female golfers
- Amateur golfers
- Florida State Seminoles women's golfers
- Sportspeople from Gothenburg
- 1999 births
- Living people