Beatrice Wallin

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Beatrice Wallin
Personal information
Full nameVeronika Beatrice Wallin
Born (1999-04-05) 5 April 1999 (age 22)
Olofstorp, Sweden
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceTallahassee, Florida
Career
CollegeFlorida State University
StatusAmateur
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2020
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
ACC Golfer of the Year2021

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

Sources:[3][1]

Results in LPGA majors[]

Tournament 2020
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Source:[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Beatrice Wallin". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ "National Team Roster: Beatrice Wallin". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Beatrice Wallin Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Player Bio: Beatrice Wallin". USGA. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Beatrice Wallin". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's college golf player of the week: Beatrice Wallin, Florida State". Golfweek. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Florida State's Beatrice Wallin Headlines 2021 All-ACC Women's Golf Team". Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Beatrice Wallin Biography". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  9. ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
  10. ^ "International matches". European Golf Association.

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