Jessica Karlsson

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Jessica Karlsson
Personal information
Born (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 29)
Karlstad, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceUddevalla, Sweden
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)LET (joined 2013)
Former tour(s)LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour

Jessica Karlsson (born 25 August 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour (LET).[1]

Family and early life[]

Karlsson was born in Karlstad in 1992 and started playing golf at age 9. Her brother Kristoffer Karlsson, born in 1990, is also a professional golfer and has played on the Nordic Golf League.[2] He is her coach since 2015.[3]

Career[]

Karlsson enjoyed success on the junior circuit and won four tournaments between 2008 and 2010, on the Skandia Tour and the Junior Masters Invitational (JMI) tour. After graduating high school in 2010, she decided to forego the popular U.S. college route and train at home to become a professional golfer in Europe. She turned professional in 2012 and earned a limited category for the 2013 Ladies European Tour. She played in five events with a best finish of T5 at the Sölvesborg Ladies Open, a LETAS event, where she trailed winner of Scotland by two strokes. In 2014 and 2015, she spent honing her game on the Swedish Golf Tour. In 2019, she lost the final of the Swedish Matchplay Championship to .[4]

Karlsson broke through internationally when she finished T5 at the 2016 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open in Abu Dhabi, which helped her finish 70th in the LET Order of Merit and earn a full LET card for 2017. In 2017, 2018 and 2019, she finished 62nd, 52nd and 59th, respectively, on the Order of Merit,[5] before sitting out the pandemic-plagued 2020 season completely.[6]

When she returned in 2021, her game had taken a step up. She was 6th in the team event of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande together with Karolin Lampert and Nicole Garcia, and finished top-10 at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France and the Estrella Damm Ladies Open.

Karlsson chased a maiden Ladies European Tour title at the 2021 Dubai Moonlight Classic, where she shared the lead with LPGA Tour player María Fassi ahead of the final round.[7]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2008 Skandia Tour Regional #1 – Örebro
  • 2009 Skandia Tour Riks #5 – Bohuslän/Dalsland, Billerud JMI Masters
  • 2010 Skandia Tour riks #6 – Västergötland

Source:[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jessica Karlsson Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile Kristoffer Karlsson". Golfdata. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Meet Me and My Crew". Jessica Golf. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Player Profile Jessica Karlsson". Golfdata. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  5. ^ "LET Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Fassi And Karlsson in Front After Day Two in Dubai". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Ladies European Tour: Maria Fassi, Jessica Karlsson share lead at Dubai Moonlight Classic". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 October 2021.

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