Linnea Johansson (golfer)

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Linnea Johansson
Personal information
Born (1993-08-25) 25 August 1993 (age 28)
Växjö, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona
Båstad, Sweden
Career
CollegeNova Southeastern University
Oklahoma State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2020)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2017)
Achievements and awards
Sunshine State Conference
Player of the Year		2013

Linnea Johansson (born 25 August 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour.[1]

Amateur career[]

Johansson was born in Växjö and grew up in Älmhult.[2] She started playing golf at age 10 at Grönhögen Golf Links, Öland.[3] She attended Rikdsidrottsgymnasiet in Ljungbyhed between 2009 and 2012, and represents Båstad Golf Club.[4]

Johansson became a member of the Swedish National Team in 2010. She represented Sweden at the European Ladies' Team Championship four times, and won the bronze at the 2017 event in Portugal together with Linnea Ström, Michaela Finn, Elin Esborn, My Leander and Filippa Möörk, her last tournament as an amateur. Johansson was the individual winner at the initial stroke-play competition.[5]

Johansson played college golf in the United States between 2012 and 2017. She competed with the Nova Southeastern Sharks women's golf team as a freshman and earned Division II Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First Team All-American honors, and was 2013 Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year. She transferred to Oklahoma State University and joined the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team at as a redshirt freshman in the fall of 2013.[6] In 2016, she posted the second-lowest stroke average (72.74) in program history and led all Division I competitors with 132 birdies.[1] She was a three-time All-Big 12 performer in 2015, 2016 and 2017, joining a group of only eight Cowgirls to earn at least three All-Big 12 selections, including Maria Bodén, Caroline Hedwall, Pernilla Lindberg, Karin Sjödin and Linda Wessberg.[7]

Professional career[]

Johansson graduated in 2017 and started playing on the Symetra Tour. She made steady progress over the first few seasons and on the 2019 she made the cut in 18 out of 20 events, and finished 18th on the money list. She finished T26 at the LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the 2020 LPGA Tour season, after missing the cut by one stroke the previous year.[1]

In 2020, she was runner-up in the Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship behind Matilda Castren, and in 2021 she was runner-up at the Prasco Charity Championship in Ohio, two strokes behind Meghan MacLaren.[8]

Johansson earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school.[9]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2008 Norberg Open, Ljunghusen Open
  • 2009 Gräppås Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #4 - Göteborg
  • 2013 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational

Sources:[5][10]

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Source:[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Linnea Johansson Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ Thomas Madsen. "Golf Dreams". Bastad & Bjärehalvön. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ Göran Söderqvist. "Linnea Johansson" (PDF) (in Swedish). Lifestyle Golf Magazine. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. ^ Peter Jakobsson (22 December 2019). "Linnéa Johansson är Båstad GKs första golfproffs på LPGA" (in Swedish). Bjäre nu. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Player Profile Linnea Johansson". Golfdata. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's Golf Roster". Oklahoma State. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Trio Of Cowgirl Golfers Earn All-Big 12 Conference Honors". Golf Oklahoma. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Player Profile Linnea Johansson". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Na Rin An Secures Medalist Honors At LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 13 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Player Profile Linnea Johansson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  11. ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

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