Kajsa Arwefjäll
| Kajsa Arwefjäll | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 20 June 2000 Tranås, Sweden |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Höllviken, Sweden |
| Career | |
| College | San Jose State University |
| Status | Amateur |
| Professional wins | 1 |
Kajsa Arwefjäll (born 20 June 2000) is a Swedish amateur golfer and former world champion rope skipper.[1][2]
Early life and family[edit]
Arwefjäll was born in Tranås in 2000 and moved with her family to Höllviken in 2009, where she grew up playing at Ljunghusen Golf Club. Raised in an athletic family, her mother is an accomplished skier and her father, a former professional golfer, is her coach.[3] Her brother Kasper plays ice-hockey with the Malmö Redhawks. She is a former world champion rope skipper with 21 national and international medals.[4]
Amateur career[edit]
Arwefjäll won her first international title in the 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship at Roganstown Golf & Country Club, where she overcame a three-stroke deficit to win by one shot ahead of Louise Rydqvist.[5]
Drafted to the National Team, she competed at the 2018 European Girls' Team Championship and the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, where she won a bronze medal together with Andrea Lignell and Ingrid Lindblad.[6] In 2021, she helped Sweden place third at The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship.[7]
Arwefjäll graduated from Sundsgymnasiet in 2019 and accepted an athletic scholarship to San Jose State University, and she started playing with the San Jose State Spartans women's golf team. As a sophomore, she was an individual qualifier to the NCAA Championships where she tied for 36th.[8]
Arwefjäll was runner-up at the 2020 Johannesberg Ladies Open and at the 2021 Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship. With her father on the bag she won the 2021 GolfUppsala Open on the LET Access Series,[9] where she beat Sofie Bringner on the second hole of a playoff.[10]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2016 Skandia Tour Riks #6
- 2017 Buschnell Ljunghusen Open, Skandia Tour Future #5
- 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship, Teen Tour Future #4, Teen Tour Elite #6
- 2019 Schyberg Junior Open
Professional wins (1)[edit]
LET Access Series (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Aug 2021 | GolfUppsala Open^ (as an amateur) | 69-72-72=213 | −6 | Playoff | Sofie Bringner
|
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^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour (1)[edit]
^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018
- Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2018
- The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship (representing Sweden): 2021
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2022 (winners)
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2022, 2023
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2023
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Player Profile Kajsa Arwefjäll". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "A world champion rope skipper and rower, strange superstitions and more: (At least) 80 things you didn't know about the 80 competitors at the Spirit International". Golfweek. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Niclas Arwefjäll". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll förhoppningsfull inför JSM". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "VM-brons för flicklandslaget". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll Helps Sweden to Third-Place Finish at The Spirit International". San José State Spartans. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Kajsa Arwefjäll". San José State Spartans. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll vann i Uppsala". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll Triumphs At Golfuppsala Open In Playoff". LET Access Series. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Kajsa Arwefjäll". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "2021 GolfUppsala Open Results". Gofldata. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
External links[edit]
- Kajsa Arwefjäll at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Kajsa Arwefjäll at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)