Sarah Nilsson
| Sarah Nilsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 24 July 1997 Kristianstad, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Yngsjö, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2016 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Sarah Nilsson (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2017 was a Ladies European Tour (LET) rookie in 2018.[1]
Personal life[edit]
Nilsson's sister Emma (three years older) is also a professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.[2] Both sisters played in the inaugural Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open in 2019, the first professional event to see female and male golfers from two tours play for the same trophy, with their parents caddying for them.[3]
Career[edit]
Nilsson won the 2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open on the Swedish Golf Tour while still an amateur. She turned professional and joined the 2016 LET Access Series as a teenager, and had four top-10 finishes in her rookie season. The following year, she won the Ladies Norwegian Open and the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. In 2018, she made five LET starts, with a best finish of T15 at the dual-ranked Jabra Ladies Open.[4]
Nilsson finished sixth at the Q-School for the 2019 Ladies European Tour behind Bronte Law, Linnea Ström, Esther Henseleit, Sian Evans and Leona Maguire, after losing a playoff to Maguire for the fifth and final full card.[5] She started 14 LET tournaments in 2019 and finished 85th on the Order of Merit.[6]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2011 Skandia Tour Skåne
- 2012 Skandia Cup Riksfinal
- 2014 Skandia Tour Elit
Professional wins (4)[edit]
Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Oct 2015 | Tourfinal Vellinge Open (as an amateur) | 73-70-75=218 | +2 | 4 strokes | Lynn Carlsson |
[7] |
| 2 | 11 Aug 2017 | Ladies Norwegian Open | 71-72-69=212 | −4 | 2 strokes | Frida Gustafsson-Spång Jenny Haglund Cajsa Persson |
[8] |
| 3 | 29 Sep 2018 | Nøtterøy Open | 69-69-72=210 | −6 | 3 strokes | Isabella Ramsay |
[9] |
Other wins (1)[edit]
- 2016 Sölvesborg Open
References[edit]
- ^ "Sarah Nilsson Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Emma Nilsson Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open: Two couples in field for Brittany tournament". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Sarah Nilsson Player Profile". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Leona Maguire defeats Sarah Nilsson in a play-off to earn a Ladies European Tour card". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ^ "2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open hosted by Ljunghusen". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "2017 Ladies Norwegian Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ "2018 Nøtterøy Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- Sarah Nilsson at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Sarah Nilsson at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Sarah Nilsson at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)