Andrea Grimberg Lignell (born 28 August 2000) is a

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amateur golfer. She was part of the Ole Miss team winning the 2021

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Career

Lignell grew up in

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. She plays golf left-handed and represents

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. She was runner-up at the 2017

Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship The Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship is a national golf tournament in Sweden for golfers under the age of 22, contested for both men and women. Known also as the JSM Slag, it has been organized by the Swedish Golf Federation since 1977 when ...

and won the event back-to-back in 2020 and 2021. Drafted to the National Team, she won bronze both at the 2018

European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...

and also at the 2018

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in Japan, together with

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and

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. In 2021, she helped Sweden place third at

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. She was part of the Swedish team earning silver medals at the

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, together with

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and

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, after finishing her match against

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all square, when Sweden lost to England in the final. Lignell graduated high school in 2019 and accepted an athletic scholarship to

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

, and started playing with the Ole Miss Rebels women's golf team the same fall. As a sophomore, her team won the 2021

, Ole Miss' first team title in a women's sport. Lignell, who played 40 holes over the quarterfinals and semifinals, drained a five-footer on the 17th hole to clinch the win for Ole Miss over an

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team which included her compatriot

. In April 2023, Lignell finished third at the

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, three strokes behind world amateur number one

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and advanced to a career best 24th on the

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. Later the same month, she was selected to represent the international team at the 2023

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Amateur wins

*2014 Skandia Tour Regional #2 Bohuslän/Dal, Skandia Cup Riksfinal F14 *2015 Skandia Tour Riks #6 Göteborg, Lexus Junior Tour Masters *2016 Skandia Cup Riksfinal F16 *2017 Partille Open, Ringenäs Junior Open, Junior Masters Invitational Final *2018 Stenson Sunesson Junior Challenge *2020

*2021

*2022 Cougar Classic, The Ally Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2018 * Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2018 *

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

(representing Sweden):

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(representing Sweden): 2021 Source:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lignell, Andrea Swedish female golfers Amateur golfers Ole Miss Rebels women's golfers Sportspeople from Gothenburg 2000 births Living people