Annelie Sjöholm (born 7 September 1995) is a

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professional golfer who plays on the

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Career

Sjöholm started to play golf when she was eight years old. She played handball and football for six years but stopped when she was 13 to focus on golf. She won nine junior tournaments between 2009 and 2015, and attributes her success to her aspiration to beat her twin brother Tobias, with whom she toured Sweden competing on the junior circuit. Sjöholm played college golf at

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, between 2014 and 2018. She was runner-up in her college debut at the LPGA Xavier Invitational behind

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. In 2016, she helped lead the Campbell Lady Camels golf team to the conference title and was runner-up in the Big South Championship. Her first collegiate win came at the 2017 Amelia Island Collegiate, where she shot a 61 in the second round. Leading the conference in stroke average, she was named

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Golfer of the Year in 2017 and again in 2018. Directly following her college graduation, Sjöholm turned professional in June 2018 and started playing on the

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and the

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, where she won her maiden professional title at the Slite Open in August. 2019 was her rookie year on the

, but with limited status she played in only three LET tournaments with a best finish of T25 in the

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. On the LET Access Series, she lost a playoff at the Neuchatel Ladies Championship in Switzerland in May, but triumphed in the

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at her home course in August, beating

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by one stroke.

Amateur wins

*2009 Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Västmanland, Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Västmanland *2010 Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Småland, Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Västmanland *2011 Vassunda Junior Open, Skandia Tour Regional #4 - Östergötland *2012 Gullbringa Junior Open *2013 Skandia Tour Riks #5 Västmanland, Junior Masters Invitational *2015 Skandia Tour Riks #2 Småland, McDonald's Juniorpokal *2017 Amelia Island Collegiate Sources:

Professional wins (2)

LET Access Series (1)

^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour

Swedish Golf Tour (2)

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^ ^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series

References

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