Veronika Beatrice Wallin (born 5 April 1999) is a

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professional golfer. She won the 2016

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and won the

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in 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Early life and amateur career

Before focusing on golf Wallin was a swimmer, inspired by her father

Christer Wallin Bengt Christer Wallin (born 17 June 1969 in Timrå, Västernorrland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and ...

who represented Sweden in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, winning silver medals in Barcelona (

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) and Atlanta (

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). Wallin joined the National Team in 2016 and was part of a golden era of Swedish success in European team championships. Her teams, which often included

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and

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, was runner-up at the 2016

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 won in 2017. They then went on to win the

in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and finished runner-up in 2021. She is attached to

Hills Golf Club Hills Golf Club is a golf club located in Mölndal near Gothenburg, Sweden. It hosted the Nordea Masters in August 2018, a European Tour event. History Situated ten kilometers south of central Gothenburg, the 18-hole course, designed by Arthur H ...

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, close to

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. Wallin represented Sweden at the 2017

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in Canada, and at

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in 2019 with

. Individually, Wallin finished 4th at the 2015

and won the event in 2016, which helped her qualify for the European teams at the 2016

Junior Ryder Cup The Junior Ryder Cup is a team golf competition between Europe and the United States for junior golfers aged 18 and under. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup and is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe. The 2018 ...

and the 2017

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and featu ...

. She was runner-up at the 2016

French International Ladies Amateur Championship The French International Ladies Amateur Championship, known since 1998 also as the Cécile de Rothschild Trophy, is an annual amateur golf tournament in France for women. This stroke play championship, contested over 54 holes, was first held in 19 ...

(Trophée Cecile de Rothschild) and the 2017 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship (Trophée Esmond), and 3rd at the 2017

Portuguese Ladies Amateur The Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in Portugal for women. It is an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The tournament is a qualifying event for the European teams in t ...

. Wallin accepted a golf scholarship to

Florida State University Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...

and started playing with the

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team in the fall of 2018. In 2021, she won two tournaments and was named

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Golfer of the Year. In 2022, she became the first player in FSU women's golf history to win an NCAA regional outright, shooting 6-under par over the three-round event to beat Florida Atlantic's Letizia Bagnoli by one stroke. She became just the second four-time All-American in school history, after earning All-American Mention honors in 2019 and 2020, and All-American First-Team honors in 2021 and 2022. Wallin played in the inaugural

Augusta National Women's Amateur The Augusta National Women's Amateur (ANWA) is a golf tournament in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, held at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta and Champions Retreat Golf Club in nearby Evans, Georgia, Evans. stroke play eve ...

in 2019, finishing 7th, and finished 10th at the 2021 installment, 3 strokes behind winner Tsubasa Kajitani of Japan. In 2022, she finished tied 4th, two strokes behind winner

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. In the summer of 2020, Wallin was runner-up in three professional tournaments on the

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, the GolfUppsala Open and the Didriksons Skaftö Open behind

, and the Golfhäftet Masters behind

. She was invited to play in the

2020 U.S. Women's Open The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was the 75th U.S. Women's Open, played December 10–14 at Champions Golf Club in Houston, Texas, having been postponed from its original date of June 4–7, 2020, on April 3, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. I ...

by virtue of her

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, which peaked at 4th. Wallin played in the

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with a 3–1 individual record. She finished 4th at the 2021

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, and finished 5th at the 2021 Didriksons Skaftö Open, a

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event.

Professional career

Wallin finished the eight-round 2021

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Q-Series tied at 60th, five shots short of a full LPGA card, but with

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status. She waited until after her graduation at the end of the 2022 spring semester to turn professional.

Amateur wins

*2011 Skandia Tour Regional #4, Skandia Tour Regional #5, Skandia Cup Riksfinal F13 *2012 Skandia Tour Regional #1, Skandia Cup Riksfinal F13 *2013 Innesvingen Junior Open, Chalmers Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #6 *2014 Sötenäs Junior Open, Torslanda Junior Open *2015 Skandia Tour Elit #1 *2016

*2021 Florida State Match Up, Pinetree Women's Collegiate *2022 NCAA Tallahassee Regional Sources:

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2015, 2016, 2017 (winners) *

(representing Sweden):

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(winners),

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(winners),

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(winners),

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(representing Europe): 2016 *

(representing Europe): 2017 *

(representing Sweden): 2017 *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Sweden):

(representing Sweden): 2019 *

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(representing the International Team):

Source:

References

External links

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