Ellinor Südow (born 27 June 1998) is a

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professional golfer who plays on the

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Early life and amateur career

Südow grew up in the fishing hamlet Lerberget in

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. A niece of former

player

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, she did not take up golf until age 12, having previously focused on gymnastics. She joined Vasatorp Golf Club and competed nationally in both golf and badminton during high school. In 2013 she won a title on the Skandia Tour, and in 2016 she clamed a title in the Junior Masters Invitational series. Südow played college golf at

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, joining the year women's golf was added to the Charlotte sports lineup, the 2017–18 school year. She helped Charlotte win their first ever team title with a tie for fourth at the Yale Invitational going 74-73-68 to earn her

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Player of the Week. In 2019, she experienced the

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and hid in a library on campus during the incident. Südow joined the

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in 2021 and pursued a master's degree in business while training with the Arizona Wildcats women's golf team. In 2021, Südow finished solo second at the Danish International Ladies Amateur Championship and solo third at the German International Amateur. She finished solo third in the 2022

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Professional career

Südow turned professional in 2022 and played on the

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, where she held the lead at the

Västerås Ladies Open The Västerås Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the Swedish Golf Tour and LET Access Series, played since 2018 in Västerås, Sweden. Between 2018 and 2021 the tournament was hosted by U.S.-based Anna Nordqvist, a multipl ...

after an opening round of 69, and was a quarter finalist at the

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. She finished tied 17th at LPGA Tour Q-School to earn an

card for 2023. She is part of the

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squad ahead of the

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Amateur wins

*2013 Skandia Tour Skåne #4 *2016 Innersvingen Junior Open Sources:

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