Emma Nilsson (born 8 March 1994) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the

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. She was runner-up at the 2020

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Family and early life

Nilsson was born in

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1994. Her sister

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, born in 1997, is also a professional golfer and was a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2017.

Amateur career

As an amateur Nilsson won the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship in 2008, and finished 3rd at the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship in 2011. She was runner-up at the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship in 2010, and 3rd in 2012. She also finished 3rd at the 2011 British Girls Open and 4th at the 2012

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. Nilsson played in the 2011

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together with

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and

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, a bout which ended in a 12–12 tie. She won the

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in 2012 with a National Team that included Isabella Deilert and

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Professional career

Nilsson turned professional in 2014 and soon secured her maiden professional title at the

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in Prague, winning a playoff on the second hole with a par, in the process also earning a place at the

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, her first

start. She received awards from the

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's PGA Future Fund a record three times, in 2015 (

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Scholarship), 2017 and 2019. She earned her LET card for the 2017 season after finishing T16 at the Lalla Aicha Tour Q-School in Morocco. She represented Sweden at the

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, teaming up with Lina Boqvist and

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for the women's and mixed team competitions respectively. Nilsson won the 2018

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Order of Merit, ensuring her a Ladies European Tour card for 2019, after a season highlighted by her fourth title at the

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in Belgium and six further top-10 finishes. She comfortably retained her card by finishing 26th on the Order of Merit. On the

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, in the last event before the tour was disrupted by a 5-month break due to the pandemic, she was runner-up at the

, one stroke behind

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who won in her first start as a rookie member of the tour. Nilsson finished the season 43rd in the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

*2007 Skandia Cup *2008 Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship *2009 Junior Masters Invitational Source:

Professional wins (4)

LET Access Series wins (4)

^''Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather.'' LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden):2011, 2012 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2011 (tie) Professional *

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(representing Sweden):

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References

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