Lina Boqvist (born 25 May 1991) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

. In 2021 she won the

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teamed with

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and

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. She was runner-up at the 2019

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Career

Boqvist was born in 1991 in

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, and learned the game at Isaberg Golf Club, home to the Gisvaled Ladies Open on the

1989 Ladies European Tour The 1989 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1989. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET). Tournaments The table below shows the 1989 ...

. As a junior, she collected multiple titles on the Skandia Tour and the Junior Masters Invitational series. Boqvist turned professional ahead of the 2011 season and joined the

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, where she won the 2012

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. Defending her title in 2013 she lost the final to Anjelika Hammar, but the runner-up finish helped her win the 2013

Order of Merit. She joined the

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and with a victory in the

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she ended the season runner-up on the Order of Merit, earning her a card for the

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. In her rookie season on the LET she made 12 appearances and finished 44th on the order of merit. Her best result of the 2015 season was a tie for third at

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in the

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, three strokes behind

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. Boqvist made the cut in her first

major Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...

appearance. She finished T47 in the

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after qualifying by rising to 23rd on the LET money list, helped by a top ten at the

. She qualified as one of the five reserves for the

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.Olympic Reserves - Women
International Golf Federation, accessed 14 August 2016 She finished fifth at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships – Mixed team together with Per Längfors,

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and

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, two strokes away from the bronze medal playoff. In 2019 Boqvist was runner-up at the

and moved up to fifth on the Order of Merit. She shot a career low round of 66 and finished the tournament tied for second to

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after they started the final round tied at 10-under. She finished the 2019 season 11th on the Order of Merit. In 2021 she clinched her first LET victory in the team event at the

, teamed with

and amateur Alexandra O'Laughlin, a Golf Channel reporter. After starting the day two strokes behind the overnight leaders, the team produced a solid round to finish with a total of 41-under-par forcing a playoff with the team captained by

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. In 2022, Boqvist rolled in eight birdies, including four consecutively from 15 to 18, to take the lead after the first round of the

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Amateur wins

*2006 (1) Skandia Tour Småland #1 *2008 (2) Skandia Tour Riks #6 - Skåne, Varberg Junior Open *2009 (3) Patrik Sjöland Junior Open, Varberg Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #8 - Halland *2010 (3) Gräppås Junior Open, Skandia Tour elit flickor #5, Junior Masters Invitational

Professional wins (3)

LET Access Series (1)

Swedish Golf Tour (2)

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Ulricehamn Ladies Open

Results in LPGA majors

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

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing Sweden):

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References

External links

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