Linnea Ström (born 14 October 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer. She joined the U.S.-based

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after graduating from the Symetra Tour as 2018 Rookie of the Year.

Amateur career

Ström became a member of the Swedish National Golf Team at age 13 and was part of the Swedish team winning the

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in 2012 and again in 2013. She was a member of the 2013

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 ...

Team and the 2012 and 2014 European Junior Ryder Cup Team. Ström and Marcus Kinhult, won gold in the mixed category at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. She also won the 2014 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, where she was runner-up the year after, as well as at the 2015

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. She qualified for the 2015 Women's British Open, her first major championship, where she did not made the cut. Ström played college golf for the

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at Arizona State University in

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, where she was the 2016 Pac-12 Conference Individual champion and Collegiate First Team All American 2016 and 2017. She led the Sun Devils to the program's eighth NCAA Division I National Championship in 2017. In September

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, Ström represented Sweden at the

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, were she finished as best Swedish competitor, tied 25th in a field of 163 players.

Professional career

Ranked ninth in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, Ström quit ASU after 2.5 years in March 2018 to turn professional and play on the Symetra Tour, after a bout of food poisoning during the final stage of the LPGA Q-School saw her miss out on earning her LPGA card. She won her first professional tournament in September 2018, the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge, and won the 2018

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award. By finishing fifth on the 2018 Symetra Tour money list she earned membership of the

in October 2018. On the 2019 LPGA Tour she made 11 cuts in 22 events and ended her rookie season 84th on the money list to retain her tour card. Her best finish was T5 at the

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and she ranked 11th in average driving distance (271.52 yards), finishing sixth in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings. She earned starts at four majors and finished T26 at the

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. Ström started 2020 with a T4 at the

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, one stroke away from the playoff won by

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, and finished third in the

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, a Ladies European Tour event. In August she finished T9 at the

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and finished the season 41st on the LPGA money list. In August 2021, Ström captained a team with

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and Agathe Sauzon that took a single-shot lead into the final day of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande. On the 54th-hole Stacy Lee Bregman holed a critical birdie that took her team to a playoff with Ström, and team captain

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won the title on the first extra hole. In 2022, Ström divided her time between the Ladies European Tour and the

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. On the LET, she finished solo 3rd at the

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after going into the final day with a two stroke lead. She was solo 2nd at the

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behind

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. On the Epson Tour, she won the

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and was runner-up at the

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. She was the leading money winner to become Epson Tour Player of the Year and re-gain her fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2023 season. Ström was in contention at the 2023

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in Hawaii. Sharing the lead during the last round, a double bogey on the 14th saw her finish −11, one stroke away from a three-way playoff won by Grace Kim.

Amateur wins

*2012

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, Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship, Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship *2013 Polo Golf Junior Classic *2014 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship,

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(with Marcus Kinhult) *2016 Pac-12 Conference Individual champion *2017 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships

Professional wins

Epson Tour wins

Playoff record

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2012 (winners), 2013 (winners) * Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2012, 2014 *

(representing Europe): 2013 *

(representing Sweden):

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners) *

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(representing Sweden):

, 2015,

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References

External links

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