Louise Rydqvist (born 18 July 2001) is a
Swedish
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amateur golfer. In 2022, she won the
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 ...
and was runner-up at
The Womens Amateur Championship
The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of the ...
.
Amateur career
Drafted to the National Team in 2017, Rydqvist competed at the
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 ...
twice, winning the bronze on home soil in 2018. In 2019, she played in the
Junior Golf World Cup
The Toyota Junior Golf World Cup ( ja, 世界ジュニアゴルフ推進会) is an annual world amateur team golf championship for youths under 18 organized in Japan with Toyota Motor Corporation as title sponsor. The inaugural event for boys was h ...
in Japan and the
World Junior Girls Championship
The World Junior Girls Championship (french: Championnat Mondial Junior Féminin) is an annual world amateur team golf championship for women under 18 organized in Canada. The inaugural event was held in 2014.
Format
The competition is open to fem ...
in Canada.
Rydqvist came close to winning her first international title at the 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship at Roganstown Golf & Country Club, where she was runner-up one shot behind her compatriot
Kajsa Arwefjäll
Kajsa Arwefjäll (born 20 June 2000) is a Swedish amateur golfer and former world champion rope skipper.
Early life and family
Arwefjäll was born in Tranås in 2000 and moved with her family to Höllviken in 2009, where she grew up playing at ...
. In 2019 she finished tied 3rd at the same event.
Rydqvist graduated from Filbornaskolan Riksidrottsgymnasium Golf in Helsingborg in 2020, after winning the 2020 Swedish Golf School Championship with her school. She accepted an athletic scholarship to the
University of South Carolina, and she started playing with the
South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team in the fall of 2021. She was named All-American in her freshman year.
In 2020, Rydqvist played on the
Swedish Golf Tour
The Swedish Golf Tour (currently known as the MoreGolf Mastercard Tour for sponsorship reasons), is a developmental professional golf formerly operated by Svenska Golftourerna AB, owned equally by the Swedish Golf Federation and the PGA of Swede ...
where she shared the Order of Merit title with
Line Toft Hansen
Line Toft Hansen (born 31 July 1999) is a Danish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Hansen started playing golf in 2007, taught by her grandfather. She played at Gilleleje Golf Club, where h ...
, after winning the
Johannesberg Ladies Open
The Johannesberg Ladies Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Swedish Golf Tour, played between 2017 and 2020. It was always held at Johannesberg Golf Club near Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,T ...
and finishing runner-up at the
Allerum Open
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Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of ...
a stroke behind
Sara Kjellker
Sara Cecilia Kjellker (born 7 September 1998) is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. As an amateur, she won twice on the Swedish Golf Tour and won the European Ladies' Team Championship twice.
Amateur career
Kjellker j ...
.
In 2022, Rydqvist was runner-up at
The Womens Amateur Championship
The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of the ...
, beaten 4 and 3 by
Jess Baker in the final, and played on the winning Swedish team in the
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 ...
at
Le Golf National
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...
in France together with
Ingrid Lindblad
Karin Ingrid Andrea Lindblad (born 11 April 2000) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She won the 2021 European Ladies Amateur. In 2022, she set the amateur 18-hole scoring record at the U.S. Women's Open posting a six-under 65 and was part of the Swedi ...
and
Meja Örtengren
Meja Örtengren (born 3 January 2005) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2022, 17 years old, she was part of the Swedish team winning the Espirito Santo Trophy and was tied individual leader. During 2022, she also captured her first win in a profess ...
.
Amateur wins
*2016 Puma/Cobra Junior Masters Invitational
*2017 Delsjö Junior Open
*2019 PGA Junior Open by Titleist
Source:
Professional wins (1)
Swedish Golf Tour (1)
^Shortened to 36 holes due to adverse weather conditions
Team appearances
Amateur
*
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 ...
(representing Sweden): 2018, 2019
*
Toyota Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2019
*
World Junior Girls Championship
The World Junior Girls Championship (french: Championnat Mondial Junior Féminin) is an annual world amateur team golf championship for women under 18 organized in Canada. The inaugural event was held in 2014.
Format
The competition is open to fem ...
(representing Sweden): 2019
*
European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959.
It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...
(representing Sweden):
2022
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,
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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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):
2022
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(winners)
References
External links
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Swedish female golfers
Amateur golfers
South Carolina Gamecocks women's golfers
Sportspeople from Jönköping County
People from Värnamo Municipality
2001 births
Living people