Linnea Johansson (born 25 August 1993) is a

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professional golfer and member of the

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Amateur career

Johansson was born in

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and grew up in

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. She started playing golf at age 10 at Grönhögen Golf Links,

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. She attended Rikdsidrottsgymnasiet in

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between 2009 and 2012, and represents Båstad Golf Club. She became a member of the Swedish National Team in 2010. She represented Sweden at the

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four times, and won the bronze at the

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event in Portugal together with

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, Elin Esborn, My Leander and Filippa Möörk, her last tournament as an amateur. Johansson was the individual winner at the initial stroke-play competition. Johansson played college golf in the United States between 2012 and 2017. She competed with the

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team as a freshman and earned Division II Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) First Team All-American honors, and was 2013 Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year. She transferred to

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and joined the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team at as a

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in the fall of 2013. In 2016, she posted the second-lowest stroke average (72.74) in program history and led all Division I competitors with 132 birdies. She was a three-time All-Big 12 performer in 2015, 2016 and 2017, joining a group of only eight

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to earn at least three All-Big 12 selections, including

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, Pernilla Lindberg, Karin Sjödin and Linda Wessberg.

Professional career

Johansson graduated in 2017 and started playing on the Symetra Tour. She made steady progress over the first few seasons and in

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she made the cut in 18 out of 20 events, and finished 18th on the money list. She finished T26 at the LPGA Q-Series to earn status for the

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season, after missing the cut by one stroke the previous year. In

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, she was runner-up in the Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship behind

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, and in

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she was runner-up at the Prasco Charity Championship in Ohio, two strokes behind

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. Johansson earned her card for the 2022

through

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. In

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, she made the cut in 11 of 20 starts and finished 120th on the Official Points List and went back to LPGA Q-Series, where she finished 8th to keep her card. In 2023, she shot a bogey-free 64, 7 under par, to take the lead after one round of the inaugural JM Eagle LA Championship in Los Angeles, one shot ahead of Gemma Dryburgh and Minjee Lee.

Amateur wins

*2008 Norberg Open, Ljunghusen Open *2009 Gräppås Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #4 - Göteborg *2013 Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational Sources:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden):

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, 2015,

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(representing Sweden): 2013, 2015 Source:

References

External links

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Linnea Johansson
at the NSU Sharks official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Johansson, Linnea Swedish female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Oklahoma State Cowgirls golfers Nova Southeastern Sharks women's golfers Sportspeople from Skåne County People from Älmhult Municipality People from Båstad Municipality 1993 births Living people 21st-century Swedish women