Madelene Maria Sagström (born 13 November 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2020

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and was runner-up at the

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Early life

At 9, Sagström begun learning golf with her parents at Enköping Golf Club, 74 kilometres northeast of

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, and she has continued to represent the club.

Amateur career

16 years old, she won the 2009 Swedish Junior Stroke-play Championship (for players up to 21) over 72 holes at Österåker Golf Club outside Stockholm, by seven strokes, scoring five under par on the last 36 holes. In 2011, Sagström won the French International Lady Junior Championship, at Golf de Saint Cloud outside

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, and was a member of the winning Swedish team at the

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at Golf Club Murhof in

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. Sagström played college golf with the

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team at

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. She was 2015 SEC Player of the Year at LSU and a finalist for the ANNIKA Award.

Professional career

Sagström made her professional debut at the

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on the

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in Sweden in September and earned her first pay-check. In 2016, Swedish former European Tour Order of Merit-winner Robert Karlsson became her mentor. She joined the

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in United States in 2016, where she finished inside the top-5 in her first five starts. After victories at both the Chico Patty Berg Memorial in

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, and the

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in Greenwood, South Carolina, Sagström led the tour's money list race by a wide margin, earning a spot in the LPGA 2017 rookie class. With her third win at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout in

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, Sagström both secured the top spot on the final Volvik Race for the Card money list and earned a "Battlefield Promotion" to the

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. She had a record breaking Symetra Tour season, becoming the first player in Tour history to crack $100,000 and $150,000, winning Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors. In 14 Symetra Tour starts, Sagström had three wins and 11 top-10 finishes. In December 2016, Sagström won the Ladies European Tour's

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in Morocco, securing membership of the

for 2017, a requirement to make her eligible for selection in the

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. She was selected as a captain's pick by

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to the 2017 European Solheim Cup team and finished the

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season 49th on the Order of Merit. She finished tied for second at the Pure Silk Championship on the LPGA Tour in May 2019. In her first tournament of the 2020 season, Sagström notched her first win on the LPGA Tour at the

played at Boca Rio Golf Club in

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. She finished with a one shot lead after making par on the final hole against

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who made bogey. Sagström set the course record at Boca Rio firing a 62 (−10) in the second round of the tournament. Taking the 117th LPGA Tour win by a Swedish born player, Sagström became the 12th Swedish winner on the tour. She qualified for one of the two Swedish spots at the

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. Two weeks after the Olympic golf tournament, Sagström tied the first round lead at the

and eventually finished tied second, one shot behind winner Anna Nordqvist, after scoring a bogey on the final hole. After the tournament, she was announced as one of the captain's pick for the 2021 European

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team. In 2022, Sagström recorded four consecutive top-10 finishes, including T3 at the

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and the

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, to rise into the top-30 of the

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for the first time. In the

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at Muirfield she shot a day-low 65 in round two to share second place with eventual winner

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. Sagström finished the tournament in shared fourth place, 3 strokes behind Buhai, after a final-hole bogey.

Amateur wins

*2009

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*2011 French International Lady Junior Championship

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour (1)

Symetra Tour (3)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Sweden): 2010 *

(representing Sweden):

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(winners),

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* Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2011 (winners), 2015 (winners) *

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(representing Sweden):

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Professional *

(representing Europe):

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(winners) * International Crown (representing Sweden):

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Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* *
Madelene Sagström
at the Symetra Tour official site *
Golfdata: Madelene Sagström
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