Sara Cecilia Kjellker (born 7 September 1998) is a

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professional golfer and

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player. As an amateur, she won twice on the

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and won the

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twice.

Amateur career

Kjellker joined the National Team in 2016 and was part of a golden era of Swedish success in European team championships. With the team, which often included

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, Beatrice Wallin and

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, she was runner-up at the 2016

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in Norway, and won the

back to back in 2018 and 2019, and lost the final to England in 2021. She won the 2017 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship and finished third at the 2021

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. Kjellker accepted a golf scholarship to

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, where her brother Emil was already playing with the

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team. She started playing with the

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team in the fall of 2017. In 2019, Kjellker was runner-up at the

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Championship and she won the event in 2021. In her senior year, she was an All-American and named the

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Women's Golfer of the Year, becoming the third Aztec to win the award. Playing in a few tournaments on the

, Kjellker won the 2018 Carpe Diem Beds Trophy held at her home course

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. In 2019, she was runner-up at the

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, and in 2020 she won her second professional title, the

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, an event removed from LETAS schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Professional career

Kjellker turned professional after graduating in 2022, and joined the

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. She also made three starts on the

, where she tied for 8th at the

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in Finland. Kjellker finished tied 34th at Q-School and joined the

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with conditional status. She tied for 7th in her first event, the

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, alongside fellow rookie Amalie Leth-Nissen. At the

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in Spain she shot a course record 64 (–8) in round one and a 70 in round two to hold a two stroke lead heading into the final round, where she carded a 76 to finish in a tie for 9th.

Amateur wins

*2011 Skandia Tour Skåne Södra #2 *2012 Götenehus Short Game Masters *2013 Aspero Halland Junior Open, Tallskottet Elit *2016 Bushnell Ljunghusen Open, PGA Junior Open by Titleist *2017 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship, Norberg Open *2020 GCAA Amateur Series - Nevada *2021 Mountain West Conference Championship Sources:

Professional wins (2)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2016 *

(representing Sweden):

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