Sofie Bringner (born 14 July 1997) is a

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professional golfer. She won the 2021

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and finished fifth in the

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rankings to secure

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membership for 2022.

Career

Bringner grew up in

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and started competing in golf at age 12. In 2015, she had a successful season and won four junior tournaments, which helped her qualify for the

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. She graduated from Sinclairgymnasiet in

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in 2016 and switched clubs from her local Orust Golf Club to train at

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in Gothenburg, deciding to forego the U.S. college path. Bringner turned professional in 2017 and in her rookie season had a best finish of runner-up behind Filippa Möörk in the Flommen Ladies Open at

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on the 2017 Swedish Golf Tour. In

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, she was runner-up at the

and the

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, losing a playoff to

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. Bringner joined the

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in 2019 where her best finish was third at the

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on her home turf in

, two strokes behind

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of Germany. She also played in the

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on the

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where she held the lead after the first round. She finished tied 6th, 4 strokes behind

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. She made two LET starts in the spring of 2019 and finished T15 at

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and T13 at

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. In August 2021, Bringner won her first professional event, the

on the

, beating Caroline Rominger of Switzerland 4&3. The following week she lost a playoff at the GolfUppsala Open, another LETAS event, to

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student

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, after she held a one shot lead ahead of the final round. After four top-10 finishes in ten events she ended the season in 5th spot in the LET Access Series rankings, and secured a 2022

card. In 2022, Bringner shared the lead at the

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with

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and

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, after shooting an LET career-low of 67 (–5) in the opening round. Two weeks later Bringner held the individual lead at the

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after shooting a first day round of 66 (–7) which included three eagles.

Amateur wins

*2013 Skandia Tour Regional #4 Göteborg *2014 Skandia Tour Riks #3 Göteborg *2015 Öijared Junior Open, Karin Koch Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #4 Västergötland, Wilson JMI Open *2016 Sotenäs Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #4 Östergötland Source:

Professional wins (1)

LET Access Series (1)

^Co-sanctioned with the Nordic Golf Tour

Nordic Golf Tour (1)

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^ ^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series

References

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