Annelie Sjöholm (born 7 September 1995) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the
Ladies European Tour
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.
Career
Sjöholm began playing handball and football when she was seven years old, and golf when she was eight. When she was 13, she dropped all other sports to focus exclusively on golf. She won nine junior tournaments between 2009 and 2015, and attributes her success to her aspiration to beat her twin brother Tobias, with whom she toured Sweden competing on the junior circuit.
Sjöholm played college golf at
Campbell University
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, between 2014 and 2018. She was runner-up in her college debut at the LPGA Xavier Invitational behind
Tiffany Chan
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Chan attended Daytona State College where she was a two-time NJCAA champion. She played for the University of Southern California in 2016 and 2 ...
. In 2016, she helped lead the Campbell Lady Camels golf team to the conference title and was runner-up in the Big South Championship. Her first collegiate win came at the 2017 Amelia Island Collegiate, where she shot a 61 in the second round. Leading the conference in stroke average, she was named
Big South Conference
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Golfer of the Year in 2017 and again in 2018.
Directly following her college graduation, Sjöholm turned professional in June 2018 and started playing on the
LET Access Series
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Launched in 2010, the LET Access Series provides players with an opportunity to compete and progress on to the Ladi ...
and the
Swedish Golf Tour
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, where she won her maiden professional title at the Slite Open in August. 2019 was her rookie year on the
Ladies European Tour
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, but with limited status she played in only three LET tournaments with a best finish of T25 in the South African Women's Open. On the LET Access Series, she lost a playoff at the Neuchatel Ladies Championship in Switzerland in May, but triumphed in the Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open at her home course in August, beating
Maja Stark
Maja Sofia Stark (born 10 December 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer. She won her first major title at the 2025 U.S. Women's Open. She has six Ladies European Tour titles and earned LPGA Tour membership through her victory at the 2022 ISP ...
by one stroke.
Amateur wins
*2009 Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Västmanland, Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Västmanland
*2010 Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Småland, Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Västmanland
*2011 Vassunda Junior Open, Skandia Tour Regional #4 - Östergötland
*2012 Gullbringa Junior Open
*2013 Skandia Tour Riks #5 Västmanland, Junior Masters Invitational
*2015 Skandia Tour Riks #2 Småland, McDonald's Juniorpokal
*2017 Amelia Island Collegiate
Sources:
Professional wins (2)
LET Access Series (1)
^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour (2)
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2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
2019
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