Louise Ridderström (born 24 December 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the

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Early life and amateur career

Ridderström was born in

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to a gymnast mother and a father ( sv:Lars-Erik) who was member of the Swedish National Hockey Team. She started playing golf at the age of six, and played NCAA Division 1 college golf with the UCLA Bruins women's golf team at the

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between 2012 and 2016. An accomplished junior golfer, she was part of the Swedish National Team and finished 4th at the

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in 2010 and 5th in 2011. She appeared twice at the

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, finishing 5th both times. In 2015, her team lost in the quarterfinal to the Swiss team which included

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and

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. In 2016, they lost to an English team with

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and Meghan MacLaren, after Ridderström finished third individually in the stroke play. Ridderström also represented Sweden at the

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in Japan, where her team with

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and

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tied for 5th alongside the U.S. team. She finished 3rd at the 2010

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and in 2015 she was runner-up at the

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at Ullna Golf Club, losing the final to

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6 and 5.

Professional career

Ridderström turned professional in 2016 after graduating from UCLA, and joined the

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in 2017. On the

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, Ridderström made 15 cuts in 20 starts, winning her first professional event at the Valley Forge Invitational and recording three additional top-10 results. She finished T36 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn Priority List Category 14 status for the

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where she started in 16 events and made eight cuts to rank 121st. Her best result was a tie for 18th at

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where she was in contention at −4 until shooting a final round of 75. Ridderström spent 2022 on the

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, where she made 12 cuts in 18 starts with a season-best result of T5 at the Carolina Golf Classic. She secured a return to the 2023 LPGA Tour by finishing T34 at Q-Series.

Amateur wins

*2016 Bruin Wave Invitational Source:

Professional wins

Symetra Tour wins

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Sweden): 2009 *

(representing Sweden): 2010, 2011 *

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(representing Sweden):

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(representing Sweden):

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ridderstrom, Louise Swedish female golfers LPGA Tour golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers Swedish expatriate golfers in the United States Golfers from Stockholm Sportspeople from Danderyd Municipality 1993 births Living people 21st-century Swedish sportswomen