Linnea Ström

Linnea Ström (born 14 October 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer. She plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour after graduating from the Symetra Tour as 2018 Rookie of the Year.[1]

Personal information
Full nameLinnea Ström
Born (1996-10-14) 14 October 1996
Göteborg, Sweden
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceScottsdale, Arizona
Career
CollegeArizona State University
(2.5 years)
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2018)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT26: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT65: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT13: 2020
Women's British OpenT64: 2019
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2019
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year2018

Amateur career

Ström became a member of the Swedish National Golf Team at age 13 and was part of the Swedish team winning the European Girls' Team Championship in 2012 and again in 2013.[2] She was a member of the 2013 Junior Solheim Cup Team and the 2012 and 2014 European Junior Ryder Cup Team.

Ström and Marcus Kinhult, won gold in the mixed category at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. She also won the 2014 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, were she was runner-up the year after, as well as at the 2015 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship.[3] She qualified for the 2015 Women's British Open, her first major championship, where she did not made the cut.

Ström played college golf for the Arizona State Sun Devils at Arizona State University in Phoenix, Arizona, where she was the 2016 Pac-12 Conference Individual champion and Collegiate First Team All American 2016 and 2017. She led the Sun Devils to the program's eighth NCAA Division I National Championship in 2017.[1]

In September 2016, Ström represented Sweden at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico, were she finished as best Swedish competitor, tied 25th in a field of 163 players.

Professional career

Ranked ninth in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, Ström quit ASU after 2.5 years in March 2018 to turn professional and play on the Symetra Tour, after a bout of food poisoning during the final stage of the LPGA Q-School saw her miss out on earning her LPGA card.[4] She won her first professional tournament in September 2018, the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge, and won the 2018 Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year award. By finishing fifth on the 2018 Symetra Tour money list she earned membership of the LPGA Tour in October 2018.[5]

On the 2019 LPGA Tour she made 11 cuts in 22 events and ended her rookie season 84th on the money list to retain her tour card. Her best finish was T5 at the Marathon Classic and she ranked 11th in average driving distance (271.52 yards), finishing sixth in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings. She earned starts at four majors and finished T26 at the 2019 ANA Inspiration.[1]

Ström started 2020 with a T4 at the ISPS Handa Vic Open, one stroke away from the playoff won by Park Hee-young, and finished third in the Australian Ladies Classic, a Ladies European Tour event.[6] In August she finished T9 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship to climb into the top 50 on the LPGA money list.[7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins

Symetra Tour wins
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 2 Sep 2018 Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge 65-71-66-67=269 −11 1 stroke Charlotte Thomas

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Linnea Ström Player Profile". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. "European Girls' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  3. "Linnea Ström Bio". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. "Arizona State junior Linnea Strom turns pro". Golfweek. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  5. "Linnea Ström on earning LPGA Tour card for 2019". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  6. "Linnea Ström". Golfdata. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  7. "2020 Race to CME Globe". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  8. "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
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