Sarah Nilsson

Sarah Nilsson (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2017 was a Ladies European Tour (LET) rookie in 2018.[1]

Sarah Nilsson
Personal information
Born (1997-07-24) 24 July 1997
Kristianstad, Sweden
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceYngsjö, Sweden
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins4
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit		2017

Personal life

Nilsson's sister Emma (three years older) is also a professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.[2] Both sisters played in the inaugural Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open in 2019, the first professional event to see female and male golfers from two tours play for the same trophy, with their parents caddying for them.[3]

Career

Nilsson won the 2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open on the Swedish Golf Tour while still an amateur. She turned professional and joined the 2016 LET Access Series as a teenager, and had four top-10 finishes in her rookie season. The following year, she won the Ladies Norwegian Open and the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. In 2018, she made five LET starts, with a best finish of T15 at the dual-ranked Jabra Ladies Open.[4]

Nilsson finished sixth at the Q-School for the 2019 Ladies European Tour behind Bronte Law, Linnea Ström, Esther Henseleit, Sian Evans and Leona Maguire, after losing a playoff to Maguire for the fifth and final full card.[5] She started 14 LET tournaments in 2019 and finished 85th on the Order of Merit.[6]

Amateur wins
  • 2011 Skandia Tour Skåne
  • 2012 Skandia Cup Riksfinal
  • 2014 Skandia Tour Elit

Professional wins (4)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up Ref
110 Oct 2015Tourfinal Vellinge Open (as an amateur)73-70-75=218+24 strokes Lynn Carlsson[7]
211 Aug 2017Ladies Norwegian Open71-72-69=212−42 strokes Frida Gustafsson-Spång
Jenny Haglund
Cajsa Persson		[8]
329 Sep 2018Nøtterøy Open69-69-72=210−63 strokes Isabella Ramsay[9]

Other wins (1)
  • 2016 Sölvesborg Open

References
  1. "Sarah Nilsson Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  2. "Emma Nilsson Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. "Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open: Two couples in field for Brittany tournament". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. "Sarah Nilsson Player Profile". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. "Leona Maguire defeats Sarah Nilsson in a play-off to earn a Ladies European Tour card". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. "Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  7. "2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open hosted by Ljunghusen". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  8. "2017 Ladies Norwegian Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  9. "2018 Nøtterøy Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
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