Andrea Lignell

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Andrea Lignell
Personal information
Full nameAndrea Grimberg Lignell
Born (2000-08-28) 28 August 2000 (age 23)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Gothenburg, Sweden
Career
College University of Mississippi
Turned professional2024
Current tour(s) LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour

Andrea Grimberg Lignell (born 28 August 2000) is a Swedish professional golfer. As an amateur, she finished 3rd at the 2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur and was part of the Ole Miss team that won the 2021 NCAA Championship.

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Amateur career

Lignell grew up in Gothenburg. She plays golf left-handed and represents Hills Golf Club. She was runner-up at the 2017 Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship and won the event back-to-back in 2020 and 2021. [1]

Drafted to the National Team, she won bronze both at the 2018 European Girls' Team Championship and also at the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, together with Kajsa Arwefjäll and Ingrid Lindblad. [2] In 2021, she helped Sweden place third at the Spirit International Amateur. [3] She was part of the silver medal team at the 2021 European Ladies' Team Championship, together with Linn Grant, Sara Kjellker, Ingrid Lindblad, Maja Stark and Beatrice Wallin, where she finished her match against Emily Toy all square as Sweden fell to England in the final.

Lignell graduated high school in 2019 and accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of Mississippi, where she played with the Ole Miss Rebels women's golf team between 2019 and 2024. As a sophomore, her team, which included players such as Chiara Tamburlini and Smilla Tarning Sønderby, won the 2021 NCAA Championship, Ole Miss' first team title in a women's sport. [4] Lignell, who played 40 holes over the quarterfinals and semifinals, drained a five-footer on the 17th hole to clinch the win for Ole Miss over an Oklahoma State team which included her compatriot Maja Stark. [5]

Lignell played in the Augusta National Women's Amateur twice, finishing 3rd in 2023, [6] three strokes behind world amateur number one Rose Zhang. [7] She was initially selected for the international side at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup, [8] and reached a career-best 18th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. [9]

Professional career

Lignell turned professional after she graduated in 2024, and her first start was at the Dormy Open Helsingborg on the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the MoreGolf Mastercard Open, three strokes behind compatriot Kajsa Arwefjäll, after holding the outright lead going into the final day and setting a new course record of 64 (−8) in the first round. [10] [11]

Amateur wins

Source: [1] [9]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "VM-brons för flicklandslaget". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Arwefjäll Helps Sweden to Third-Place Finish at The Spirit International". San José State Spartans. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Women's Golf Roster". University of Mississippi. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Kelly, Todd (26 May 2021). "Ole Miss wins NCAA Championship, first women's national title in school history". Golfweek. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Augusta National Women's Amateur, Leaderboard". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Andrea Lignell: Talangen från Göteborg som gör succé i USA". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ↑ Jourdan, Cameron (25 April 2023). "American, International teams announced for 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup at Laurel Valley Golf Club". Golfweek. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 "Andrea Lignell". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Lignell Still In Front With One Round Remaining At Moregolf Mastercard Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  11. ↑ "Lignell Surges Into Four-Shot Lead At Moregolf Mastercard Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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