| Andrea Lignell | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrea Grimberg Lignell |
| Born | 28 August 2000 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Career | |
| College | University of Mississippi |
| Status | Amateur |
Andrea Grimberg Lignell (born 28 August 2000) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She was part of the Ole Miss team winning the 2021 NCAA Championship.
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 Golf Championship. [3] She was part of the Swedish team earning silver medals at the 2021 European Ladies' Team Championship, together with Linn Grant, Sara Kjellker, Ingrid Lindblad, Maja Stark and Beatrice Wallin, after finishing her match against Emily Toy all square, when Sweden lost to England in the final.
Lignell graduated high school in 2019 and accepted an athletic scholarship to University of Mississippi, and started playing with the Ole Miss Rebels women's golf team the same fall. As a sophomore, her team 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]
In April 2023, Lignell finished third at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, [6] three strokes behind world amateur number one Rose Zhang and advanced to a career best 24th on the World Amateur Golf Ranking. Later the same month, she was selected to represent the international team at the 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup. [7]
Amateur
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