| Anna Backman | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 23 March 1999 Lahti, Finland |
| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Sporting nationality |  Finland |
| Career | |
| College | University of Miami |
| Turned professional | 2024 |
| Current tour(s) | LET Access Series (joined 2024) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
Anna Backman (born 23 March 1999) is a Finnish professional golfer. She won the 2025 Ladies Slovak Golf Open on the LET Access Series. [1]
Backman grew up in Vääksy near Lahti and started playing golf at the age of 6. In 2013, she won the Finnish Women's Amateur a stroke ahead of Sanna Nuutinen. She enjoyed success across Europe, winning the 2015 French International Ladies Amateur Championship at Morfontaine, and finished third at the 2016 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy held at Royal Birkdale. In 2017, she reached the semi-finals of The Women's Amateur Championship, where she fell to the eventual champion Leona Maguire, 3 and 2. [2]
In one of her first starts in a professional event, she was runner up at the 2019 Ladies Finnish Open behind Nina Pegova. [3]
Backman enrolled at the University of Miami in 2018 and graduated in December 2022 with a bachelor's degree in Psychology. She recorded two individual titles playing with the Miami Hurricanes women's golf team and was named ACC Golfer of the Month. [4]
Backman turned professional in 2024 and joined the LET Access Series. [5] She secured her maiden professional title at the 2025 Ladies Slovak Golf Open. [6]
Source: [7]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 Aug 2025 | Ladies Slovak Golf Open | 69-71-72=212 | −4 | 2 strokes |  Jana Melichová |
Amateur
Source: [7]