Anna Magnusson (golfer)

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Anna Magnusson
Personal information
Born (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29)
Stockholm, Sweden
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Täby, Sweden
Career
College Morehead State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2020)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series (joined 2019)
Swedish Golf Tour (joined 2017)
Professional wins4
Achievements and awards
Morehead State University
Miss Eagle of the Year
2016, 2017

Anna Magnusson (born 1 January 1995) is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Magnusson was born in Stockholm in 1995. She started to play golf when she was nine years old, and as a teenager won five tournaments on the Skandia Tour and two on the Junior Masters Invitational junior circuits in Sweden. [2]

She attended Morehead State University 2013–2017 and played golf with the Morehead State Eagles women's golf team in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). She was a four-time All-OVC First Team selection and four-time medalist. She was named Miss Eagle both as a junior and a senior, the first women's golfer to be named Miss Eagle for a second straight year. [3]

Professional career

Magnusson turned professional after she graduated in 2017 and joined the Swedish Golf Tour midway through the 2017 season. In 2018, she recorded two wins, a playoff victory against Malene Krølbøll Hansen in June and a two-stroke victory over Karoline Stormo and Filippa Möörk in July. [4]

She joined the LET Access Series in 2019, where she recorded top-5 finishes at the Santander Golf Tour Lerma and Santander Golf Tour Lauro in 2020.

Magnusson played on the Ladies European Tour in 2021 but struggled to make an impact outside the Aramco Team Series events, where she finished tied fifth in London with Nicole Garcia and Christine Wolf. In 2022 she played on the LET Access Series where she had a consistent season with third places at the Flumserberg Ladies Open and Göteborg Ladies Open, and five further top-10 finishes. She clinched the sixth and final spot on the LETAS Order of Merit to secure an LET card for 2023. [5]

On the 2023 Ladies European Tour, Magnusson fired an opening round of 66, 6 under par, to take the lead by two shots at the Belgian Ladies Open after the first day. [6]

Amateur wins

Sources: [2] [3] [7]

Professional wins (4)

LET Access Series wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
114 Apr 2024 Terre Blanche Ladies Open 72-67-68=207−91 stroke Flag of France.svg Sara Brentcheneff (a)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
117 Jun 2018 Hinton Golf Open 69-71-73=213−3Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Malene Krølbøll Hansen (a)
214 Jul 2018 Johannesberg Ladies Open 69-68-70=207−92 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Filippa Möörk
Flag of Norway.svg Karoline Stormo

Other wins (1)

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Anna Magnusson". Golfdata. Swedish Golf Federation.
  3. 1 2 "Women's Golf Roster: Anna Magnusson". Morehead State University. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. "Magnusson särspelsvann på Sofiedal". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. "Six Players Earn 2023 LET Card Through LET Access Series". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  6. "Kanonrond av Magnusson i Belgien". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  7. "Anna Magnusson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 October 2022.