| Louise Rydqvist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 18 July 2001 Värnamo, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of South Carolina | ||
| Status | Amateur | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Louise Rydqvist (born 18 July 2001) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2022, she won the Espirito Santo Trophy and was runner-up at The Womens Amateur Championship. [1]
Drafted to the National Team in 2017, Rydqvist competed at the European Girls' Team Championship twice, winning the bronze on home soil in 2018. [2] [3] In 2019, she played in the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan and the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada.
Rydqvist came close to winning her first international title at the 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship at Roganstown Golf & Country Club, where she was runner-up one shot behind her compatriot Kajsa Arwefjäll. [4] In 2019 she finished tied 3rd at the same event. [5]
Rydqvist graduated from Filbornaskolan Riksidrottsgymnasium Golf in Helsingborg in 2020, after winning the 2020 Swedish Golf School Championship with her school. She accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of South Carolina, and she started playing with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team in the fall of 2021. [6] She was named All-American in her freshman year. [7]
In 2020, Rydqvist played on the Swedish Golf Tour where she shared the Order of Merit title with Line Toft Hansen, after winning the Johannesberg Ladies Open and finishing runner-up at the Allerum Open a stroke behind Sara Kjellker.
In 2022, Rydqvist was runner-up at The Womens Amateur Championship, beaten 4 and 3 by Jess Baker in the final, and played on the winning Swedish team in the Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in France together with Ingrid Lindblad and Meja Örtengren. [8]
After winning the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate, Rydqvist received a sponsor's invite to The Annika, her first LPGA Tour event, where she made the cut and finished tied 46th. [9]
Source: [10]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Sep 2020 | Johannesberg Ladies Open^ (as an amateur) | 71-70=141 | −3 | 2 strokes | Kajsa Arwefjäll (a) Linda Lundqvist Anna Magnusson |
^Shortened to 36 holes due to adverse weather conditions
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