| Michaela Finn | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 2 May 1996 Ängelholm, Sweden |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Career | |
| College | Kent State University |
| Turned professional | 2019 |
| Current tour(s) | Symetra Tour (joined 2020) |
| Professional wins | 1 |
Michaela Finn (born 2 May 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Symetra Tour. [1]
Finn was born in Ängelholm in 1996 and started playing golf at 12. At 15, she was admitted to the Swedish National High School of Golf. [2]
Representing her National Team, Finn finished fourth at the 2012 European Young Masters, won bronze at the 2014 European Girls' Team Championship, and bronze again at the 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship. In 2014, she won a silver medal in the World Junior Girls Championship at Angus Glen Golf Club in Ontario, Canada, together with Emma Svensson and Filippa Möörk. [3]
Finn attended Kent State University 2015–2019 and played golf with the Kent State Golden Flashes women's golf team in the Mid-American Conference. [4] She won the Jim West Challenge in her freshman year. She won the Mid-American Conference Championship as a sophomore and finished runner-up her junior year. [2] She was a three-time All-MAC First Team and collected a total of 17 top-10 performances. [1]
She was runner-up at the 2018 Dixie Amateur behind Alexa Pano and competed at the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in April 2019. [5]
Finn turned professional after she graduated in 2019 and before entering qualification for the LPGA Tour played in a few tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour. She was runner-up behind Tonje Daffinrud at the Moss & Rygge Open in Norway, and won the Åhus Open at Kristianstad Golf Club. [6]
In 2020, Finn joined the Symetra Tour. At the 2021 Symetra Tour Championship, she shot a course record 61 in the opening round after 10 birdies in the first 13 holes, before finishing the tournament tied for fifth. [7]
In 2022, Finn shot 10-under-par to tie for 3rd at the Island Resort Championship. [8]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Jun 2019 | Åhus Open | 70-71-70=211 | –5 | 1 stroke | Sara Kjellker (a) | [9] |
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