Moa Folke | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Tranås, Sweden | 25 March 1995||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Career | |||
College | Murray State University | ||
Turned professional | 2018 | ||
Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2022) | ||
Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour (joined 2019) | ||
Professional wins | 2 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Moa Folke (born 25 March 1995) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. [1] In 2023, she won the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am and was runner-up at the Joburg Ladies Open and the Open de France Dames.
Folke was born in Tranås in 1995 and won several tournaments on the Skandia Tour junior circuit in Sweden. [2]
She attended Murray State University 2014–2018 and played golf with the Murray State Racers women's golf team in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). She was a four-time All-OVC First Team selection and five-time medalist including the 2016 and 2017 OVC Championship. She was named the Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Year as a junior in 2017 and guided the Racers to back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2017 and 2018 [3]
Folke turned professional after she graduated in 2018. Before entering qualification for the LPGA Tour, she played in a few tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour. She lost a playoff to Isabella Ramsay in the Carpe Diem Beds Open at Flommen Golf Club. [4] In 2019, she won the Tegelberga Open, six strokes ahead of runner-up Linn Grant [5] [6]
In 2019, Folke joined the Symetra Tour. In her rookie season, she made two cuts in seven starts, her best finish a tie for 13th at the PHC Classic. With 2020 lost to the pandemic, in 2021 she made six cuts in 19 starts. [1]
Playing in three Sunshine Ladies Tour events in early 2022, she held the lead after the first round of the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am, but eventually had to settle for a tie for 8th place. [7]
Folke earned conditional status for the 2022 Ladies European Tour at Q-School. In her rookie season, she finished tied 14th at the Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville in April, and tied for 5th at the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open in May. [8] In September, she led by two strokes at the halfway stage of the Women's Irish Open after firing a second round 62, ten under par. A final round 73 saw her finish tied 14th, five shots behind winner Klára Spilková. [9]
In 2023, Folke shot a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 final round to win the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am in South Africa three strokes ahead of Anne-Lise Caudal. [10] A few weeks later, she finished runner-up at the Joburg Ladies Open, after she held the lead by two strokes ahead of the final round. [11] Folke finished solo runner-up behind compatriot Johanna Gustavsson at the Open de France Dames. She was only a shot back until Gustavsson holed-out for an eagle at the par-4 13th from 112 meters, and finished three shots behind. [12] She finished the season 21st in the LET Order of Merit.
In 2024, Folke finished 38th in the Order of Merit, after recording a single top-5 finish of the season at the Ladies Swiss Open. In 2025, she finished top-5 at the Women's NSW Open and held a two stroke solo lead after firing an opening round of 64 (–7) at the Jabra Ladies Open, ultimately tying for 17th. [13]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Ref |
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1 | 12 Feb 2023 | Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am | 71-73-64=208 | −8 | 3 strokes | ![]() | [14] |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up | Ref |
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1 | 26 May 2019 | Tegelberga Open | 67-72-70=209 | –7 | 6 strokes | ![]() ![]() | [15] |