Sanna Nuutinen

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Sanna Nuutinen
Personal information
Born (1991-04-08) 8 April 1991 (age 33)
Helsinki, Finland
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Residence Helsinki, Finland
Career
College Texas Christian University
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2017)
LPGA Tour (joined 2022)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series
Professional wins3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2022
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open T26: 2021
Evian Championship CUT: 2021, 2022

Sanna Nuutinen (born 8 April 1991) is a Finnish professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and LPGA Tour. In 2019, she was runner-up at the Tipsports Czech Ladies Open and in 2020, she finished 5th on the LET Order of Merit. [1]

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Amateur career

Nuutinen represented Finland at the 2007 and 2008 European Girls' Team Championship before capturing the bronze in the 2009 edition. [2] She also played in the 2010 and 2011 European Ladies' Team Championship before securing the bronze in 2013 and the silver in 2014 as team captain. [3] She also represented her country at the 2010 Espirito Santo Trophy and captured the bronze together with Krista Bakker and Noora Tamminen at the 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy. [4] [5]

Nuutinen played college golf with the TCU Horned Frogs at Texas Christian University 2010–2014 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Psychology. In her sophomore year, she was Mountain West individual champion after winning a four-hole playoff. [6]

Professional career

Nuutinen turned professional in 2014 and returned to Finland to join the LET Access Series mid-season. She played in six tournaments with the best finish of T5 at the Mineks and Regnum Ladies Classic, and a lowest round of 67, five-under-par at the Open Generali de Strasbourg which included six birdies. She was runner-up at the 2015 Ribeira Sacra Patrimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open, before winning the 2016 NordicTrack Open de Strasbourg. She finished fifth on the 2016 LET Access Series Order of Merit, earning membership of the Ladies European Tour for the 2017 season. [1]

Nuutinen played in eight events on the 2017 Ladies European Tour. Her best finish in 2017 was as runner-up at the Ladies Finnish Open, a LETAS event, two strokes behind compatriot Ursula Wikström. The following year, she played in seven LET events and was again runner-up at the Ladies Finnish Open, this time losing a playoff to Julia Engström. In 2019, Nuutinen was runner-up at the Lavaux Ladies Championship and beat Engström by two strokes to win the Amundi Czech Ladies Challenge, bot LETAS events. She also played in 14 LET events and posted a career-best T2 in the Tipsports Czech Ladies Open, a dual-ranked event with LETAS, helping her finish 21st on the LET Order of Merit. [1]

On the 2020 Ladies European Tour, Nuutinen finished third at both the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open and the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open, and by August she was the top Finnish golfer on the Women's World Golf Rankings. After a tie for 4th at the season ending Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, she finished the year 5th on the LET Order of Merit. [7]

In June 2021 she finished tied third at the Jabra Ladies Open and the Scandinavian Mixed on the LET, helping her qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics along with Matilda Castren, just ahead of Ursula Wikström.

Nuutinen earned her card for the 2022 LPGA Tour through qualifying school. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [6]

Professional wins (3)

LET Access Series wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
124 Sep 2016 NordicTrack Open de Strasbourg −12 (69-68-67=204)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Kiran Matharu [9]
23 Aug 2019 Amundi Czech Ladies Challenge −7 (72-69-68=209)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Julia Engström
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tereza Melecka (a)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Caroline Rominger 		[10]
35 Sep 2020 Flumserberg Ladies Open −12 (69-68-67=204)Playoff Flag of Norway.svg Stina Resen [11]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament202020212022
Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship NTCUTCUT
Women's British Open CUTT26CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
NT = no tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "European Girls' Team Championship". EGA. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 "European Ladies' Team Championship". EGA. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 "2010 Espirito Santo" (PDF). International Golf Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 "2012 Espirito Santo Scoring". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Sanna Nuutinen Player profile". TCU Horned Frogs. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Third podium of her career on LET for Sanna Nuutinen". SGA. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "2021 LPGA Q-Series". LPGA. 14 December 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016.
  9. ↑ "2016 NordicTrack Open de Strasbourg". Golfdata. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "2019 Amundi Czech Ladies Challenge". Golfdata. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  11. ↑ "2020 Flumserberg Ladies Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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