Sara Kjellker

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Sara Kjellker
Personal information
Full nameSara Cecilia Kjellker
Born (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 25)
Höllviken, Sweden
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Career
College San Diego State University
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2023)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series
Professional wins2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2024
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Mountain West Conference
Golfer of the Year		2021
PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award2024

Sara Cecilia Kjellker (born 7 September 1998) is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2023 Hero Women's Indian Open. As an amateur, she won twice on the Swedish Golf Tour and was European Ladies' Team Champion twice. [1]

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Amateur career

Kjellker joined the National Team in 2016 and was part of a golden era of Swedish success in European team championships. [2] With the team, which often included Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Ingrid Lindblad, Beatrice Wallin and Maja Stark, she was runner-up at the 2016 European Girls' Team Championship in Norway, and won the European Ladies' Team Championship back to back in 2018 and 2019, and lost the final to England in 2021. [3]

She won the 2017 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship and finished third at the 2021 European Ladies Amateur. [4]

Kjellker accepted a golf scholarship to San Diego State University, where her brother Emil was already playing with the San Diego State Aztecs men's soccer team. [5] She started playing with the San Diego State Aztecs women's golf team in the fall of 2017. [6] In 2019, Kjellker was runner-up at the Mountain West Championship and she won the event in 2021. In her senior year, she was an All-American and named the Mountain West Conference Women's Golfer of the Year, becoming the third Aztec to win the award. [7]

Playing in a few tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour, Kjellker won the 2018 Carpe Diem Beds Trophy held at her home course Ljunghusen Golf Club. [8] In 2019, she was runner-up at the Åhus Open at Kristianstad Golf Club, and in 2020 she won her second professional title, the Allerum Open, an event removed from LETAS schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

Professional career

Kjellker turned professional after graduating in 2022, and joined the LET Access Series. She also made three starts on the Ladies European Tour, where she tied for 8th at the Åland 100 Ladies Open in Finland. [10]

Kjellker finished tied 34th at Q-School and joined the 2023 Ladies European Tour with conditional status. She tied for 7th in her first event, the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, alongside fellow rookie Amalie Leth-Nissen. [11] At the La Sella Open in Spain she shot a course record 64 (–8) in round one and a 70 in round two to hold a two stroke lead heading into the final round, where she carded a 76 to finish in a tie for 9th. [12] She recorded five top-5 finishes, including as runner-up at the Hero Women's Indian Open, and ended her rookie season 12th on the LET Order of Merit and 3rd in the Rookie of the Year rankings, behind Trichat Cheenglab and Alexandra Försterling.

Amateur wins

Sources: [4] [9]

Professional wins (2)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upRef
130 May 2018 Carpe Diem Beds Trophy
(as an amateur)		72-71-68=211−53 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Lisa Pettersson [13]
214 Aug 2020 Allerum Open
(as an amateur)		67-68-69=204−121 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Louise Rydqvist (a)
Flag of Sweden.svg Linda Lundqvist 		[14]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sara Kjellker". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. ↑ "Getting to know Sara Kjellker". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "National Team Roster: Sara Kjellker". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Sara Kjellker". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Aztecs have a Swede connection with siblings who excel in two sports". The San Diego Union-Tribune. 5 May 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Women's Golf Roster: Sara Kjellker". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Kjellker and Anupansuebsai claim conference honors, make waves during senior seasons". The Daily Aztec. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ljunghusen Amateur Winner on Swedish Golf Tour" (in Swedish). Skånska Dagbladet. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Player Profile Sara Kjellker". Golfdata. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  10. ↑ "Results 2022 Åland 100 Ladies Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ashok storms to victory at Kenya Ladies Open". SuperSport. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  12. ↑ "Kjellker Still On Top With One Round Remaining In Spain". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Results 2018 Carpe Diem Beds Trophy". Golfdata. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  14. ↑ "Results 2020 Allerum Open presented by Ahlsell". Golfdata. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
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