Sarah Nilsson
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Kristianstad, Sweden
Sweden| Sarah Nilsson | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born | 24 July 1997 Kristianstad, Sweden | ||
| Sporting nationality | Sweden | ||
| Residence | Yngsjö, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2016 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Sarah Nilsson (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2017 was a Ladies European Tour (LET) rookie in 2018.[1]
Nilsson's sister Emma (three years older) is also a professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.[2] Both sisters played in the inaugural Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open in 2019, the first professional event to see female and male golfers from two tours play for the same trophy, with their parents caddying for them.[3]
Career
Nilsson won the 2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open on the Swedish Golf Tour while still an amateur. She turned professional and joined the 2016 LET Access Series as a teenager, and had four top-10 finishes in her rookie season. The following year, she won the Ladies Norwegian Open and the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. In 2018, she made five LET starts, with a best finish of T15 at the dual-ranked Jabra Ladies Open.[4]
Nilsson finished sixth at the Q-School for the 2019 Ladies European Tour behind Bronte Law, Linnea Ström, Esther Henseleit, Sian Evans and Leona Maguire, after losing a playoff to Maguire for the fifth and final full card.[5] She started 14 LET tournaments in 2019 and finished 85th on the Order of Merit.[6]
Amateur wins
- 2011 Skandia Tour Skåne
- 2012 Skandia Cup Riksfinal
- 2014 Skandia Tour Elit