Anna Magnusson (born 1 January 1995) is a Swedish professional golfer and

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player.

Early life and amateur career

Magnusson was born in

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in 1995. She started to play golf when she was nine years old, and as a teenager won five tournaments on the Skandia Tour and two on the Junior Masters Invitational junior circuits in Sweden. She attended

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2013–2017 and played golf with the

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women's golf team in the

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(OVC). She was a four-time All-OVC First Team selection and four-time medalist. She was named Miss Eagle both as a junior and a senior, the first women's golfer to be named Miss Eagle for a second straight year.

Professional career

Magnusson turned professional after she graduated in 2017 and joined the

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midway through the 2017 season. In 2018, she recorded two wins, a playoff victory against

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in June and a two-stroke victory over Karoline Stormo and

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in July. She joined the

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in 2019, where she recorded top-5 finishes at the Santander Golf Tour Lerma and Santander Golf Tour Lauro in 2020. Magnusson played on the

in 2021 but struggled to make an impact outside the

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events, where she finished tied fifth in London with

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and Christine Wolf. In 2022 she played on the LET Access Series where she had a consistent season with third places at the Flumserberg Ladies Open and

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, and five further top-10 finishes. She clinched the sixth and final spot on the LETAS Order of Merit to secure an LET card for 2023. On the

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, Magnusson fired an opening round of 66, 6 under par, to take the lead by two shots at the

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after the first day.

Amateur wins

*2009 Skandia Tour Distrikt SGDF Nord #1, Skandia Tour Distrikt SGDF Final *2010 Skandia Tour SGDF Södra #2 *2011 Skandia Tour Regional #3 - Stockholm Norra *2012 Alex Norén Junior Open, Huvudstaden Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #1 - Skåne *2015 Bluegrass Fall Kickoff *2016 Matador Invitational, Golfweek Program Challenge, Lady Pirate Intercollegiate Sources:

Professional wins (4)

LET Access Series wins (1)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

*2020 Stockholm District Championship (SGF Golf Ranking)

References

External links

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