Cajsa Persson (born 28 September 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer and former

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player. She won the

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together with

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Early life and amateur career

Persson was born in

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. She had success on the domestic junior golf circuit between 2009 and 2011 winning seven tournaments, and in 2012, she lost a playoff at the Frontwalker Ladies Open on the

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. Her older sister Lisa played college golf at

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. Persson played college golf at

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with the

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team between 2012 and 2016. She was one of the best golfers in school history, recording the fourth-best career stroke average in the ISU record book. Persson played in four NCAA Regionals, earned All-Tournament honors at the Big 12 Championship three times (2013, 2015, 2016), and helped the Cyclones qualify for their first

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in 2014.

Professional career

Persson turned professional in 2016 and joined the

, where her best finish was tied second alongside

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at the Örebro Ladies Open, a stroke behind

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. In 2017, she was runner-up behind

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at the

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, an

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event. Persson earned her 2017

card after finishing 11th at the Lalla Aicha Tour Final Qualifying in Morocco, and played on the LET for three seasons between 2017 and 2019. Her best finish came at the 2018

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, where she finished third behind Astrid Vayson de Pradenne and Karolin Lampert. Persson won gold at the

at Gleneagles together with

, after they beat a Great Britain team with

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in the semi-final and France in the 20th hole of the final.

Amateur wins

*2009 JC-Marwin Cup, Växjö Junior Open, Sportex Open *2010 Skandia Tour riks #3 - Örebro *2011 Skandia Tour Riks #2 - Småland, Chalmers Junior Open, JC Marwin Cup Source:

Professional wins

*2016 Kalmar Ladies Open (SGF Golf Ranking) Source:

Playoff record

Swedish Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances

Professional *

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(representing Sweden):

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(winner – women's team)

Notes and references

External links

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