Emma Nilsson (born 8 March 1994) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the

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. She was runner-up at the 2020 South African Women's Open.

Family and early life

Nilsson was born in

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1994. Her sister

Sarah Nilsson 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. Personal life Nilsson's sister Emma (three years older) is also a profes ...

, born in 1997, is also a professional golfer and was a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2017.

Amateur career

As an amateur Nilsson won the

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in 2008, and finished 3rd at the

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in 2011. She was runner-up at the

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in 2010, and 3rd in 2012. She also finished 3rd at the 2011 British Girls Open and 4th at the 2012

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. Nilsson played in the 2011

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together with

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and Lisa Maguire, a bout which ended in a 12–12 tie. She won the

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in 2012 with a National Team that included

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and

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Professional career

Nilsson turned professional in 2014 and soon secured her maiden professional title at the Pilsen Golf Challenge in Prague, winning a playoff on the second hole with a par, in the process also earning a place at the

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, her first

start. She received awards from the

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's PGA Future Fund a record three times, in 2015 (

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Scholarship), 2017 and 2019. She earned her LET card for the 2017 season after finishing T16 at the Lalla Aicha Tour Q-School in Morocco. She represented Sweden at the

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, teaming up with Lina Boqvist and

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for the women's and mixed team competitions respectively. Nilsson won the 2018

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Order of Merit, ensuring her a Ladies European Tour card for 2019, after a season highlighted by her fourth title at the Belfius Ladies Open in Belgium and six further top-10 finishes. She comfortably retained her card by finishing 26th on the Order of Merit. On the

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, in the last event before the tour was disrupted by a 5-month break due to the pandemic, she was runner-up at the South African Women's Open, one stroke behind

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who won in her first start as a rookie member of the tour. Nilsson finished the season 43rd in the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

*2007 Skandia Cup *2008

*2009 Junior Masters Invitational Source:

Professional wins (4)

LET Access Series wins (4)

^''Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather.'' LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden):2011, 2012 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2011 (tie) Professional *

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(representing Sweden):

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References

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