Frida Gustafsson Spång (born 15 February 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the

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(LET). She was runner-up at the 2021

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team event in London.

Amateur career

Spång's early achievements include winning the 2010 Grand Prix des Landes in

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and the 2011 Swedish Girls Championship. She played for the National Team and represented Sweden at the

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and the

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, winning silver in 2014 and bronze in 2016. She also played in The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in

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in 2013 with Linnea Johansson, as well as the

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in Mexico, together with Emma Henrikson and

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College career

Spång attended

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from 2012 to 2016. As a freshman, she became the first golfer in

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women's history to be named both the Player and Freshman of the Year in the same season. As a senior, she was named Second-Team All-America by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). She set a new single-season record with four tournament wins (UCF Challenge, 3M Augusta Invitational, Briar’s Creek Invitational and the American Championships) and became the all-time leader in wins with seven college career wins. She posted an ECU-best 72.25 seasonal stroke average and was named 2016

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Women's Golf Player of the Year.

Professional career

Spång turned professional and joined the LET in 2017 after finishing 21st at the Lalla Aicha Q-School. Her best finish in her rookie season was a tie for 7th at the Ladies European Thailand Championship. Spång was runner-up at the 2017

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, an

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event, one stroke behind Valentine Derrey. In 2017 she was also runner-up at the Ulricehamn Ladies Open and the

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, both

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events. In 2018, she lost a playoff to My Leander at the Nes Open on the same tour, but won a playoff against Lina Boqvist at the Hjo S Open for her maiden professional victory. On the

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, she was runner-up at the

in London teamed with

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and Carmen Alonso, three strokes behind the winning team captained by

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Amateur wins

*2008 (2) Patrik Sjöland Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #5 - Halland *2009 (2) Wendels Junior Open, Johan Edfors Junior Open *2010 (2) Chalmers Junior Open, Grand Prix des Landes *2011 (1) Swedish Girls Championship *2012 (2) UNCG Starmount Fall Classic, Wilson Junior Masters Invitational Open *2013 (1) JMU Eagle Landing Invitational *2014 (1) Minnesota Invitational *2016 (4) UCF Challenge, 3M Augusta Invitational, Briar's Creek Invitational, The American Championship Sources:

Professional wins (1)

*2018 Hjo S Open Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden): 2011 *

(representing Sweden):

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship (representing Sweden): 2013 *

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(representing Sweden):

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson Spang, Frida Swedish female golfers East Carolina Pirates women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Golfers from Gothenburg People from Mark Municipality 1993 births Living people 21st-century Swedish sportswomen