Linnea Ström (born 14 October 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer. She joined the U.S.-based LPGA Tour after graduating from the

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as 2018 Rookie of the Year.

Amateur career

Ström became a member of the Swedish National Golf Team at age 13 and was part of the Swedish team winning the European Girls' Team Championship in 2012 and again in 2013. She was a member of the 2013 Junior Solheim Cup Team and the 2012 and 2014 European

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Team. Ström and

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, won gold in the mixed category at the

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. She also won the 2014

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, where she was runner-up the year after, as well as at the 2015 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. She qualified for the

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, her first major championship, where she did not made the cut. Ström played college golf for the Arizona State Sun Devils at

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in Phoenix, Arizona, where she was the 2016 Pac-12 Conference Individual champion and Collegiate First Team All American 2016 and 2017. She led the Sun Devils to the program's eighth NCAA Division I National Championship in 2017. In September

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, Ström represented Sweden at the Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico, were she finished as best Swedish competitor, tied 25th in a field of 163 players.

Professional career

Ranked ninth in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking, Ström quit ASU after 2.5 years in March 2018 to turn professional and play on the

, after a bout of food poisoning during the final stage of the LPGA Q-School saw her miss out on earning her LPGA card. She won her first professional tournament in September 2018, the

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, and won the 2018

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award. By finishing fifth on the

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money list she earned membership of the LPGA Tour in October 2018. On the

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she made 11 cuts in 22 events and ended her rookie season 84th on the money list to retain her tour card. Her best finish was T5 at the

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and she ranked 11th in average driving distance (271.52 yards), finishing sixth in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings. She earned starts at four majors and finished T26 at the

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. Ström started 2020 with a T4 at the ISPS Handa Vic Open, one stroke away from the playoff won by Park Hee-young, and finished third in the Australian Ladies Classic, a

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event. In August she finished T9 at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship and finished the season 41st on the LPGA money list. In August 2021, Ström captained a team with Jenny Haglund and

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that took a single-shot lead into the final day of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande. On the 54th-hole

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holed a critical birdie that took her team to a playoff with Ström, and team captain

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won the title on the first extra hole. In 2022, Ström divided her time between the

and the Epson Tour. On the LET, she finished solo 3rd at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open after going into the final day with a two stroke lead. She was solo 2nd at the Madrid Ladies Open behind Ana Peláez. On the Epson Tour, she won the IOA Championship and was runner-up at the Twin Bridges Championship. She was the leading money winner to become

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and re-gain her fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2023 season. Ström was in contention at the 2023 Lotte Championship in Hawaii. Sharing the lead during the last round, a double bogey on the 14th saw her finish −11, one stroke away from a three-way playoff won by Grace Kim.

Amateur wins

*2012 Annika Invitational Europe,

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*2013 Polo Golf Junior Classic *2014

, Youth Olympic Games (with

) *2016 Pac-12 Conference Individual champion *2017 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships

Professional wins

Epson Tour wins

Playoff record

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Team appearances

Amateur * European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2012 (winners), 2013 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2012, 2014 * Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013 * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden):

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* Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners) * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden):

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References

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