Sara Eklund (born 31 July 1974) is a retired Swedish professional golfer. She won the 1995

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as an amateur and played on the

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six seasons, 1997–2002.

Amateur career

Eklund played on the Swedish Golf Tour as an amateur 1993–1996 and won the

in 1995. She was selected for the National Team and represented Sweden at the 1995

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in Italy where her team finished 7th under captain Pia Nilsson, and at the 1996

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at St Elena in the Philippines where she finished 7th together with Anna Berg and

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Professional career

Eklund turned professional and joined the

(LET) in 1997. On the LET, she kept her card by comfortably finishing in the top 90 on the Order of Merit each year between 1999 and 2003, peaking at 38th in 2000. Her best LET finish is T11, which she reached at the

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and Ladies Hannover Expo 2000 Open in

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and at the

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. She repeated the T11 at the

again in

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, this time along Maria Hjorth, Laura Davies and Juli Inkster. Eklund shared the lead at the 2000

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together with

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, eventually finishing T30. She also led the 2000 Dutch Ladies Open after an opening round of 66, went head to head with Laura Davies in the second round, but had to settle for T29 after a final round of 82. She finished T7 at the

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on the 1998

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, and was runner-up at the 2000

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. Her two appearances in

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s were at the

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and

2002 Women's British Open The 2002 Women's British Open was held 8–11 August at the Ailsa Course at Turnberry Golf Club in South Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the 26th edition of the Women's British Open, and the second as a major championship on the LPGA Tour. ESPN, A ...

at Turnberry.

Professional wins (3)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)

Source:

Results in LPGA majors

''Note: Eklund only played in the Women's British Open.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Sweden):

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(representing Sweden):

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Source:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eklund, Sara Swedish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Skåne County People from Kristianstad Municipality 1974 births Living people