Tiia Koivisto (born 6 February 1994) is a Finnish

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who plays on the

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(LET). She won the 2022

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. In 2020, she topped the LETAS Order of Merit after winning the

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Career

Koivisto was born in

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in the greater

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area and grew up next to the Hirvihaaran Golf Course. She only took up golf at the age of 15 after playing soccer for most of her childhood, first for the boys' team as a defender and then later in the women's as a striker. In 2016, she won the Finnish Match Play and finished third in the Finnish Stroke Play Championship. Koivisto turned professional in late 2016 after attending LET Q-School, and started playing on the

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in 2017. She has enjoyed steady progress, with two top-10 finishes in her first season at the Azores Ladies Open and the

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, a solo third finish at the Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open in 2018, to five top-10 finishes in 2019. In 2020, she finished T11 at the Australian Ladies Classic and won the

to top the LETAS Order of Merit, earning promotion to the

. She finished the year with a scoring average of 69.6. In 2021, she finished T7 at the

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and made the cut in her first

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-sanctioned event, the

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in Ireland. In 2022, she won the

, held at the

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in France, after beating Whitney Hillier of Australia in a playoff with a birdie on the first extra hole. With her victory, Koivisto earned a place in the field for

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, her first major.

Amateur wins

*2014 Audi Finnish Tour Karsinta *2016 Finnish Match Play Source:

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–0)

LET Access Series wins (1)

References

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