Kajsa Arwefjäll (born 20 June 2000) is a Swedish professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour and former world champion rope skipper.[1][2] She was the 2024 LET Access Series Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year winner.
| Kajsa Arwefjäll | |||||||||
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| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | 20 June 2000 Tranås, Sweden | ||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||||||||
| Residence | Höllviken, Sweden | ||||||||
| Career | |||||||||
| College | San Jose State University | ||||||||
| Turned professional | 2024 | ||||||||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour | ||||||||
| Former tour(s) | LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour | ||||||||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Early life and family
editArwefjäll was born in Tranås in 2000 and moved with her family to Höllviken in 2009, where she grew up playing at Ljunghusen Golf Club. Raised in an athletic family, her mother is an accomplished skier and her father, a former professional golfer, is her coach.[3] Her brother Kasper has played ice-hockey with the Malmö Redhawks. She is a former world champion rope skipper with 21 national and international medals.[4]
Amateur career
editArwefjäll won her first international title in the 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship at Roganstown Golf & Country Club, beating her compatriot Louise Rydqvist into second by a stroke.[5] Drafted to the National Team, she competed at the 2018 European Girls' Team Championship and the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, where she won a bronze medal together with Andrea Lignell and Ingrid Lindblad.[6] In 2021, she helped Sweden place third at Spirit International Amateur.[7]
Arwefjäll graduated from Sundsgymnasiet in 2019 and accepted an athletic scholarship to San Jose State University, where she played with the San Jose State Spartans women's golf team from 2019 to 2024. As a sophomore, she was an individual qualifier to the NCAA Championship. In her final two years she was named Mountain West Player of the Year after she finished runner-up and then won the Mountain West Championship.[8] She played in the Augusta National Women's Amateur twice and on the winning side at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup.[9]
Arwefjäll was runner-up at the 2020 Johannesberg Ladies Open and at the 2021 Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship. With her father on the bag she won the 2021 GolfUppsala Open on the LET Access Series,[10] where she beat Sofie Bringner on the second hole of a playoff.[11] In 2023, she was runner-up at the Västerås Ladies Open and tied for 23rd at the Helsingborg Open, an LET event. She advanced to the quarterfinals of The Women's Amateur Championship, where she lost to world number one Ingrid Lindblad 4&3.
Professional career
editArwefjäll turned professional after she graduated in 2024, and joined the LET Access Series. She was runner-up at the Santander Golf Tour Ávila behind Helen Briem, before winning the MoreGolf Mastercard Open ahead of compatriot Andrea Lignell. Following another victory at the Destination Gotland Ladies Open, she won the Nordic Golf Tour Order of Merit.[12]
After two victories, two runner-ups and a total of eight top-6 finishes in twelve starts, she secured the 2024 LET Access Series Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year titles ahead of Helen Briem, and graduated to the Ladies European Tour for 2025.[13]
Amateur wins
edit- 2016 Skandia Tour Riks #6
- 2017 Buschnell Ljunghusen Open, Skandia Tour Future #5
- 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship, Teen Tour Future #4, Teen Tour Elite #6
- 2019 Schyberg Junior Open
- 2022 USF Intercollegiate
- 2024 Chevron Silverado Showdown, Mountain West Championship
Professional wins (3)
editLET Access Series (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Aug 2021 | GolfUppsala Open^ (as an amateur) | 69-72-72=213 | −6 | Playoff | [15] | |
| 2 | 29 Jun 2024 | MoreGolf Mastercard Open^ | 70-69-67=206 | −10 | 3 strokes | [16] | |
| 2 | 16 Aug 2024 | Destination Gotland Ladies Open^ | 67-67-73=208 | −3 | 2 strokes | [17] |
^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour
Team appearances
editAmateur
- Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2018
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018
- Spirit International Amateur (representing Sweden): 2021
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2022 (winners)
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2022, 2023
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2023
- Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2023
References
edit- ^ a b "Player Profile Kajsa Arwefjäll". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "A world champion rope skipper and rower, strange superstitions and more: (At least) 80 things you didn't know about the 80 competitors at the Spirit International". Golfweek. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Niclas Arwefjäll". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll förhoppningsfull inför JSM". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship". WAGR. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "VM-brons för flicklandslaget". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll Helps Sweden to Third-Place Finish at The Spirit International". San José State Spartans. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Ingemi, Marisa (6 May 2023). "She went from world-champion rope skipper to San Jose State golf star". San Franscisco Chronicle. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Kajsa Arwefjäll". San José State Spartans. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Arwefjäll vann i Uppsala". Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Arwefjäll Triumphs At Golfuppsala Open In Playoff". LET Access Series. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "2024 Ahlsell Nordic Golf Tour Ranking". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "England's Gower wins the Calatayud Ladies Open 2024". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Kajsa Arwefjäll". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "2021 GolfUppsala Open Results". Gofldata. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "2024 MoreGolf Mastercard Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "2024 Destination Gotland Ladies Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
External links
edit- Kajsa Arwefjäll at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Kajsa Arwefjäll at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Kajsa Arwefjäll at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)