| Louise Rydqvist | |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Värnamo, Sweden |
| Residence: | Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Status: | Amateur |
| Prowins: | 1 |
| Nabisco: | DNP |
| Lpga: | DNP |
| Wusopen: | DNP |
| Wbritopen: | T60: 2024 |
| Evian: | DNP |
| Award1: | Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit |
| Year1: | 2020 |
| Award2: | Edith Cummings Munson Award |
| Year2: | 2024 |
Louise Rydqvist (born 18 July 2001) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She won the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 2024 European Ladies Amateur, and was runner-up at The Womens Amateur Championship in 2022.[1]
Rydqvist joined the national team in 2017 and competed at the European Girls' Team Championship twice, winning the bronze on home soil in 2018.[2] [3] In 2019, she played in the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan and the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada. She came close to winning her first international title at the 2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship at Roganstown Golf & Country Club, where she was runner-up one shot behind her compatriot Kajsa Arwefjäll.[4] In 2019 she finished tied 3rd at the same event.[5]
Rydqvist graduated from Filbornaskolan Riksidrottsgymnasium Golf in Helsingborg and accepted an athletic scholarship to the University of South Carolina, where she started playing with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team in the fall of 2021.[6] She was named All-American in her freshman year.[7] As a junior, Rydqvist was runner-up at both the SEC Championship and the NCAA Auburn Regional, and lead South Carolina with a 71.14 scoring average, their third-lowest season score on record. She was named a First Team WGCA All-American, and received the Edith Cummings Munson Award.[8]
In 2020, Rydqvist played on the Swedish Golf Tour where she shared the Order of Merit title with Line Toft Hansen, after winning the Johannesberg Ladies Open and finishing runner-up at the Allerum Open a stroke behind Sara Kjellker.
In 2022, Rydqvist was runner-up at The Womens Amateur Championship, beaten 4 and 3 by Jess Baker in the final, and played on the winning Swedish team in the Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in France together with Ingrid Lindblad and Meja Örtengren.[9]
After winning the 2023 Annika Intercollegiate, Rydqvist received a sponsor's invite to The Annika, her first LPGA Tour event, where she made the cut and finished tied 46th.[10] In 2024, she was the only female amateur to make the cut at the Scandinavian Mixed.[11]
Rydqvist won the 2024 European Ladies Amateur three strokes ahead of Andrea Revuelta of Spain, earning a spot at the 2024 Women's British Open at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland.[12]
| Tournament | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | ||
| Women's PGA Championship | ||
| The Evian Championship | ||
| Women's British Open | T60 |
Amateur
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