Elin Arvidsson

{{short description|Swedish professional golfer}}

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Elin Arvidsson (born 26 July 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She previously played on the U.S.-based Epson Tour.{{cite web |title=Elin Arvidsson Bio |url=https://www.epsontour.com/players/elin-arvidsson/98774/bio |publisher=Epson Tour |access-date=10 February 2022}}

Early life and amateur career

Arvidsson was born in Falkenberg and started playing golf with her family at an early age. She competed on the Skandia Tour, a junior circuit, from her early teens.{{cite web |title=Elin Arvidsson |url=http://lifestylegolfmagazine.se/wp-content/uploads/Elin-Arvidsson-LGM-nr-3-2020.pdf |publisher=Lifestylegolf Magazine |language=sv |access-date=10 February 2022}} In 2020, she lost the final of the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship at Lidingö Golf Club to Isabella Deilert, 1 up.{{cite web |title=Results 2010 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=BF1025X |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=10 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Ågestadominans i JSM Match |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/folja/20100624/matchmastarna-korade/ |publisher=Svensk Golf |access-date=10 February 2022 |language=sv |date=24 June 2010}}

Arvidsson graduated from the Swedish National Golf High School in 2011 and followed in the footsteps of her older brother, Christoffer, who played college golf in Texas, at Texas State University. Arvidsson enrolled at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and played college golf with the Texas Tech Red Raiders women's golf team between 2011 and 2015. She won The Challenge at Onion Creek as a junior.{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster |url=https://texastech.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/elin-arvidsson/1301 |publisher=Texas Tech University |access-date=10 February 2022}} She graduated in May 2015 with a major in Mass Communication and a minor in Media Strategies.{{cite web |title=About Me |url=https://elinarvidsson.com/about-me/ |publisher=Elin Arvidsson |access-date=10 February 2022}}

Professional career

Arvidsson turned professional in 2015 and joined the Symetra Tour. In 2017, she recorded her first top-10 finish at the Garden City Charity Classic at Buffalo Dunes. In 2021, she made the cut in 13 of 19 events, and finished 38th in the ranking after recording three top-10 results including season-best finishes of T4 at the IOA Golf Classic and the Four Winds Invitational.

Arvidsson made her LPGA Tour debut at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open{{cite web |title=Svensk doldis debuterar med major direkt |url=https://www.gp.se/sport/svensk-doldis-debuterar-med-major-direkt-1.4437785 |publisher=Göteborgs-Posten |access-date=10 February 2022 |language=sv |date=12 July 2017}} after tying with Ashleigh Buhai for first place in the regional sectional qualifier at Prestwick Country Club in Frankfurt, Illinois.{{cite web |title=Former Tech women's golfer Arvidsson to play at U.S. Women's Open |url=https://eu.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/2017/07/13/former-tech-women-s-golfer-arvidsson-play-us-women-s-open/14853276007/ |publisher=Lubbock Online |access-date=10 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Svenskor debuterar i US Open |url=https://www.gp.se/sport/svenskor-debuterar-i-us-open-1.4418437 |publisher=Göteborgs-Posten |access-date=10 February 2022 |language=sv |date=6 July 2017}} Her next LPGA Tour start was in the 2021 Volunteers of America Classic, where she made the cut.

During the COVID-19 pandemic when many events on the Symetra Tour were cancelled, Arvidsson played on the Swedish Golf Tour, where she won the 2020 Swedish PGA Championship.{{cite web |title=Elin Arvidsson vinner efter rafflande avslutning |url=https://www.pgasweden.com/elin-arvidsson-vinner-efter-rafflande-avslutning/ |publisher=PGA of Sweden |language=sv |access-date=10 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Kan tvingas flytta: Lever inte gratis |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/golf/kan-tvingas-flytta-lever-inte-gratis/ |publisher=Expressen |language=sv |access-date=10 February 2022}}

In 2022, Arvidsson made her Ladies European Tour debut at the season-opening Magical Kenya Ladies Open, where she finished tied for 12th place.{{cite web |title=Elin Arvidsson Bio |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/?player=911481 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=11 February 2022}} Her best finish was a tie for 3rd at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open, and she finished the season 6th in the Rookie of the Year rankings and 43rd in the Order of Merit. In 2023, she tied for 4th at the Aramco Team Series - Singapore alongside Linn Grant and Klara Spilkova.{{cite web |title=Elin Arvidsson Bio |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/?player=911481 |publisher=LAdies European Tour |access-date=11 April 2023}}

Amateur wins

  • 2007 Skandia Tour Distrikt #3 – Halland
  • 2010 Götenehus Short Game Masters
  • 2013 The Challenge at Onion Creek

Professional wins

=Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)=

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align=center|1

|align=right|22 Aug 2020

|Swedish PGA Championship

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|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Linda Lundqvist

References

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