Kajsa Arwefjäll
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| college = San Jose State University
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| tour = Ladies European Tour
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Kajsa Arwefjäll (born 20 June 2000) is a Swedish professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour and former world champion rope skipper.{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/kajsa-arwefjall-28325 |title=Player Profile Kajsa Arwefjäll |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=18 November 2021}}{{cite magazine |title=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 |url=https://golfweek.usatoday.com/2021/11/05/spirit-international-80-things-you-didnt-know/ |magazine=Golfweek |access-date=18 November 2021}} She was the 2024 LET Access Series Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year winner.
Early life and family
Arwefjäll 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.{{cite web |title=Niclas Arwefjäll |url=https://golfdata.se/guide/Profil_startsida.asp?nr=80 |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=18 November 2021}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=Arwefjäll förhoppningsfull inför JSM |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/tournytt/20190727/arwefjall-forhoppningsfull-infor-jsm/ |magazine=Svensk Golf |access-date=18 November 2021}}
Amateur career
Arwefjäll 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.{{cite web |title=2018 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship |url=https://www.wagr.com/events/irish-girls-u18-open-stroke-play-championship-43655 |publisher=WAGR |access-date=19 November 2021}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=VM-brons för flicklandslaget |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/tournytt/20180615/vm-brons-for-flicklandslaget/ |magazine=Svensk Golf |access-date=18 November 2021}} In 2021, she helped Sweden place third at Spirit International Amateur.{{cite web |title=Arwefjäll Helps Sweden to Third-Place Finish at The Spirit International |url=https://sjsuspartans.com/news/2021/11/6/womens-golf-arwefj-ll-helps-sweden-to-third-place-finish-at-the-spirit-international.aspx |publisher=San José State Spartans |access-date=19 November 2021 |archive-date=8 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108045656/https://sjsuspartans.com/news/2021/11/6/womens-golf-arwefj-ll-helps-sweden-to-third-place-finish-at-the-spirit-international.aspx |url-status=dead }}
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.{{cite news |last1=Ingemi |first1=Marisa |title=She went from world-champion rope skipper to San Jose State golf star |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/college/article/world-champion-san-jose-17912512.php |access-date=29 May 2024 |work=San Franscisco Chronicle |date=6 May 2023}} She played in the Augusta National Women's Amateur twice and on the winning side at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup.{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Kajsa Arwefjäll |url=https://sjsuspartans.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/season/2023-24/player/kajsa-arwefjall |publisher=San José State Spartans |access-date=29 May 2024}}
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,{{cite magazine |title=Arwefjäll vann i Uppsala |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/tournytt/20210808/arwefjall-vann-i-uppsala/ |magazine=Svensk Golf |access-date=18 November 2021}} where she beat Sofie Bringner on the second hole of a playoff.{{cite web |title=Arwefjäll Triumphs At Golfuppsala Open In Playoff |url=https://letaccess.com/arwefjall-triumphs-at-golfuppsala-open-in-playoff/ |publisher=LET Access Series |access-date=19 November 2021}} 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
Arwefjäll 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.{{cite web |title=2024 Ahlsell Nordic Golf Tour Ranking |url=https://golf.se/for-spelaren/tavlingar/ahlsell-nordic-golf-tour/ranking/#/orderofmerit/226586 |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |access-date=16 August 2024}}
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.{{cite web |title=England's Gower wins the Calatayud Ladies Open 2024 |url=https://letaccess.com/englands-gower-wins-the-calatayud-ladies-open-2024 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=6 October 2024}}
Amateur wins
- 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
Source:{{cite web |title=Kajsa Arwefjäll |url=https://golfdata.se/guide/Profil_startsida.asp?nr=53484 |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=18 November 2021}}
Professional wins (3)
=LET Access Series (3)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning !To par !Margin !Runner-up !Ref |
| align=center|1
|align=right|7 Aug 2021 |GolfUppsala Open^ (as an amateur) |align=center|69-72-72=213 |align=center|−6 |align=center|Playoff |{{flagicon|SWE}} Sofie Bringner |
| align=center|2
|align=right|29 Jun 2024 |align=center|70-69-67=206 |align=center|−10 |align=center|3 strokes |{{flagicon|SWE}} Andrea Lignell |
| align=center|2
|align=right|16 Aug 2024 |Destination Gotland Ladies Open^ |align=center|67-67-73=208 |align=center|−3 |align=center|2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Brianna Navarrosa |
^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour
Team appearances
Amateur
- 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
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External links
- {{Ladies European Tour player|301433}}
- {{WWGR|9385}}
- {{Golfdata|53484}}
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Category:Swedish female golfers
Category:Ladies European Tour golfers
Category:San Jose State Spartans women's golfers
Category:Golfers from Skåne County