Michaela Finn
{{short description|Swedish professional golfer}}
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| birth_place = Ängelholm, Sweden
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| residence = Brastad, Sweden
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| college = Kent State University
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| tour = Ladies European Tour (joined 2025)
| extour = Symetra Tour (joined 2020)
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Michaela Finn (born 2 May 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player.
Early life and amateur career
Finn was born in Ängelholm in 1996 and started playing golf when she was twelve. At 15, she was admitted to the Swedish National High School of Golf.
Representing her National Team, Finn finished fourth at the 2012 European Young Masters, won bronze at the 2014 European Girls' Team Championship, and bronze again at the 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship. In 2014, she won a silver medal in the World Junior Girls Championship at Angus Glen Golf Club in Ontario, Canada, together with Emma Svensson and Filippa Möörk.{{cite web |title=2014 World Junior Girls Championship |url=https://golfcanada.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/rcga14/event/rcga1452/contest/4/leaderboard.htm |publisher=World Junior Girls Championship |access-date=8 December 2020}}
Finn attended Kent State University 2015–2019 and played golf with the Kent State Golden Flashes women's golf team in the Mid-American Conference.{{cite web |title=Miami Hurricanes Roster: Michaela Finn |url=https://kentstatesports.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/michaela-finn/10697 |publisher=Kent State Sports |access-date=11 October 2021}} She won the Jim West Challenge in her freshman year. She won the Mid-American Conference Championship as a sophomore and finished runner-up her junior year.{{cite web |title=Presentation |url=https://michaelafinn.com/presentation/ |publisher=Michaela Finn |access-date=11 October 2021}} She was a three-time All-MAC First Team and collected a total of 17 top-10 performances.
She was runner-up at the 2018 Dixie Amateur behind Alexa Pano and competed at the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in April 2019.
Professional career
Finn turned professional after she graduated in 2019. Before entering qualification for the LPGA Tour, she played in a few tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour. She was runner-up behind Tonje Daffinrud at the Moss & Rygge Open in Norway, and won the Åhus Open at Kristianstad Golf Club.{{cite web |title=Michaela Finn Player Profile |url=https://golfdata.se/guide/Profil_startsida.asp?nr=44030 |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=11 October 2021}}
Finn joined the Symetra Tour in 2020 and spent five season on the tour.{{cite web |title=Michaela Finn Bio |url=https://www.epsontour.com/players/michaela-finn/100150/bio |publisher=Symetra Tour |access-date=11 October 2021}} At the 2021 Symetra Tour Championship, she shot a course record 61 in the opening round after 10 birdies in the first 13 holes, before finishing the tournament tied for fifth.{{cite web |title=Kanonrond av Michaela Finn – leder tourfinalen |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/tournytt/20211008/kanonrond-av-michaela-finn-leder-tourfinalen/ |publisher=Svens Golf |access-date=11 October 2021 |language=sv}} In 2022, she shot a 10-under-par to tie for 3rd at the Island Resort Championship.{{cite news |title=Cheng wins Island Resort Championship |url=https://www.dailypress.net/sports/local-sports/2022/06/cheng-wins-island-resort-championship/ |newspaper=Daily Press |access-date=27 June 2022}}
Finn earned her card for the 2025 Ladies European Tour at Q-School where she tied for 8th.{{cite web |title=LET Q-School |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/tourschool?id=2024 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=20 December 2024}}
Amateur wins
- 2011 Skandia Tour Regional #2 - Göteborg, Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Västergötland
- 2012 Skandia Tour Riks #2 - Västergötland, Skandia Tour Regional #6 - Skåne
- 2015 Jim West Challenge
- 2017 Mid-American Conference Championship
- 2018 Illini Invitational at Medinah
Sources:{{cite web |title=Michaela Finn |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/michaela-finn-19878 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=11 October 2021}}
Professional wins (1)
=Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning !To par !Margin of !Runner-up !Ref | |||||||
| align=center|1 | align=right|20 Jun 2019 | Åhus Open | align=right|70-71-70=211 | align=center|–5 | 1 stroke | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sara Kjellker (a) | {{cite web |title=2019 Åhus Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=SL1925X |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=11 October 2021}} |
Team appearances
Amateur
- European Young Masters (representing Sweden): 2012
- World Junior Girls Championship (representing Sweden): 2014
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2014
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2017
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019051215/https://michaelafinn.com/ |date=dmy |title=Official website}}
- {{LadiesEuroTour player|912582}}
- {{Epson Tour player}}
- {{Women's World Golf Rankings}}
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Category:Swedish female golfers
Category:Ladies European Tour golfers
Category:Kent State Golden Flashes women's golfers
Category:Golfers from Skåne County