Amanda Linnér
Personal information
Full nameElsa Amanda Linnér
Born (2001-02-14) 14 February 2001
Onsala, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceTempe, Arizona
Career
CollegeArizona State University
StatusAmateur
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2021
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Elsa Amanda Linnér (born 14 February 2001) is a Swedish amateur golfer. In 2017 she won the European Girls' Team Championship, the Vagliano Trophy, the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship and the Annika Invitational Europe. In 2018 she won the European Ladies' Team Championship.[1]

Career

Linnér joined the Swedish National Team in 2016 and represented her country at the European Girls' Team Championship, were Sweden was runner-up in 2016 and winner in 2017. She was part of the Swedish team winning the 2018 European Ladies' Team Championship, along with Linn Grant, Frida Kinhult, Sara Kjellker, Maja Stark and Beatrice Wallin.[2]

She also excelled individually. In 2017 Linnér finished third at the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, won the Annika Invitational Europe and the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship (Internationaux de France U21 - Tropee Esmond), and was runner-up at the Annika Invitational USA.[1]

Linnér was a member of the 2017 European Junior Solheim Cup team and represented the Continent of Europe on the winning 2017 Vagliano Trophy team. In 2018 she was a member of the European Junior Ryder Cup team and represented Europe in the Patsy Hankins Trophy, held at the Doha Golf Club in Qatar.

She represented Sweden at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

In 2019 she won a professional tournament for the first time, the Lindbytvätten Masters on the Swedish Golf Tour.[3]

Linnér started at Arizona State University as a mid-year addition in 2020, joining compatriot Linn Grant on the Arizona State Sun Devils golf team.[4] She qualified for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open through the qualifier at Superstition Mountain.[5]

Amateur wins

Sources:[1][6]

Professional wins (1)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 27 Sep 2019 Lindbytvätten Masters (as an amateur) 68-66-73=207 −9 3 strokes Sweden Amanda Lindahl

Source:[6]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2021
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amanda Linnér". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "National Team Roster: Amanda Linnér". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Results 2019 Lindbytvätten Masters". Golfdata. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Women's Golf Roster:Amanda Linnér". ASU. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Women's Open at The Olympic Club has local flair with many Arizona connections". Golfweek. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Amanda Linnér Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
  8. ↑ "International matches". European Golf Association.
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