Elin Arvidsson
Personal information
Full nameElin Julia Arvidsson
Born (1992-07-26) 26 July 1992
Falkenberg, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona
Career
CollegeTexas Tech University
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2022)
Former tour(s)Epson Tour (joined 2016)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2017
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award2018

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.[1]

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.[2] In 2020, she lost the final of the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship at Lidingö Golf Club to Isabella Deilert, 1 up.[3][4]

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.[5] She graduated in May 2015 with a major in Mass Communication and a minor in Media Strategies.[6]

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.[1]

Arvidsson made her LPGA Tour debut at the 2017 U.S. Women's Open[7] after tying with Ashleigh Buhai for first place in the regional sectional qualifier at Prestwick Country Club in Frankfurt, Illinois.[8][9] Her next LPGA Tour start was in the 2021 Volunteers of America Classic, where she made the cut.[1]

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.[10][11]

In 2022, Arvidsson made her Ladies European Tour debut at the season-opening Magical Kenya Ladies Open, where she finished tied for 12th place.[12] 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.[13]

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)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 22 Aug 2020 Swedish PGA Championship 70-69-66=205 −8 1 stroke Sweden Linda Lundqvist

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elin Arvidsson Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Elin Arvidsson" (PDF) (in Swedish). Lifestylegolf Magazine. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Results 2010 Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship". Golfdata. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ågestadominans i JSM Match" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  5. ↑ "Women's Golf Roster". Texas Tech University. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "About Me". Elin Arvidsson. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Svensk doldis debuterar med major direkt" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Former Tech women's golfer Arvidsson to play at U.S. Women's Open". Lubbock Online. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Svenskor debuterar i US Open" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Elin Arvidsson vinner efter rafflande avslutning" (in Swedish). PGA of Sweden. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Kan tvingas flytta: Lever inte gratis" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Elin Arvidsson Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Elin Arvidsson Bio". LAdies European Tour. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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