Emma Nilsson
Personal information
Born (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994
Kristianstad, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceYngsjö, Sweden
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)LET Access Series
Professional wins4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenCUT: 2020
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
LET Access Series
Order of Merit		2018

Emma Nilsson (born 8 March 1994) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2020 South African Women's Open.[1]

Family and early life

Nilsson was born in Kristianstad 1994. Her sister Sarah Nilsson, born in 1997, is also a professional golfer and was a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2017.[2]

Amateur career

As an amateur Nilsson won the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship in 2008, and finished 3rd at the Swedish Junior Matchplay Championship in 2011. She was runner-up at the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship in 2010, and 3rd in 2012. She also finished 3rd at the 2011 British Girls Open and 4th at the 2012 German Girls Open.[3]

Nilsson played in the 2011 Junior Solheim Cup together with Céline Boutier, Charley Hull, Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire, a bout which ended in a 12–12 tie. She won the European Girls' Team Championship in 2012 with a National Team that included Isabella Deilert and Linnea Ström.[4]

Professional career

Nilsson turned professional in 2014[5] and soon secured her maiden professional title at the Pilsen Golf Challenge in Prague, winning a playoff on the second hole with a par, in the process also earning a place at the Sberbank Golf Masters, her first Ladies European Tour start.[6] She received awards from the Swedish Golf Federation's PGA Future Fund a record three times, in 2015 (Caroline Hedwall Scholarship), 2017 and 2019.[7] She earned her LET card for the 2017 season after finishing T16 at the Lalla Aicha Tour Q-School in Morocco.[1]

She represented Sweden at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships, teaming up with Lina Boqvist and Johan Edfors for the women's and mixed team competitions respectively.

Nilsson won the 2018 LET Access Series Order of Merit, ensuring her a Ladies European Tour card for 2019, after a season highlighted by her fourth title at the Belfius Ladies Open in Belgium and six further top-10 finishes.[8] She comfortably retained her card by finishing 26th on the Order of Merit.[9]

On the 2020 Ladies European Tour, in the last event before the tour was disrupted by a 5-month break due to the pandemic, she was runner-up at the South African Women's Open, one stroke behind Alice Hewson who won in her first start as a rookie member of the tour.[10][11] Nilsson finished the season 43rd in the Order of Merit.[1]

Amateur wins

Source:[3]

Professional wins (4)

LET Access Series wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
111 Jul 2014Pilsen Golf Challenge66-70-70=206−10PlayoffFrance Melodie Bourdy
214 Oct 2014Ladies Norwegian Challenge69-72=141^−32 strokesNorway Rachel Raastad
327 Oct 2017Santander Golf Tour LETAS El Saler69-70-71=210−61 strokeIceland Thora Valdis Jonsdottir
430 Jun 2018Belfius Ladies Open71-69-71=211−53 strokesFrance Manon Molle, France Julie Aime

^Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather.

LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Pilsen Golf Challenge France Melodie Bourdy Won with par on second extra hole[6]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Emma Nilsson Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Rookies to Watch in 2017". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Player profile Emma Nilsson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "2012 European Girls' Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Emma Nilsson Bio". Letas. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 "2014 LETAS Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "PGA Future Fund". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Emma Nilsson wins LET Access Series Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. ↑ "Order of merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  10. ↑ "LET Rookie Alice Hewson wins Investec South African Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Emma Nilsson nära segern i Sydafrika" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "2011 European Girls' Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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