{{short description|Swedish golfer (born 1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Josephine Janson | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|9|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Halmstad, Sweden | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1991|9|16|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = | weight = | nationality = {{SWE}} | residence = Halmstad, Sweden | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Oklahoma State University | yearpro = 2013 | status = | tour = | extour = Ladies European Tour<br/>LET Access Series<br/>Swedish Golf Tour | prowins = 2 | lpgawins = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins --> | letwins = | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = | futwins = | otherwins = | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = <!-- DNP --> | lpga = <!-- DNP --> | wusopen = <!-- DNP --> | wbritopen = <!-- DNP --> | evian = <!-- DNP --> | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Josephine Janson''' (born 16 September 1991) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2008 European Girls' Team and the 2011 European Ladies' Team championships, and the Borås Ladies Open on the 2016 LET Access Series.<ref name="golfdata">{{cite web |title=Player Profile Josephine Janson |url=https://golfdata.se/guide/Profil_startsida.asp?nr=19319 |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
==Career== Janson played for the National Team. She won the 2008 European Girls' Team Championship at Murcar Links Golf Club in Scotland with Louise Larsson, Amanda Sträng and Johanna Tillström, and was runner-up behind Ireland at the 2009 event in Finland with Emma Nilsson, Emma Lundström and Johanna Tillström. In 2011 she won the European Ladies' Team Championship at Murhof Golf Club in Austria together with Nathalie Månsson, Amanda Sträng, Johanna Tillström, Madelene Sagström and Daniela Holmqvist.<ref name="ega"/>
In 2007, she won the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship and finished fourth individually at the European Young Masters.<ref name="golfdata"/><ref name="wagr">{{cite web |title=Josephine Janson |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/josephine-janson-16393 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |accessdate=19 September 2021}}</ref> Janson played college golf with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team at Oklahoma State University between 2010 and 2012,<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster |url=https://okstate.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/josephine-janson/2258 |publisher=Oklahoma State |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Foreign Flavor Fills Cowgirls Golf Team |url=https://www.stwnewspress.com/sports/foreign-flavor-fills-cowgirl-golf-team/article_7f432167-88fa-546f-a8df-2655f5a49852.html |publisher=STW Newspess |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> before finishing tied for fourth at Q-school to get her card for the 2014 Ladies European Tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with LET rookie Josephine Janson |url=https://letaccess.com/interview-with-let-rookie-josephine-janson/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
In 2013, Jansson was runner-up at the A6 Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour, behind Nanna Koerstz Madsen. She recorded a wire-to-wire win at the Borås Ladies Open on the 2016 LET Access Series for her first professional title.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Carl Fredrik Johansson |title=Janson slog till – med sin viktigaste seger |url=https://www.hallandsposten.se/sport/janson-slog-till-med-sin-viktigaste-seger-1.3077352 |publisher=Hallandsposten |access-date=22 September 2021 |language=sv |date=20 June 2016}}</ref> She captured her second title, the SGT Tourfinal Åhus KGK ProAm, on the 2017 Swedish Golf Tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Janson tillbaka – och vann tourfinalen |url=https://www.hallandsposten.se/sport/janson-tillbaka-och-vann-tourfinalen-1.4738569 |publisher=Hallandsposten |access-date=22 September 2021 |language=sv}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2004 Bankboken Cup (F-13) *2005 FSB Cup (F-14) *2006 Skandia Tour Riks #1 - Göteborg, Norberg Open *2007 Halland District Championship, Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship, Wendels Junior Open *2009 Skandia Tour Elit Flickor #7
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==Professional wins (2)== ===LET Access Series wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable " style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up !Ref |- |align=center|1 |align=right|19 Jun 2016 |Borås Ladies Open^ |69-68-73=210 |align=center|−6 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|HUN}} Csilla Lajtai-Rozsa |<ref>{{cite web |title=Results 2016 Borås Ladies Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=ND1624X |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref> |} ^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour
===Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)=== {| class="wikitable " style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up !Ref |- |align=center|1 |align=right|19 Jun 2016 |Borås Ladies Open^ |69-68-73=210 |align=center|−6 |1 stroke |{{flagicon|HUN}} Csilla Lajtai-Rozsa |<ref>{{cite web |title=Results 2016 Borås Ladies Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=ND1624X |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref> |- |align=center|1 |align=right|14 Oct 2017 |SGT Tourfinal Åhus KGK ProAm |78-70-72=220 |align=center|+4 |2 strokes |{{flagicon|SWE}} Johanna Gustavsson<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} Sarah Nilsson |<ref>{{cite web |title=Results 2017 SGT Tourfinal Kristianstad Åhus Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=SL1741X |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=20 September 2021}}</ref> |} ^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Young Masters (representing Sweden): 2006, 2007 *European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2008 (winners), 2009 *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2011 (winners), 2013
Source:<ref name="ega">{{cite web |url=https://www.ega-golf.ch/page/european-team-championships |title=European Team Championships |publisher=European Golf Association |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Golfdata|19319}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Janson, Josephine}} Category:Swedish female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:Oklahoma State Cowgirls golfers Category:Golfers from Halmstad Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen