{{short description|Swedish professional golfer}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Sarah Nilsson | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Kristianstad, Sweden | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1997|7|24|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = | weight = | nationality = {{SWE}} | residence = Yngsjö, Sweden | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2016 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = Ladies European Tour | extour = LET Access Series<br>Swedish Golf Tour | prowins = 4 | 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 = Swedish Golf Tour<br />Order of Merit | year1 = 2017 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Sarah Nilsson''' (born 24 July 1997) is a Swedish professional golfer. She won the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit in 2017 was a Ladies European Tour (LET) rookie in 2018.<ref name="LET">{{cite web |title=Sarah Nilsson Player Profile |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/?player=910141 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Nilsson's sister Emma (three years older) is also a professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.<ref name="LETBioEmma">{{cite web |title=Emma Nilsson Bio |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player/?player=300171 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=14 March 2020}}</ref> Both sisters played in the inaugural Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open in 2019, the first professional event to see female and male golfers from two tours play for the same trophy, with their parents caddying for them.<ref>{{cite news |title=Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open: Two couples in field for Brittany tournament |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/48839642 |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
==Career== Nilsson won the 2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open on the Swedish Golf Tour while still an amateur. She turned professional and joined the 2016 LET Access Series as a teenager, and had four top-10 finishes in her rookie season. The following year, she won the Ladies Norwegian Open and the Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit. In 2018, she made five LET starts, with a best finish of T15 at the dual-ranked Jabra Ladies Open.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Nilsson Player Profile |url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/players/5510 |publisher=Rolex Rankings |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
Nilsson finished sixth at the Q-School for the 2019 Ladies European Tour behind Bronte Law, Linnea Ström, Esther Henseleit, Sian Evans and Leona Maguire, after losing a playoff to Maguire for the fifth and final full card.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leona Maguire defeats Sarah Nilsson in a play-off to earn a Ladies European Tour card |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/46638414 |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref> She started 14 LET tournaments in 2019 and finished 85th on the Order of Merit.<ref>{{cite web |title=Order of Merit |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/costa-del-sol-order-of-merit/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=20 October 2020}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2011 Skandia Tour Skåne *2012 Skandia Cup Riksfinal *2014 Skandia Tour Elit
==Professional wins (4)== ===Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning<br>score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runner(s)-up !Ref |- |align=center|1 || align=right|10 Oct 2015 || Tourfinal Vellinge Open (as an amateur) || align=right|73-70-75=218 || align=center|+2 || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} Lynn Carlsson ||<ref>{{cite web |title=2015 Tourfinal Vellinge Open hosted by Ljunghusen |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=ND1541X |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref> |- |align=center|2 || align=right|11 Aug 2017 || Ladies Norwegian Open || align=right|71-72-69=212|| align=center|−4 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} Frida Gustafsson-Spång<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} Jenny Haglund<br> {{flagicon|SWE}} Cajsa Persson||<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Ladies Norwegian Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=SL1732X |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref> |- |align=center|3 || align=right|29 Sep 2018 || Nøtterøy Open || align=right|69-69-72=210 || align=center|−6 || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|SWE}} Isabella Ramsay ||<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Nøtterøy Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=SL1839X |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=15 October 2020}}</ref> |}
===Other wins (1)=== *2016 Sölvesborg Open
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{LadiesEuroTour player|910141}} *{{WWGR|5510}} *{{Golfdata|42867}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nilsson, Sarah}} Category:Swedish female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:Sportspeople from Kristianstad Category:Golfers from Skåne County Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century Swedish sportswomen