Johanna Gustavsson

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Johanna Gustavsson
Personal information
Born (1992-12-13) 13 December 1992 (age 31)
Örebro, Sweden
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceÖrebro, Sweden
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2016)
Former tour(s)LET Access Series
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenT50: 2023
Evian ChampionshipT28: 2023
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golf Tour
Order of Merit
2015
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
2023
Medal record
European Golf Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gleneagles Mixed team

Johanna Gustavsson (born 13 December 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. In 2022, she was runner-up at the Saudi Ladies International, the Women's NSW Open and the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok, before captaining the winning team at the Aramco Team Series – New York. In 2023, she won the Lacoste Ladies Open de France and was named LET Player of the Year.[1]

Professional career[edit]

Gustavsson finished in fourth place at the Lalla Aicha Ladies European Tour School pre-qualifying in 2014, but narrowly missed out at the final stage, and joined the 2015 LET Access Series. She won her first professional event, the 2015 Larvik Ladies Open, in a record-breaking 14-hole sudden-death playoff against Natalia Escuriola Martinez of Spain. Both players recorded an opening bogey on the first playoff hole, the 368 yard par-4 9th at Larvik Golf Club in Norway, which they played three times before alternating between the 1st and 9th holes until the 10th extra hole. They then moved back to the 9th hole until Gustavsson broke the deadlock on the 14th extra hole with a birdie three.[2]

The Larvik Ladies Open victory, dual-ranked between the LET Access Series and the Swedish Golf Tour, helped Gustavsson win the 2015 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit and place fourth on the LETAS Order of Merit, securing her card for the 2016 Ladies European Tour.

In 2017, she was runner-up at the Jabra Ladies Open, earning entry to her first major, the 2017 Evian Championship, where she did not make the cut.[1]

Gustavsson represented her country at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships, teaming up with Oscar Florén, Daniel Jennevret and Julia Engström to win the bronze medal in the mixed team competition.

In 2019 she ended the season ranked 46th on the LET Order of Merit, and in 2020 she finished 19th, after making the cut at the Women's British Open and recording top-10 finishes at the Australian Ladies Classic and the Saudi Ladies Team International.[3]

In 2022, Gustavsson took her game to a new level, and finished runner-up in three of her first nine LET starts. In March, she was joint runner-up with Kristýna Napoleaová behind Georgia Hall at the 2022 Saudi Ladies International.[4] In May, she was solo runner-up behind Maja Stark at the Women's NSW Open in Australia, and again at the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok, 3 strokes behind Manon De Roey.[5] The run left her in third spot in the LET Order of Merit at the end of the season, behind only her compatriots Linn Grant and Maja Stark, completing a Swedish podium sweep.

She captained the winning team at the 2022 Aramco Team Series – New York, and together with Jessica Karlsson and Karolin Lampert won by a stroke ahead of a team captained by American Nelly Korda.[6]

In 2023, Gustavsson captured her maiden LET victory in September at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France. She finished seventh on the Race to Costa del Sol and was named LET Player of the Year at the end of season awards.[7]

Amateur wins[edit]

  • 2009 (1) Skandia Tour Regional #4 - Södermanland
  • 2010 (1) Skandia Tour Regional #1 - Östergötland
  • 2011 (1) Skandia Tour Riks #6 - Västergötland
  • 2013 (3) Skandia Tour Riks #2 - Östergötland, Skandia Tour Regional #1 - Örebro Län, McDonalds Juniorpokal

Professional wins (5)[edit]

Ladies European Tour wins (1)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 30 Sep 2023 Lacoste Ladies Open de France 66-66-65=197 −16 3 strokes Sweden Moa Folke

LET Access Series wins (2)[edit]

No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 13 Aug 2015 Larvik Ladies Open 70-68-70=208 −8 Playoff Spain Natalia Escuriola Martinez
2 6 Jul 2018 Ribeira Sacra Patrimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open 64-64-66=194 −16 2 strokes France Astrid Vayson de Pradenne

LET Access Series playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2015 Larvik Ladies Open Spain Natalia Escuriola Martinez Won with birdie on fourteenth extra hole[2]

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)[edit]

  • 2016 Örebro Ladies Open

Santander Golf Tour wins (1)[edit]

Team appearances[edit]

Professional

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Player Profile Johanna Gustavsson". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Record Breaking Play-Off Decides Title in Norway". LET Access. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Getting to Know Johanna Gustavsson". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Kelly Whaley sets Ladies European Tour birdies record, former soccer player ties for second and Georgia Hall routs field at Aramco Saudi Ladies International". Golfweek. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Manon De Roey Claims Individual Crown At Aramco Team Series – Bangkok". Ladies Euiropean Tour. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Team Gustavsson Victorious As Lexi Thompson Holds One-Shot Individual Lead In New York". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Johanna Gustavsson Wins 2023 Players' Player Of The Year". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ^ "2019 Santander Golf Tour Barcelona Results". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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