Ingrid Lindblad

Ingrid Lindblad
Lindblad at the 2022 Scandinavian Mixed
Personal information
Full nameKarin Ingrid Andrea Lindblad
NicknameIggy, Ingo
Born (2000-04-11) 11 April 2000 (age 24)
Halmstad, Sweden
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceHalmstad, Sweden and Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Career
CollegeLouisiana State
Turned professional2024
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2025)
Former tour(s)Epson Tour (joined 2024)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT11: 2022
Women's British OpenCUT: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
Evian ChampionshipT26: 2024
Achievements and awards
SEC Freshman of the Year2020
SEC Player of the Year2020, 2022, 2024
Mark H. McCormack Medal2023
WGCA Player of the Year2024
Annika Award2024
Inkster Award2024
Honda Sports Award2024

Karin Ingrid Andrea Lindblad (born 11 April 2000) is a Swedish professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She had an exceptional amateur career and spent 53 weeks as World Amateur Golf Ranking number one, after winning the 2021 European Ladies Amateur, finishing runner-up at the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur, setting amateur scoring records at the 2022 U.S. Women's Open, winning the World Amateur Team Championship for the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy, and collecting 15 college titles.[1][2]

Amateur career

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Lindblad grew up in Halmstad and joined the Swedish National Team in 2017. She represented her country at the European Girls' Team Championship, were Sweden won the bronze in 2018. She was then part of the Swedish teams that won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2019 and 2020, teamed with Frida Kinhult, Sara Kjellker, Maja Stark, Linn Grant, and Beatrice Wallin.[2] She was a member of the 2018 European Junior Ryder Cup team and was selected for the international team at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup and again at the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup.

She also excelled individually. In 2017 she won the Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship, and in 2018 the German Girls Open, ahead of Alessia Nobilio. She was runner-up at the 2018 Annika Invitational Europe and won the 2019 Annika Invitational USA.[3] In 2019, Lindblad qualified for the 2019 Women's British Open, her first major championship, where she fell short of the cut.[4]

Lindblad enrolled at Louisiana State University in 2019. In her freshman year, she had the best single season scoring average in LSU women's golf history at 70.33, beating Madelene Sagström's previous record of 71.48 from 2014–15.[5] She won twice individually in her pandemic-shortened freshman season, and became the first player in program history to earn Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors in the same season.[6] Over her four seasons she captured 11 college titles, a school record, and 15 titles over her five seasons.[7]

Over the summer in 2020, she played on the Nordic Golf Tour where she won the Golfhäftet Masters after a playoff with Beatrice Wallin. She then won the Skaftö Open, prevailing in a playoff against Wallin and Linn Grant. With the wins, Lindblad earned a runner-up position behind Grant in the Nordic Golf Tour 2020 Order of Merit.[8]

The wins helped her rise to second spot in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, behind American Rose Zhang.[3]

In the summer of 2021 she won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Italy, 3 strokes ahead of Alexandra Försterling. In 2022, Lindblad had a spectacular spring as a junior at LSU, winning four out of the first five tournaments of the year. She won the SEC Women's Individual Championship by sinking a 38-foot putt for eagle on the final hole. Lindblad posted a 2-0-1 record in team match play to help LSU win its first team league title in 30 years. Reaching nine career LSU wins, she topped Jenny Lidback's previous record of seven set in the 1985–86 season.[5]

Lindblad appeared in four installments of the Augusta National Women's Amateur, finishing third in 2021 and 2024 and as runner-up in 2022, one stroke behind winner Anna Davis.[9]

In the 2022 U.S. Women's Open at the Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club, Lindblad finished leading amateur at tied 11th.[10] Her first round of 6 under par 65, playing together with Annika Sörenstam and with Sophie Gustafson on the bag, was the lowest round ever by an amateur in the U.S. Women's Open and the second lowest round by a European player in the history of the championship. She also beat the amateur scoring records over 36 and 54 holes and tied the 72-hole amateur record in the tournament. Her putting performance was especially noticed, as she holed 66 of 69 putts inside 10 feet and every one of 50 putts from 5 feet or less during the tournament.[11][12]

She accepted an invitation to the 2022 Volvo Car Scandinavian Mixed, hosted jointly by the European Tour and Ladies European Tour and held at Halmstad Golf Club, a former Solheim Cup venue in her home town.[13] Men and women played from different tees and Lindblad finished tied 7th among the women and tied 33rd overall, propelling her into the top 250 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[14]

In August 2022, Lindblad teamed up with Meja Örtengren and Louise Rydqvist to win the World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy, beating the U.S. team with Rachel Heck, Rachel Kuehn and Rose Zhang through better tie-breaking non-counting score.[15][16]

Lindblad rose to number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2023, after rival Rose Zhang turned professional. Her compatriot, Ludvig Åberg, simultaneously occupied the men's number 1 spot.[3] She won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked golfer at the conclusion of the major tournaments of 2023. This gained her entry into the 2024 U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open.[17] She ended her final amateur season with being named WGCA Player of the Year and receiving the Annika Award, the Inkster Award and the Honda Sports Award.[18][19]

Professional career

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Lindblad turned professional in June 2024 and made her professional debut at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Epson Tour, having secured status at Q-School the previous fall.[20] She was runner-up at the weather-shortened Island Resort Championship and at the Guardian Championship,[21] before securing her maiden victory at the Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic in her 7th start.[22] Despite joining mid-season and only making 9 starts, she finished 6th on the Race for the Card at the end of the season, to gain a fully exempt card on the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season.[23]

Amateur wins

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  • 2015 Junior Masters Invitational, Jönköping Junior Open by FJ
  • 2017 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship, Stenson Sunesson Junior Challenge, Swedish Junior Classics, Bokskogen Junior Open
  • 2018 German Girls Open, Jönköping Junior Open
  • 2019 Annika Invitational USA, Teen Tour Elite #1, Magnolia Invitational
  • 2020 Florida State Match Up
  • 2021 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, LSU Tiger Golf Classic, European Ladies Amateur Championship, Jackson T. Stephens Cup
  • 2022 Moon Golf Invitational, Clover Cup, Clemson Invitational, SEC Women's Golf Championship, Battle at the Beach
  • 2023 Clemson Invitational, Cougar Classic, Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah
  • 2024 Clemson Invitational, NCAA DI Bryan Regional

Source:[3][24]

Professional wins (3)

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Epson Tour (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 15 Sep 2024 Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic 67-66-67=200 −16 2 strokes Slovenia Ana Belac

Nordic Golf Tour (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Ref
1 7 Aug 2020 Golfhäftet Masters (as an amateur) 70-65-65=200 −16 Playoff Sweden Beatrice Wallin [25]
2 29 Aug 2020 Didriksons Skaftö Open (as an amateur) 68-65-65=198 −9 Playoff Sweden Linn Grant
Sweden Beatrice Wallin		 [26]

Results in LPGA majors

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Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open T30 T11 LA CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship NT T26
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

Source:[27][28]

References

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  1. ^ "Another year, another amateur grabs the first-round spotlight at the U.S. Women's Open. Meet Ingrid Lindblad". Golf Digest. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ingrid Lindblad Presentation". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Ingrid Lindblad". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Knight bags one of 11 spots at AIG Women's British Open with help from Ashridge pro". GolfNorth. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Roster: Ingrid Lindblad". LSU Tigers. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  6. ^ "2020 U.S. Women's Open: Inside the Field". USGA. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ "A League of Her Own: LSU's Ingrid Lindblad adds 11th win to illustrious career, helps No. 3 Tigers to runner-up finish at Clemson Invitational". Tiger Rag. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Linn Grant i topp på Ekerum" (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. ^ Leonard, Tod (27 March 2023). "Looking for favorites at the 2023 Augusta National Women's Amateur? We've got 12 of them". Golf Digest. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  10. ^ Melton, Zephyr (2 June 2022). "A 'fearless' amateur playing with Annika holds the U.S. Women's Open lead". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  11. ^ "U.S. Women's Open: Drömstart för Ingrid Lindblad" [U.S. Women's Open: Dream start for Ingrid Lindblad] (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  12. ^ "U.S. Women's Open: 10 Stats to Know: Round 4". USGA. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Ingrid Lindblad klar för stortävling på hemmaplan" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Ingrid Lindblad". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  15. ^ "WATC 2022 France". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  16. ^ Leonard, Todd (27 August 2022). "U.S. charge comes up short as Sweden women win World Amateur Team title". Golf Digest. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Ingrid Lindblad Awarded Mark H. McCormack Medal as World's Leading Female Amateur Golfer". WAGR. 16 August 2023.
  18. ^ "Ingrid Lindblad honored with Juli Inkster Award, $50,000 from Workday". NBC Sports. Associated Press. 4 June 2024.
  19. ^ "It's A Sweep Of Major Awards For LSU's Lindblad; Named Honda Award Winner For Golf". LSU Tigers. 12 June 2024.
  20. ^ Otto, Luke (5 June 2024). "Lindblad, Avery, and Castle Among the 15 Players Making Their Rookie Debuts". Epson Tour.
  21. ^ Lutter, Ally (12 September 2024). "Ingrid Lindblad Launches up Race for the Card Rankings Late in the Season". Epson Tour. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Former Amateur World No. 1 Wins Her First Professional Event at the 2024 Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic". Epson Tour. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  23. ^ "Meet the 2024 Epson Tour Graduates". Epson Tour. 6 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Ingrid Lindblad Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  25. ^ "2020 Golfhäftet Masters". Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  26. ^ "2020 Didriksons Skaftö Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  27. ^ "European Team Championships". European Golf Association.
  28. ^ "International matches". European Golf Association.
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