Nora Sundberg

Nora Sundberg (born 30 September 2005) is a Swedish amateur golfer. She played on the winning Junior Solheim Cup and Junior Vagliano Trophy teams in 2021 and won the 2023 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship.[1]

Nora Sundberg
Personal information
Full nameNora Lovisa Josefin Sundberg
Born (2005-09-30) 30 September 2005
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Career
StatusAmateur
Achievements and awards
Swedish Teen Tour Order of Merit2021

Career

Sundberg grew up in Stockholm and represents Stockholm Golf Club. She played in the European Young Masters in 2019 and 2020, and joined the National Team in 2021. At the European Girls' Team Championship in 2021, her team finished third.[2] In 2022, they finished second, as the final with France ended 4–3, after beating England 6–1 in the semi-final.[3][4]

In 2021, Sundberg played on the winning Junior Solheim Cup in Toledo, Ohio, captained by Annika Sörenstam, where she won, 3 and 1, over Bailey Shoemaker in her final day match.[5] She was also on the European 2021 Junior Vagliano Trophy team that beat Janet Melville's British team in the Netherlands 14–4.[6]

Sundberg had individual success on the Swedish Teen Tour and won six tournaments between 2018 and 2021. On her way to win the 2021 Teen Tour Elite #5 at Fullerö Golf Club, she shot a final round 63, a course record.[7] After holding the overnight lead ahead of the final round of the Annika Invitational Europe in 2021, she finished runner-up behind Meja Örtengren. She was again runner-up at the tournament in 2022.[8] She won the 2021 Swedish Teen Tour Order of Merit.[9]

In 2022, she won the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship as one of five titles that year.[10] She made her Ladies European Tour debut at the 2022 Skaftö Open where she finished low amateur, tied for 22nd place.[11]

In 2023, she won the stroke play and all her matches to capture the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, a qualifying event for the Junior Solheim Cup.

Personal life

Her sister Alice played college golf at Campbell University between 2018 and 2022.[12]

Amateur wins

Source:[13]

Team appearances

Amateur

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References
  1. "2022 National Girls' Team". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  2. "Results 2021 European Girls' Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  3. "Herr- och flicklandslaget spelar om EM-guldet". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. "Results 2022 European Girls' Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. "Europa vann Junior Solheim Cup efter heroisk insats". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. "2021 Junior Vagliano Trophy". European Golf Association. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  7. "15-åriga Nora satte dubbla banrekord". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. "Sundberg Takes Lead Ahead of Final Round". Annika Foundation. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  9. "2021 Race to Teen Tour Final". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  10. "Nora Sundberg". Golfdata. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  11. "Results 2022 Skatfö Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  12. "Women's Golf Roster: Alice Sundberg". Campbell University Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  13. "Nora Sundberg". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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