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Michaela Finn

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Michaela Finn
Personal information
Born (1996-05-02) 2 May 1996 (age 28)
Ängelholm, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceBrastad, Sweden
Career
CollegeKent State University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2025)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2020)
Professional wins1
Achievements and awards
PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award2022

Michaela Finn (born 2 May 1996) is a Swedish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player.

Early life and amateur career

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Finn was born in Ängelholm in 1996 and started playing golf when she was twelve. At 15, she was admitted to the Swedish National High School of Golf.[1]

Representing her National Team, Finn finished fourth at the 2012 European Young Masters, won bronze at the 2014 European Girls' Team Championship, and bronze again at the 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship. In 2014, she won a silver medal in the World Junior Girls Championship at Angus Glen Golf Club in Ontario, Canada, together with Emma Svensson and Filippa Möörk.[2]

Finn attended Kent State University 2015–2019 and played golf with the Kent State Golden Flashes women's golf team in the Mid-American Conference.[3] She won the Jim West Challenge in her freshman year. She won the Mid-American Conference Championship as a sophomore and finished runner-up her junior year.[1] She was a three-time All-MAC First Team and collected a total of 17 top-10 performances.[4]

She was runner-up at the 2018 Dixie Amateur behind Alexa Pano and competed at the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in April 2019.[5]

Professional career

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Finn turned professional after she graduated in 2019. Before entering qualification for the LPGA Tour, she played in a few tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour. She was runner-up behind Tonje Daffinrud at the Moss & Rygge Open in Norway, and won the Åhus Open at Kristianstad Golf Club.[6]

Finn joined the Symetra Tour in 2020 and spent five season on the tour.[4] At the 2021 Symetra Tour Championship, she shot a course record 61 in the opening round after 10 birdies in the first 13 holes, before finishing the tournament tied for fifth.[7] In 2022, she shot a 10-under-par to tie for 3rd at the Island Resort Championship.[8]

Finn earned her card for the 2025 Ladies European Tour at Q-School where she tied for 8th.[9]

Amateur wins

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  • 2011 Skandia Tour Regional #2 - Göteborg, Skandia Tour Regional #5 - Västergötland
  • 2012 Skandia Tour Riks #2 - Västergötland, Skandia Tour Regional #6 - Skåne
  • 2015 Jim West Challenge
  • 2017 Mid-American Conference Championship
  • 2018 Illini Invitational at Medinah

Sources:[6][5]

Professional wins (1)

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Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Ref
1 20 Jun 2019 Åhus Open 70-71-70=211 –5 1 stroke Sweden Sara Kjellker (a) [10]

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ a b "Presentation". Michaela Finn. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  2. ^ "2014 World Junior Girls Championship". World Junior Girls Championship. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Miami Hurricanes Roster: Michaela Finn". Kent State Sports. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Michaela Finn Bio". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Michaela Finn". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Michaela Finn Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Kanonrond av Michaela Finn – leder tourfinalen" (in Swedish). Svens Golf. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Cheng wins Island Resort Championship". Daily Press. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ^ "LET Q-School". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  10. ^ "2019 Åhus Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
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