Frida Kinhult

Frida Kinhult (born 25 September 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer. She rose to world number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2019.[1]

Frida Kinhult
Personal information
Born (1999-09-25) 25 September 1999
Fiskebäckskil, Sweden
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceTallahassee, Florida
Career
CollegeFlorida State
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)Symetra Tour
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationCUT: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenCUT: 2018, 2019
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
ACC Player of the Year2018-19
ACC Rookie of the Year2018-19

Early life and amateur career

The daughter of a golf professional, Kinhult started playing the game at an early age and showed great potential. Her three years older brother Marcus Kinhult is a professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, winner of the 2019 Betfred British Masters. She rose to number one in the WAGR.

Kinhult has played on the Swedish national team since 2013. Representing her country, she was part of the teams winning the 2017 European Girls' Team Championship and the 2018 and 2019 European Ladies' Team Championship. She has represented Europe in the Patsy Hankins Trophy, Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Solheim Cup, and won the 2017 Vagliano Trophy. Individually, she won the Spanish Ladies Amateur Championship in 2017 and then successfully defended her title in 2018.

In 2015, aged 15, she started in her first Ladies European Tour event, the Helsingborg Open, and two years later she finished top-10 at Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España Femenino. She participated in three majors as a teenager. The win of the 2017 European Girls' Team Championship exempted her from pre-qualifying for the 2018 Women's British Open.[2] She later received an invitation to the 2019 ANA Inspiration (foregoing her spot at Augusta National Women's Amateur played the same week) and qualified for the 2019 Women's British Open.

In the fall of 2018 she moved to Tallahassee, Florida to play golf for Florida State Seminoles.[3] She won two tournaments in her first year, and went on to win the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup. She was named the ACC Freshman of the Year and co-ACC Player of the Year alongside Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho.[4]

Professional career

Kinhult turned professional in December 2019 after qualifying for the Symetra Tour.[5]

Amateur wins
  • 2017 Spanish Ladies Amateur Championship
  • 2018 Spanish Ladies Amateur Championship, Jim West Challenge
  • 2019 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Schooner Fall Classic

Source:[1]

Results in LPGA majors
Tournament20182019
ANA Inspiration CUT
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
Women's British Open CUT CUT
The Evian Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Frida Kunhult". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. "European Girls' Team Championship Results". European Golf Association. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  3. "Seminoles Roster: Frida Kinhult". Florida State University. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. "Frida Kinhult capping off strong freshman season with FSU at NCAA Finals". Tallahassee Democrat. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. Hansson, Joel (11 December 2019). "Frida Kinhult går all in – har tagit sitt livs största beslut" [Frida Kinhult goes all in – has made the biggest decision of her life]. Bohusläningen (in Swedish).
  6. "European Girls' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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