Emma Nilsson (golfer)


Emma Nilsson is a Swedish professional golfer.
Nilsson represented her country as an amateur, winning the European Girls' Team Championship in 2012. She also represented Sweden at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships, teaming up with Lina Boqvist and Johan Edfors for the women's and mixed team competitions respectively. In 2011 she successfully defended the Junior Solheim Cup for Europe with a tie, together with Céline Boutier, Charley Hull, Leona Maguire and Lisa Maguire.
She won her first professional event at the 2014 Pilsen Golf Challenge in Prague, winning a playoff on the second hole with a par, in the process also earning a place at the Sberbank Golf Masters, her first Ladies European Tour start. She received awards from the Swedish Golf Federation's PGA Future Fund a record three times, in 2015, 2017 and 2019.
Nilsson won the 2018 LET Access Series Order of Merit, ensuring her a Ladies European Tour card for 2019, after a season highlighted by her fourth title at the Belfius Ladies Open in Belgium and six further top-10 finishes. She comfortably retained her card by finishing 26th on the Order of Merit.
On the 2020 Ladies European Tour, she was runner-up at the Investec South African Women's Open, one stroke behind Alice Hewson who won in her first start as a rookie member of the tour.
Her younger sister Sarah Nilsson is also a professional golfer, a Ladies European Tour rookie in 2017.

Amateur wins

LET Access Series wins (4)

^Tournament shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
LET Access Series playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12014Pilsen Golf Challenge Melodie BourdyWon with par on second extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional