Frida Gustafsson Spång Explained

Frida Gustafsson Spång
Birth Date:15 February 1993
Birth Place:Gothenburg, Sweden
Residence:Kinna, Sweden
College:East Carolina University
Yearpro:2017
Extour:Ladies European Tour (joined 2017)
LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour
Prowins:1
Award1:Conference USA Freshman of the Year
Year1:2013
Award2:Conference USA Player of the Year
Year2:2013
Award3:The American Player of the Year
Year3:2016
Award4:WGCA All-American
Year4:2016
Award5:Sweden PGA Future Fund Award
Year5:2017

Frida Gustafsson Spång (born 15 February 1993) is a Swedish professional golfer who has played on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was runner-up at the 2021 Aramco Team Series team event in London.

Amateur career

Spång's early achievements include winning the 2010 Grand Prix des Landes in Biarritz and the 2011 Swedish Girls Championship. She played for the National Team and represented Sweden at the European Girls' Team Championship and the European Ladies' Team Championship, winning silver in 2014 and bronze in 2016.[1]

She also played in The Spirit International Amateur Golf Championship in Trinity, Texas in 2013 with Linnea Johansson, as well as the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico, together with Emma Henrikson and Linnea Ström.[2]

College career

Spång attended East Carolina University from 2012 to 2016.[3] As a freshman, she became the first golfer in Conference USA women's history to be named both the Player and Freshman of the Year in the same season.[4] As a senior, she was named Second-Team All-America by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). She set a new single-season record with four tournament wins (UCF Challenge, 3M Augusta Invitational, Briar’s Creek Invitational and the American Championships) and became the all-time leader in wins with seven college career wins. She posted an ECU-best 72.25 seasonal stroke average and was named 2016 American Athletic Conference Women's Golf Player of the Year.[5] [6]

Professional career

Spång turned professional and joined the LET in 2017 after finishing 21st at the Lalla Aicha Q-School.[7] [8] Her best finish in her rookie season was a tie for 7th at the Ladies European Thailand Championship.[9]

Spång was runner-up at the 2017 Swedish PGA Championship, an LET Access Series event, one stroke behind Valentine Derrey. In 2017 she was also runner-up at the Ulricehamn Ladies Open and the Ladies Norwegian Open, both Swedish Golf Tour events.[10] [9] In 2018, she lost a playoff to My Leander at the Nes Open on the same tour, but won a playoff against Lina Boqvist at the Hjo S Open for her maiden professional victory.[10]

On the 2021 Ladies European Tour, she was runner-up at the Aramco Team Series in London teamed with Marianne Skarpnord and Carmen Alonso, three strokes behind the winning team captained by Olivia Cowan.[9]

Amateur wins

Sources:[10] [11]

Professional wins (1)

Source:[10]

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Getting To Know Frida Gustafsson Spang . 7 February 2019 . LET Access Series . 6 December 2020.
  2. Web site: World Amateur Teams Championships . International Golf Federation . 6 December 2020 . 16 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201116180858/https://www.igfgolf.org/watc/womens-records . dead .
  3. Web site: Women's Golf Roster . ECU Pirates . 6 December 2020.
  4. Web site: Spang Takes Home C-USA Player and Freshman-of-the-Year . 247 Sports . 6 December 2020.
  5. Web site: ECU's Spang Garners All-America Honors . 26 May 2016 . The American . 6 December 2020.
  6. Web site: Spang wins American Women's Golf Title; Pirates finish second . 20 April 2016 . WNCT-TV . 6 December 2020.
  7. Web site: Thursday Siren: Frida Gustafsson Spang . Golf Punk HQ . 6 December 2020.
  8. Web site: On Other Tours: Sagstrom tops qualifiers at Lalla Aicha Tour School . LPGA . 6 December 2020.
  9. Web site: Frida Gustafsson Spång Player Profile . Ladies European Tour . 6 December 2020.
  10. Web site: Frida Gustafsson Spång Results . Golfdata . 6 December 2020.
  11. Web site: Frida Gustafsson-Spang . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 6 December 2020.