Linnea Johansson

Height:
5-5
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Klippans Gymnasium
Hometown:
Bastad, Sweden

2016 Summer
• Competed at the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at Dundonald Links in Scotland.

2015-16 (Junior Season)
• Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Honorable Mention All-American.
• WGCA All-American Scholar.
• WGCA All-Shoal Creek Regional team after finishing tied for ninth overall at the NCAA Regional with a 75-71-79 -- 225 (+9).
• All-Big 12 Conference and All-Big 12 Tournament team selections.
• Named First Team Academic All-Big 12.
• Posted a stroke average of 72.74, which is the second best in Cowgirl history. Only Caroline Hedwall's 2009-10 average of 71.14 was lower in program history.
• Led the nation with 132 total birdies on the year, which helped the Cowgirls to lead the country with 563 as a team.
• Posted top-10 finishes in six of her 13 stroke-play starts.
• Carded a career-low 66 in the final round of the SMU/DAC Invitational, which helped her into a tie for second place and helped secure the win for OSU.
• Notched a ninth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships with scores of 72-71-73 -- 216 (E).
• Racked up a team-high 15 rounds under par in 2015-16.
• Moved her career match-play record to 5-2-1 after a 1-0-1 performance at Bedlam Cup (AS vs. Neece and def. Arimoto, 4&3).
• Key peice of OSU's school-record-tying four event victory streak that spanned much of the spring. The last time OSU won four straight events was in 1988-89.
• Ranked by Golfstat as the No. 42 player in college golf following the season.
• Finished sixth at the Schooner Classic after a final-round 69, which tied for the best round of her career.
• Carded rounds of 74-71-71 -- 216 (E) to finish seventh at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invite.

2015 Summer
• Missed the cut by a single stroke in her first tour event - the Helsingborg Open in Sweden. Shot 77-71 - 148 to finish 2-over in the Ladies European Tour event.
• Shot a 70-73 to help Sweden finish fifth at the European Team Championships held in Denmark.
• Played in the British Amateur and the British Open qualifier, where she just missed qualifying by two strokes (+1).

2014-15 (Sophomore Season)
• One of four Cowgirls to earn All-Big 12 honors in 2014-15.
• Second at OSU only to Kenzie Neisen in spring stroke average at 74.33.
• First-team Academic All-Big 12 selection.
• Finished ninth at the Big 12 championship, which earned her All-Big 12 Tournament team honors. Shot a 73-76-70 – 219 to finish 3-over.
• Played her best golf at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational, where she shot a team season-low-tying 67 in the opening round. She went on to finish in a tie for second place with a 2-under 214.
• Carded rounds of 70-74-71 – 215 (2-over) to finish in a tie for sixth at the Norhtrop Grumman Regional Challenge – one of eight top 25 finishes for her in 2014-15.
• Posted a 1-1 record in the Bedlam Cup win over Oklahoma.
• One of three Cowgirls to start all 13 tournaments in the season.
• Rounded out her first season in Division I with a 41^st place finish at the NCAA Regional in South Bend, Indiana with a 74-75-78 – 227 (11-over).

2013-14 (Redshirt Freshman)
Redshirted during her first season in Stillwater.

2012-13 (Freshman at Nova Southeastern Univ.)
• Competed at Nova Southeastern University where she finished the year ranked No. 2 and earned Division II All-America First-Team honors.
• Tabbed as the 2013 Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year as well as an all-conference pick.
• Chosen on two occasions as the league's golfer of the week.
• Opened her spring campaign with victories at the Lady Moc Invitational where she posted scores of 70, 74 and 74 for a 218 total and the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational.
• In her second career victory she carded rounds of 71, 72 and 72 for a 215 tally.
• Posted a runner-up finish at the Bison Invitational with scores of 74 and 72.
• Posted a top 10 at the Hoya Invitational where she tied for ninth place.
• Led her squad to a runner-up showing at the NCAA Division II Super Regional where she was runner-up with a 220 total that included scores of 71, 77 and 72.
• Also finished as the runner up at the NCAA Division II National Championship with scores of 73, 70, 72 and 77 for a 292 total. NSU finished second in the team race as well
• Posted top-five finishes in each of her three fall tournaments. Finished third at the Yale Fall Intercollegiate, fourth at the Guy Harvey Invitational and second at the Saint Leo Invitational

Amateur Career
• Attended the Swedish Golf National High School in 2009 and has been a member of the Swedish National Team since 2010.

Personal
• Born in Vaxjo, Sweden.
• Undecided on a major.
• Is the daughter of Leif Johansson and Helen Giselson.