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Revision as of 10:02, 25 November 2022
| Meja Örtengren | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Meja Alice Ida Örtengren |
| Born | 3 January 2005 Linköping, Sweden |
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden |
| Residence | Linköping, Sweden |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Professional wins | 1 |
Meja Örtengren (born 3 January 2005) is a Swedish amateur golfer.[1] In 2022, 17 years old, she was part of the Swedish team winning the Espirito Santo Trophy and was tied individual leader. She also won her first professional event, the Swedish PGA Championship.[2]
Career
Örtengren started playing golf at age 4 and was a licensed player by 7. She started competing at age 10 and played in her first Swedish Golf Tour event at 14, the Hoya Ladies Open at Flommen Golf Club, where she held the lead after round one.[3]
Örtengren joined the National Team and played in the 2019 and 2020 European Young Masters. She won silver at the 2020 European Girls' Team Championship at Hrubá Borša, Slovakia.[4]
In 2021, she won the German Girls Open and the Annika Invitational Europe, both qualifying events for the Junior Solheim Cup. As a result, she was tapped by captain Annika Sörenstam to represent Europe at the 2021 Junior Solheim Cup, held concurrently with the 2021 Solheim Cup at Sylvania Country Club in Toledo, Ohio.[5]
She came close to winning her first professional event at the GolfUppsala Open on the LET Access Series in August 2021, missing a playoff with Kajsa Arwefjäll and Sofie Bringner by one stroke to finish third.[6] A week later, she was in contention at the Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open on the same tour after an opening round of 64, but ultimately finished tied for sixth.[7]
Örtengren was runner-up at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship in November and rounded off the season by winning the AJGA's 44th annual Rolex Tournament of Champions at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, with a six-stroke victory over Alexa Pano.[8][9]
In August 2022, Örtengren won the Espirito Santo Trophy at Le Golf National in France togerher with Ingrid Lindblad and Louise Rydqvist, where she also recorded the lowest individual score, tied with Helen Briem and Rose Zhang.[10]
Amateur wins
- 2015 (2) Skandia Tour Distrikt Östergötland #5, Skandia Tour Distrikt Östergötland #6
- 2018 (2) Alex Norén Junior Open, Teen Cup Riksfinal F13
- 2019 (4) Magnus Jakobssons Memorial, Onsjö C&B Junior Open, Teen Cup Riksfinal F14, Teen Tour Final F13-16
- 2020 (3) Östgöta Junior Open, Teen Tour Elite #6, Swedish Golf Team Invitation
- 2021 (3) German Girls Open, Annika Invitational Europe, Rolex Tournament of Champions
- 2022 (1) Rolex Tournament of Champions
Source:[2]
Professional wins (1)
LET Access Series wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 May 2022 | PGA Championship Trelleborg | −2 (69-74-68=211) | Playoff |  Zhen Bontan
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Team appearances
Amateur
- European Young Masters (representing Sweden): 2019, 2020
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2020, 2021, 2022
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2021 (winners)
- Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2021 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2022 (winners)
Source:[2]
References
- ^ "Player Profile Meja Örtengren". Golfdata. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Meja Örtengren". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Jag har noterat 70 och 71 så många gånger, så det var skönt att äntlingen lyckas" [I've noticed 70 and 71 so many times, so it was nice that the ending succeeded]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. Swedish Golf Federation. 2019. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "National Team Roster: Meja Örtengren". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Line Up Complete For 2021 European Ping Junior Solheim Cup Team". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "2021 GolfUppsala Open Results". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "2021 Anna Nordqvist Västerås Open". LET Access Series. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ^ "Lee, Ortengren Claim Titles in 44th Annual Rolex Tournament of Champions". California Golf News. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Ortengren separates herself in the Girls Division". AJGA. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ "Sweden wins Women's World Amateur Team Championship". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "PGA Championship Trelleborg". LET Access Series. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
External links
- Meja Örtengren at the World Amateur Golf Rankings official site
- Meja Örtengren at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Meja Örtengren at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)