Louise Rydqvist

AWARDS/HONORS

• WGCA All-American (First Team – 2024 ; Honorable Mention – 2023)
• Golfweek All-American (Second Team – 2024 ; Honorable Mention – 2022)
• First Team All-SEC (2024)
• Second Team All-SEC (2022)
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2022)
• European Ladies’ Amateur Champion (2024)
• ANNIKA Intercollegiate Co-Champion (2023)
• SEC Golfer of the Week (9/20/23 ; 2/14/24)
• Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award (2024)
• SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year (2024)
• CSC Women’s At-Large Academic All-American (Third Team – 2024)
• WGCA All-American Scholar (2022, 2023, 2024)
• SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
• SEC Community Service Team (2024)

2024-25

• Won the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship (July 24-27) in Finland ; shot 274 (-14) over 72 holes to win by three shots ; had scores of 73-66-67-68 ; victory earned her an exemption into the AIG Women’s Open (August 21-25) where she will make her Major Championship debut
• Made her Arnold Palmer Cup debut in July for Team International ; went 2-2 in her matches
• Advanced to match play for the third consecutive season at The Women’s Amateur Championship (June 24-29) ; won four matches to advance to her second semifinal in her last three appearances at the prestigious event ; was dominate in the round of 16 with a 7&5 victory

2023-24

• Put together one of the finest seasons in program history on and off the golf course ; led the team with a 71.14 scoring average, the third-lowest single-season mark in program history
• Shot par or better in 20 of 29 rounds played with an impressive five top-five finishes in 10 stroke play starts, T-4^th most single-season top-fives in program history
• Also logged a 7-0-1 record in match play format
• Was tabbed a WGCA First Team All-American becoming the eighth First Team All-America selection in program history ; earned Second Team All-America honors from Golfweek
• Earned First Team All-SEC honors for the first time in her career and was named the SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year ; also won the Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award, becoming the first player in program history to win the award since its inception in 1989
• Was runner-up medalist at the NCAA Auburn Regional (May 6-8) and the SEC Championship (April 12-14) ; shot 214 (-2) at AU Club to help the team punch its ticket to the NCAA Championship for the fourth consecutive season ; shot new 54-hole low 203 (-7) at Pelican Golf Club to help the team earn the top seed in match play at the SEC Championship ; her final round 65 (-5) was also a new career low, 18-hole score
• Made her Augusta National Women’s Amateur debut (April 3-6), making the cut and finishing T-24th with a 54-hole total of 221 (+5)
• Went 2-0-1 to help lead the team to victory at the inaugural Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay (March 25-26)
• Took fourth at the San Diego State Classic (Feb. 12-13) shooting 214 (-2) helping the team to its second straight win
• Went 3-0 at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge (Feb. 3-5) leading the team to a win in its spring opener
• Finished T-12^th at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Oct. 9-10) with a 54-hole total of 215 (-1) at Trinity Forest Golf Club ; defeated Stanford’s Sadie Englemann 6&4 in the third-place match
• T-12th at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 2-4) ; shot 146 (+2) in the shortened event due to weather
• Led the team with a T-5th finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship (Sept. 22-24), shooting 209 (-7) with scores of 70-70-69
• Earned her first collegiate victory as co-champion of the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 11-13) ; shot 208 (-8) with an opening round 66 (-6) that helped power the team to victory as well ; with the win earned a sponsor exemption into The ANNIKA at Pelican Golf Club in November where she made her LPGA debut and made the cut
• Made match play at The Women’s Amateur Championship (June 13-18) for the second consecutive season

2022-23

• Earned Honorable Mention All-America honors for the second straight season, this time from the WGCA ; finished No. 67 in the final Golfstat Player Rankings for the season
• Logged a 74.15 scoring average with a pair of top-five finishes, three top-10s and four top-20s
• Finished 75^th at the NCAA Championship (May 19-23) with a 72-hole score of 307 (+19) ; fell in the match play quarterfinals to Southern Cal’s Brianna Navarrosa 2&1
• Helped punch the team’s ticket to the National Championship at Grayhawk for the third straight year with a lights out performance at the NCAA Athens Regional (May 8-10) ; took solo second with a new, 54-hole career low score of 209 (-7) ; fired rounds of 70-69-70 at UGA Golf Course
• T-23^rd at the SEC Championship with a score of 224 (+8) ; dropped two tight matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals of match play
• Finished solo second at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic ; shot 140 (-4) in the abbreviated, 36-hole event with scores of 69 (-3) and 71 (-1) at UGA Golf Course
• Went 2-1 at the Wolfpack Match Play (April 3-4) helping the team to pair of wins and third place finish ; defeated Louisville’s Carmen Griffths 1-up and Virginia Tech’s Morgan Ketchum 2-up
• Finished 0-1-2 at the Cactus Cup (March 13-14) helping the team to pair of wins and runner-up finish ; halved matches with Texas’ Bohuyn Park and San Jose State’s Louisa Carlbom
• T-13^th at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 28-30) shooting 214 (-2) ; fired a new career low score of 67 (-5) in the second round
• Made season debut at the Windy City Collegiate Classic (Oct. 3-4) ; T-10^th with a 54-hole total of 220 (+4) ; shot 71 (-1) in the final round and helped the team to a runner-up finish
• Competed in the World Am Team Championship (Aug. 24-27) and was part of Gold Medal winning Swedish Team alongside LSU All-American Ingrid Linbald and Meja Örtengren
• Continued her strong finish to her freshman campaign with a big summer in which she was runner-up at The Women’s Amateur Championship (June 20-25) ; finished 24^th in stroke play at even par before going 5-0 en route to the title bout where she would fall 4&3 to England’s Jessica Baker

2021-22

• Had a standout first season on campus, earning Honorable Mention All-America honors from Golfweek after notching eight top-20 finishes (tied for most on team) in 11 stroke play starts
• In the lineup for all five of the team’s program-record five wins during the season
• Logged a 73.84 scoring average and led the team with 15 rounds of par or better ; also had a four top-10 finishes and a pair of top-fives
• T-57^th at the NCAA Championship (May 20-25) after logging a 72-hole total of 301 (+13) ; posted back-to-back even par 72s in rounds three and four at Grayhawk Golf Club
• T-6^th at NCAA Regionals shooting 218 (+2) and helped the team to a runner-up finish
• Paced the Gamecocks at the SEC Championship (April 13-15) with a T-6^th finish at 216 (E) ; shot 69 (-3) in the final round ; won 4&3 over Alabama’s Isabella van der Biest in the match play quarterfinals
• Went 3-0 at the Wolfpack Match Play (April 3-4), helping the team to its program record fifth tournament title of the season ; won 5&4, 3&2 and 3&2 in her trio of matches
• T-5^th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic with a 54-hole total of 219 (+3) ; shot 69 (-3) in round three helping lead the Gamecocks to a win
• T-18^th at the Valspar Invitational (March 12-13) and T-20^th the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (Feb. 28-March 2) that would start a streak of five-straight, top-20 finishes to end the season prior to the NCAA Championship
• Logged a career-best T-4^th finish thanks to a 54-hole, career-low of 213 (-3) at the Landfall Tradition (Oct. 29-31) ; shot a career-best 67 (-5) in round two as the team went on to win by 12 shots
• T-20^th in her Gamecock debut, a seven-shot victory by the team in a loaded field at the season-opening ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Sept. 13-15)

PRIOR TO SOUTH CAROLINA

• Steps on campus ranked No. 165 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings and No. 70 in the European Golf Association Women’s Rankings
• High school team, Filbornaskolan, won the 2020 Swedish Golfschool Championship
• Won the 2020 Johannesberg Open
• Finished 2^nd in 2020 Allerum Open on the Nordic Golf Tour
• Finished 3^rd in 2020 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship
• Took 5^th in 2019 Girls Amateur Championship
• Represented Sweden in 2019 Junior World Cup (Japan), World Junior Girls Championship (Canada) and the European Girls Championship in 2018 and 2019

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Jonas and Mia Rydqvist – has a younger sister, Linn
• Double major in finance and marketing that boast a perfect 4.0 GPA