Louise Rydqvist
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Jönköping, Sweden
- class Sophomore
- Hometown Jönköping, Sweden
Louise Rydqvist Bio
AWARDS/HONORS
- Golfweek All-American (Honorable Mention – 2022)
- Second Team All-SEC (2022)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2022)
- WGCA All-American Scholar (2022)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll (2022)
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-57th 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-6th 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-6th 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-5th 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-18th at the Valspar Invitational (March 12-13) and T-20th 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-4th 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-20th 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 2nd in 2020 Allerum Open on the Nordic Golf Tour
- Finished 3rd in 2020 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship
- Took 5th 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
- Business management major
CAREER STATISTICS
Year | Events | Rounds | Low 54 | Low 18 | Par/Better | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Strokes | Average |
2021-22 | 11 | 33 | 213 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2,437 | 73.84 |
2022-23 | ||||||||||
Total | 11 | 33 | 213 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2,437 | 73.84 |