Louise Rydqvist

class Sophomore
Hometown Jönköping, Sweden

class Sophomore
Hometown Jönköping, Sweden

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-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