Moa Folke (born 25 March 1995) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.[1] In 2023, she won the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am and was runner-up at the Joburg Ladies Open and the Open de France Dames.
| Moa Folke | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 25 March 1995 Tranås, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Murray State University | ||
| Turned professional | 2018 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2022) | ||
| Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour (joined 2019) | ||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Early life and amateur career
editFolke was born in Tranås in 1995 and won several tournaments on the Skandia Tour junior circuit in Sweden.[2]
She attended Murray State University 2014–2018 and played golf with the Murray State Racers women's golf team in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). She was a four-time All-OVC First Team selection and five-time medalist including the 2016 and 2017 OVC Championship. She was named the Ohio Valley Conference Golfer of the Year as a junior in 2017 and guided the Racers to back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2017 and 2018[3]
Professional career
editFolke turned professional after she graduated in 2018. Before entering qualification for the LPGA Tour, she played in a few tournaments on the Swedish Golf Tour. She lost a playoff to Isabella Ramsay in the Carpe Diem Beds Open at Flommen Golf Club.[4] In 2019, she won the Tegelberga Open, six strokes ahead of runner-up Linn Grant[5][6]
In 2019, Folke joined the Symetra Tour. In her rookie season, she made two cuts in seven starts, her best finish a tie for 13th at the PHC Classic. With 2020 lost to the pandemic, in 2021 she made six cuts in 19 starts.[1]
Playing in three Sunshine Ladies Tour events in early 2022, she held the lead after the first round of the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am, but eventually had to settle for a tie for 8th place.[7]
Folke earned conditional status for the 2022 Ladies European Tour at Q-School. In her rookie season, she finished tied 14th at the Australian Ladies Classic – Bonville in April, and tied for 5th at the Mithra Belgian Ladies Open in May.[8] In September, she led by two strokes at the halfway stage of the Women's Irish Open after firing a second round 62, ten under par. A final round 73 saw her finish tied 14th, five shots behind winner Klára Spilková.[9]
In 2023, Folke shot a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 final round to win the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am in South Africa three strokes ahead of Anne-Lise Caudal.[10] A few weeks later, she finished runner-up at the Joburg Ladies Open, after she held the lead by two strokes ahead of the final round.[11] Folke finished solo runner-up behind compatriot Johanna Gustavsson at the Open de France Dames. She was only a shot back until Gustavsson holed-out for an eagle at the par-4 13th from 112 meters, and finished three shots behind.[12]
Amateur wins
edit- 2012 Skandia Tour Riks #3 Örebro, McDonald's Junior Trophy
- 2013 Skandia Tour Riks #3 Halland
- 2016 Jan Weaver Invitational, Ohio Valley Conference Championship, Skandia Tour Riks #2 Stockholm, Chris Banister Classic
- 2017 Jan Weaver Invitational, Ohio Valley Conference Championship
Professional wins (2)
editSunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Feb 2023 | Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am | 71-73-64=208 | −8 | 3 strokes |  Anne-Lise Caudal |
[13] |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 May 2019 | Tegelberga Open | 67-72-70=209 | –7 | 6 strokes | Linn Grant (a) Emma Svensson |
[14] |
References
edit- ^ a b "Moa Folke Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Moa Folke". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Moa Folke". Kent State Sports. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Moa Folke Player Profile". Golfdata. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Folke överlägsen på Tegelberga". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Moa Folke vann Tegelberga Open – första segern som proffs" (in Swedish). Trelleborgs Allehanda. Retrieved 23 April 2022.}
- ^ "Folke forges to the front in George". SuperSport. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Folke näst bästa svensk på Europatourtävlingen" (in Swedish). Tranås Tidning. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Fantastic Folke Shoots 62 to Lead at Midway Mark of KPMG Women's Irish Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
- ^ "Folke flies to Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am success". SuperSport. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Folke Holds Two-Shot Lead With One Round Remaining At Joburg Ladies Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Gustavsson Secures First LET Title In France". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Final Results 2023 Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "2019 Tegelberga Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
External links
edit- Moa Folke at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Moa Folke at the Epson Tour official site
- Moa Folke at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Moa Folke at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)