Josephine Janson

Josephine Janson
Personal information
Born (1991-09-16) 16 September 1991 (age 33)
Halmstad, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceHalmstad, Sweden
Career
CollegeOklahoma State University
Turned professional2013
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LET Access Series
Swedish Golf Tour
Professional wins2

Josephine Janson (born 16 September 1991) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2008 European Girls' Team and the 2011 European Ladies' Team championships, and the Borås Ladies Open on the 2016 LET Access Series.[1]

Career

Janson played for the National Team. She won the 2008 European Girls' Team Championship at Murcar Links Golf Club in Scotland with Louise Larsson, Amanda Sträng and Johanna Tillström, and was runner-up behind Ireland at the 2009 event in Finland with Emma Nilsson, Emma Lundström and Johanna Tillström. In 2011 she won the European Ladies' Team Championship at Murhof Golf Club in Austria together with Nathalie Månsson, Amanda Sträng, Johanna Tillström, Madelene Sagström and Daniela Holmqvist.[2]

In 2007, she won the Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship and finished fourth individually at the European Young Masters.[1][3]

Janson played college golf with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls golf team at Oklahoma State University between 2010 and 2012,[4][5] before finishing tied for fourth at Q-school to get her card for the 2014 Ladies European Tour.[6]

In 2013, Jansson was runner-up at the A6 Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour, behind Nanna Koerstz Madsen. She recorded a wire-to-wire win at the Borås Ladies Open on the 2016 LET Access Series for her first professional title.[7] She captured her second title, the SGT Tourfinal Åhus KGK ProAm, on the 2017 Swedish Golf Tour.[8]

Amateur wins

  • 2004 Bankboken Cup (F-13)
  • 2005 FSB Cup (F-14)
  • 2006 Skandia Tour Riks #1 - Göteborg, Norberg Open
  • 2007 Halland District Championship, Swedish Junior Strokeplay Championship, Wendels Junior Open
  • 2009 Skandia Tour Elit Flickor #7

Sources:[1]

Professional wins (2)

LET Access Series wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 19 Jun 2016 Borås Ladies Open^ 69-68-73=210 −6 1 stroke Hungary Csilla Lajtai-Rozsa [9]

^Co-sanctioned with the Swedish Golf Tour

Swedish Golf Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 19 Jun 2016 Borås Ladies Open^ 69-68-73=210 −6 1 stroke Hungary Csilla Lajtai-Rozsa [10]
1 14 Oct 2017 SGT Tourfinal Åhus KGK ProAm 78-70-72=220 +4 2 strokes Sweden Johanna Gustavsson
Sweden Sarah Nilsson 		[11]

^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Player Profile Josephine Janson". Golfdata. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b "European Team Championships". European Golf Association. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Josephine Janson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Golf Roster". Oklahoma State. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Foreign Flavor Fills Cowgirls Golf Team". STW Newspess. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Interview with LET rookie Josephine Janson". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  7. ^ Carl Fredrik Johansson (20 June 2016). "Janson slog till – med sin viktigaste seger" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Janson tillbaka – och vann tourfinalen" (in Swedish). Hallandsposten. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Results 2016 Borås Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Results 2016 Borås Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Results 2017 SGT Tourfinal Kristianstad Åhus Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 20 September 2021.