Matilda Castren

Matilda Castrén
Personal information
Full nameMatilda Maria Castrén
Born (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)
New York, New York, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Sporting nationality Finland
ResidenceAustin, Texas
Career
CollegeFlorida State University
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2020)
LET (joined 2021)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT25: 2022
Women's PGA C'shipT23: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT30: 2021
Women's British OpenT20: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT19: 2021

Matilda Maria Castrén (born 18 January 1995) is a Finnish professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. In 2021 she won the LPGA Mediheal Championship to become the first player from Finland to win on the LPGA Tour.[1]

Career

Castrén won the 2011 Doral Publix Junior Classic in the U.S. and the 2013 Skandia Junior Open in Sweden, and was runner-up at the 2013 Portuguese Ladies Amateur. She represented Finland at the 2011, 2012 and 2013 European Girls' Team Championship, the 2014, 2015 and 2016 European Ladies' Team Championship,[2] and at the 2014[3] and 2016[4] Espirito Santo Trophy. She was also on the winning Vagliano Trophy team in 2017.[5]

Castrén played college golf at Florida State University beginning in 2014 and graduated in May 2017 with a degree in International Affairs, after winning seven individual titles in collegiate competition during her time with the Florida State Seminoles women's golf team, a school record. She was named second-Team All-American by the Women's Golf Coaches Association and Golfweek in 2014 and was a three-time All-ACC selection (2014, 2016 and 2017) as one of only three players in school history. She set school record for lowest career stroke average (72.52) over her four-year varsity career.[6]

Castrén played two seasons on the Symetra Tour in 2018 and 2019, before she finished T26 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn her card for the 2020 LPGA Tour.[7] In only six starts she earned enough to qualify via the money list for her first major, the 2020 Women's PGA Championship, where she was T9 after a first round of 69 and finished the tournament T23.[8]

In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, she won the 2021 LPGA Mediheal Championship in just her 15th career LPGA Tour start.[9]

In July, Castrén claimed her first Ladies European Tour (LET) title after she shot a final round of 68 to win the 2021 Gant Ladies Open in her native Finland. She needed to secure a victory on the LET to become a member of the tour and be eligible for the 2021 European Solheim Cup Team.[10]

Amateur wins

  • 2011 (1) Doral Publix Junior Classic 16-18
  • 2013 (1) Skandia Junior Open Girls
  • 2014 (2) Florida State Match-Up, Web.com/Marsh Landing Intercollegiate
  • 2015 (1) Jacksonville Classic
  • 2016 (3) Florida Challenge, NCAA Shoal Creek Regional Championships, Jim West Challenge
  • 2017 (1) Clemson Invitational

Source:[2][6]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 13 Jun 2021 LPGA Mediheal Championship 71-69-69-65=274 −14 2 strokes Chinese Taipei Min Lee

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 17 Jul 2021 Gant Ladies Open 71-69-68=208 −5 3 strokes India Tvesa Malik
Finland Ursula Wikström

Symetra Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 17 Oct 2020 Mission Inn Resort and Club Championship 68-68-71=207 −12 5 strokes Sweden Linnea Johansson

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T25 T28 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T30 T44
Women's PGA Championship T23 CUT T40 T77
The Evian Championship NT T19 T40 CUT
Women's British Open T20 WD CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[2]

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 1–1–0 1–0–0 3 75.0
2021 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 def. L. Salas 1 up 1–1–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 1 up
lost w/ A. Nordqvist 3&1 		1–0–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 4&3 3 75.0

References

  1. ^ "Matilda Castren becomes first player from Finland to win on LPGA, and does it in her 15th start". Golfweek. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Matilda Castren". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. ^ "2014 Espirito Santo Scoring". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. ^ "2016 Espirito Santo Scoring". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Vagliano Trophy 2017" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Matilda Castren Player profile". FSU Seminoles. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Matilda Castren Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  8. ^ "2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Matilda Castren first Finnish winner in LPGA Tour history". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Castren Captures Gant Ladies Open Title". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 17 July 2021.