Before they turned pro: Ingrid Lindblad

April 20, 2025 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com

Ingrid Lindblad (LSU Athletics Photo)

The former top-ranked amateur won her first LPGA title at the JM Eagle LA Championship

Former top-ranked amateur and 2024 ANNIKA Award winner Ingrid Lindblad won the JM Eagle LA Championship after fellow rookie Akie Iwai bogeyed the final hole to fall out of a playoff.

This was just Lindblad's third start as an LPGA Tour member this season.

Lindblad shot a final round 4-under 68 to finish at 21-under, one shot better than the field. The former LSU standout made six birdies and two bogeys on the first eleven holes and parred the final seven holes to secure the win.

One of the top amateurs in the game, Lindblad rose to number 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking in June 2023, after Rose Zhang turned professional.

She won the Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked golfer at the conclusion of the 2023 major tournaments, which gained her entry into the 2024 U.S. Women's Open and Women's British Open.

She ended her final amateur season by being named WGCA Player of the Year and receiving the Annika Award, the Inkster Award, and the Honda Sports Award.

Lindblad turned professional in June 2024 and made her professional debut at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Epson Tour, having secured status at Q-School the previous fall.

She finished runner-up at the Island Resort Championship and at the Guardian Championship, before securing her first professional win on the Epson Tour at the Tuscaloosa Toyota Classic in her seventh start.

Despite joining mid-season and only making nine starts, she finished 6th on the Race for the Card at the end of the season, to gain a fully exempt card on the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season.

Amateur wins

2015 Junior Masters Invitational, Jönköping Junior Open by FJ
2017 Irish Girls U18 Open Stroke Play Championship, Stenson Sunesson Junior Challenge, Swedish Junior Classics, Bokskogen Junior Open
2018 German Girls Open, Jönköping Junior Open
2019 Annika Invitational USA, Teen Tour Elite #1, Magnolia Invitational
2020 Florida State Match Up
2021 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, LSU Tiger Golf Classic, European Ladies Amateur Championship, Jackson T. Stephens Cup
2022 Moon Golf Invitational, Clover Cup, Clemson Invitational, SEC Women's Golf Championship, Battle at the Beach
2023 Clemson Invitational, Cougar Classic, Illini Women's Invitational at Medinah
2024 Clemson Invitational, NCAA DI Bryan Regional

Amateur team appearances

Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2018
Junior Golf World Cup (representing Sweden): 2018
European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2018
European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2019 (winners), 2020 (winners), 2021, 2022, 2023
Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International Team): 2020 (winners), 2021
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2022 (winners), 2023

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