Madelene Sagström

Madelene Sagström
Sagström at the 2022 Dana Open
Personal information
Full nameMadelene Maria Sagström
Born (1992-11-13) 13 November 1992 (age 33)
Uppsala, Sweden
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
SpouseJack Clarke
Career
CollegeLouisiana State University
Turned professional2015
Current toursLPGA Tour (joined 2016)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2017)
Former tourSymetra Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Epson Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT13: 2022
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2017
U.S. Women's OpenT17: 2018
Women's British OpenT2: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT12: 2024
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour
Player of the Year		2016
Symetra Tour
Rookie of the Year		2016
Swedish Golfer of the Year2020

Madelene Maria Sagström (born 13 November 1992) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She won the 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio and was runner-up at the 2021 Women's British Open.

Early life

At 9, Sagström began learning golf with her parents at Enköping Golf Club, 74 kilometres northwest of Stockholm, Sweden, and she has continued to represent the club.

Amateur career

At the age of 16, she won the 2009 Swedish Junior Stroke-play Championship (for players up to 21) over 72 holes at Österåker Golf Club outside Stockholm, by seven strokes, scoring five under par on the last 36 holes.

In 2011, Sagström won the French International Lady Junior Championship, at Golf de Saint Cloud outside Paris, and was a member of the winning Swedish team at the European Ladies' Team Championship at Golf Club Murhof in Austria.

Sagström played college golf with the LSU Lady Tigers team at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was 2015 SEC Player of the Year at LSU and a finalist for the ANNIKA Award.

Professional career

Sagström turned professional after graduating in 2015. She made her professional debut at the Helsingborg Open on the Ladies European Tour in Sweden in September, and earned her first pay-check.

In 2016, Swedish former European Tour Order of Merit-winner Robert Karlsson became her mentor.

Symetra Tour Player of the Year

In 2016, she joined the Symetra Tour in United States, where she finished inside the top-5 in her first five starts. After victories at both the Chico Patty Berg Memorial in Fort Myers, Florida, and the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women's Health Classic in Greenwood, South Carolina, Sagström led the tour's money list race by a wide margin, earning a spot in the LPGA 2017 rookie class.

With her third win at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout in El Dorado, Arkansas, Sagström both secured the top spot on the final Volvik Race for the Card money list and earned a "Battlefield Promotion" to the 2016 LPGA Tour. She had a record breaking Symetra Tour season, becoming the first player in Tour history to crack $100,000 and $150,000, winning Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors. In 14 Symetra Tour starts, Sagström had three wins and 11 top-10 finishes.

In December 2016, Sagström won the Ladies European Tour's Q-School in Morocco, securing membership of the Ladies European Tour for 2017, a requirement to make her eligible for selection in the 2017 Solheim Cup. She was selected as a captain's pick by Annika Sörenstam to the 2017 European Solheim Cup team and finished the 2017 LPGA Tour season 49th on the Order of Merit.

First LPGA Tour win

Sagström finished tied second at the Pure Silk Championship on the LPGA Tour in May 2019, two strokes behind Bronte Law.

In her first tournament of the 2020 season, Sagström notched her first win on the LPGA Tour at the Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio in Boca Raton, Florida. She won with a stroke ahead of Nasa Hataoka, who made bogey on the final hole. Sagström set the course record at Boca Rio Golf Club firing a 62 (−10) in the second round of the tournament. Taking the 117th LPGA Tour win by a Swedish born player, Sagström became the 12th Swedish winner on the tour.

Sagström represented Sweden at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she shot a 5-under-par 66 to take the first round lead, a stroke ahead of Aditi Ashok and world number one Nelly Korda, before ultimately tying for 20th.

Contending at majors

Two weeks after the Olympic golf tournament, Sagström tied the first round lead at the 2021 Women's British Open and eventually finished tied second, one shot behind winner Anna Nordqvist, after scoring a bogey on the final hole. After the tournament, she was announced as one of the captain's pick for the 2021 European Solheim Cup team.

In 2022, Sagström recorded four consecutive top-10 finishes, including a tie for 3rd at the DIO Implant LA Open and the Cognizant Founders Cup. After she was runner-up behind Lexi Thompson at the Aramco Team Series – New York, an LET event, she rose into the top-25 in the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time..

At the 2022 Women's British Open at Muirfield she shot a day-low 65 in round two to share second place with eventual winner Ashleigh Buhai. Sagström finished the tournament in shared fourth place, 3 strokes behind Buhai, after a final-hole bogey.

In 2024, Sagström led by one shot over Rose Zhang with 18 holes to play at the Cognizant Founders Cup. The tournament turned into a two-player duel, which Zhang ultimately won by two strokes after birdieing 4 of the last 5 holes. The next closest player, Gabriela Ruffels, was 13 shots behind Sagström. With the finish, Sagström surpassed the $4 million mark in career earnings and climbed to 109th on the LPGA all-time money list.

Second LPGA Tour win

Sagström won the 2025 T-Mobile Match Play, after beating Lauren Coughlin 1 up in the final.

She turned heads when she played in the 2026 U.S. Women's Open while seven months pregnant. After appearing in 35 straight majors, she had to sit out the next one, the 2026 Women's PGA Championship.

Awards, honors

In 2016, she received Elit Sign number 143 by the Swedish Golf Federation based on world ranking achievements.

For the 2016 Symetra Tour season, she was awarded Player of the Year as well as Rookie of the Year.

She was named as the Swedish Golfer of the Year, male or female, professional or amateur, for the 2020 season.

In 2018, she was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 26 Jan 2020 Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio 72-62-67-70=271 −17 1 stroke Japan Nasa Hataoka
2 6 Apr 2025 T-Mobile Match Play 1 up United States Lauren Coughlin

Symetra Tour (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Ref
1 17 Apr 2016 Chico's Patty Berg Memorial 69-66-69-75=269 −9 1 stroke Germany Sophia Popov
2 8 May 2016 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Classic 66-67-71-74=278 −6 6 strokes Thailand Wichanee Meechai
3 2 Oct 2016 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout 69-68-72=209 −7 2 strokes United States Becca Huffer

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Chevron Championship 71 T52 T57 CUT T13 CUT T30 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T46 T54 T17 T30 T20 CUT CUT T69 T19 CUT
Women's PGA Championship T11 CUT T48 T23 T15 T25 T39 T22 CUT
The Evian Championship CUT CUT CUT NT T38 T27 CUT T12 T49
Women's British Open T63 T20 CUT CUT T2 T4 CUT CUT T40
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship00000195
U.S. Women's Open000003107
Women's PGA Championship00000597
The Evian Championship00000184
Women's British Open01022395
Totals01022134528

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking		Source
2016222
201774
2018118
2019118
202061
202144
202227
202362
202458
202551

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 12 5–6–1 3–1–0 0–1–0 2–4–1 5.5 45.8
2017 3 1–2–0 1–0–0 def. A. Ernst 3&2 0–0–0 0–2–0 lost w/ J. Shadoff 3&1
lost w/ K. Icher 2&1		 1 33.3
2021 3 1–2–0 1–0–0 def. A. Ewing 3&2 0–1–0 lost w/ G. Hall 1 dn 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Madsen 1 dn 1 33.3
2023 3 1–1–1 0–1–0 lost to L. Vu 4&3 0–0–0 1–0–1 halved w/ G. Dryburgh
won w/ E. Pedersen 2&1		 1.5 50.0
2024 3 2–1–0 1–0–0 def. S. Schmelzel 1 up 0–0–0 1–1–0 won w/ A. Nordqvist 6&5
lost w/ A. Nordqvist 4&3		 2 66.7

References

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