Sweden’s Sara Kjellker hails from a family of sporting fanatics with golf rooted deeply in her DNA. Having started playing at the age of six alongside twin brother Jakob and older brother Emil, it quickly became Sara’s dream to become a professional and follow in the footsteps of her hero Annika Sorenstam.
As an amateur, Kjellker played alongside Linn Grant and Maja Stark as part of the Swedish super team which won three gold medals at the European Team Championships.
The Swede then earned a scholarship to play at San Diego State University where she was named Mountain West Conference Player of the Year in 2021. In her senior year, Kjellker went to LET Q-School and earned status in Category 16.
After two top-10 finishes in her first five LET events, we caught up with Sara to find out more about her golfing journey, her decorated amateur career, and her goals for the season…
Hometown: Malmo, Sweden
Home Course: Ljunghusens Golf Club
Age: 24
Started golf at: 6
Turned pro: 2022
Handicap: +7
My parents met on a golf course! So they used to play a lot in their early marriage. They got my older brother into it first and he was obsessed with golf. Then me and my twin brother came along, and we just followed my older brother with whatever he did, so we would follow him to the course every day during the summer and my brothers would compete against each other all the time. We live really close to the course in my town and in the summer golf is everything that people do.
I had to watch at first! But I remember I wanted to be able to play with them so much. Then after a couple of years I learned how to hit the ball a little further and I could join them. So that’s how I got into golf. My family is super sporty and we played golf a lot as a family on vacation. Now I get the better of them, but it took a while!
Annika Sorenstam and Tiger Woods are my heroes. Whenever Tiger hit an incredible shot on TV I would go to the course the next day and be like ‘What would Tiger do here?’ and imagine I was him trying to hit a flop shot. Obviously, I failed because I’m not Tiger and I was 12! But I always had him in mind when I played when I was little. I then met Annika when I played in the Annika Invitational as a teenager. It was insane to meet her and hear her stories. She’s super kind and I love what she’s doing for the game and how she’s trying to inspire and help the younger girls.
The European Team Championships were amazing. I had the honour to…
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