Maja Stark Facts: 16 Things To Know About The Rising Swedish Golf Star
Get to know the life and career of multiple LET winner, Solheim Cup and Olympics player Maja Stark better with these facts
Sweden currently has a golden age of young pro golfers, with the likes of Ludvig Aberg, Linn Grant, Ingrid Lindblad and Maja Stark all looking set for impressive careers at the top of the game.
Stark turned pro after a successful stint at Oklahoma State University, and has now gone on to win multiple times and play in both the Solheim Cup and Olympics.
Get to know her life and career better with these facts...
Maja Stark facts:
1. Stark grew up in Abbekås on the south coast of Sweden, a place which we believe she still resides when she isn't competing on Tour. She was born on 10 December 1999.
2. As a member of the Swedish National Team, she helped her home country win gold at the 2018 European Ladies Team Championship alongside players like Linn Grant and Ingrid Lindblad. In fact she led Sweden to three consecutive European Team Championship titles from 2018-20.
3. She represented Europe in the 2017 Junior Solheim Cup, which was won by the US 14½–9½.
4. Stark was a three-time winner in two years at Oklahoma State University; she was an All-American in her sophomore season and Big 12 Conference Player of the Year.
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5. She finished T13th in her Major debut at the 2020 US Women's Open while still an amateur.
6. She turned pro in 2021.
7. She won in her second professional start on the LET Access Series in August 2021.
8. She won her maiden LET title the next month and her third the following month. Having turned pro in August, she was a three-time winner by early October.
9. In 2022 Stark won her sole LPGA Tour title, at the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland. The DP World Tour, LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour joined forces to stage the tournament which offered separate events for both the men and women, but equal prize money. Stark shot a course record final-round 63 (-10) to win by five.
10. Off the course, she is an avid soccer fan and can play multiple musical instruments.
11. She made her Solheim Cup debut in 2023 at Finca Cortesin in Spain, where she won 2.5 points from her four matches.
12. Stark finished runner-up to Nelly Korda at the 2024 Chevron Championship, the best Major finish of her young career.
13. She played in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
14. Stark has won six times on the Ladies European Tour and all of them came within an 18-month span from September 2021 to February 2023.
15. She made a hole-in-one during the final round of the 2023 Women's Scottish Open, where she holed out from 142 yards on the par-3 6th hole at Dundonald Links.
16. Stark is close friends with Linn Grant, with the pair playing on the same teams for Sweden and Europe as amateurs and pro.
Full name | Maja Sofia Stark |
Born | December 10 1999, Skurup, Sweden |
College | Oklahoma State University |
Turned pro | 2021 |
Current tours | LPGA, LET |
LPGA wins | 1 |
LET wins | 6 |
Best Major finish | 2nd (2024 Chevron Championship) |
Event | Tour | Score |
---|---|---|
2021 PGA Championship by Trelleborgs Kommun | LET Access Series | -8 (1 stroke) |
2021 Creekhouse Ladies Open | Ladies European Tour | -9 (4 strokes) |
2021 Estrella Damm Ladies Open | Ladies European Tour | -8 (2 strokes) |
2022 Women's NSW Open | LET/WPGA Tour of Australasia | -15 (5 strokes) |
2022 Amundi German Masters | Ladies European Tour | -15 (1 stroke) |
2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational | LPGA Tour/LET | -20 (5 strokes) |
2023 Lalla Meryem Cup | Ladies European Tour | -12 (4 strokes) |
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