Swedish amateur Meja Ortengren secured her maiden Ladies European Tour (LET) title on home soil at the Hills Open, finishing two shots clear at Hills Golf & Sports Club in Sweden.
Annabel Wilson had a challenging day carding 82 for her final round of the three-day competition and slipping from tied 28th position to 62nd place on the leaderboard. The Lurgan native shot her only birdie of the day on the second and had an unfortunate bogey count that saw her register a ten-over round.
Canice Screene fared better carding 72 for the final round but finished 13 shots off winner Ortengren.
The Mayo native managed three birdies on the front nine but had a double-bogey and bogey on the seventh and eighth. She kept her cool and had six pars on the back nine before finishing in style with a pressure putt for eagle on the 18th to maintain her overnight placing of tied 41st.
The 20-year-old Stanford University student impressed in front of home crowds, holding her composure in the final round, after starting the day tied for the lead with Germany's Leonie Harm.
"I don't even know where to start", said Ortengren. "I'm lost for words. I'm very happy to get the win and happy that the round is over."
Ortengren joins England’s Lottie Woad who won as an amateur at the 2025 KPMG Women's Irish Open, and Jana Melichova at the 2022 Czech Ladies Open.
The final day saw the amateur card five birdies, but despite having a four-shot lead with five holes left to play, her advantage was down to one shot heading onto 18, but she closed out with a confident birdie putt.
The 20-year-old was one of 19 Swedes in the field and was one of two amateurs who made the cut – the other being Sweden’s Elice Fredriksson who finished in T23.
She previously claimed a victory on the LET Access Series, winning the PGA Championship Trelleborg in 2022 as an amateur. Ortengren will return to Stanford University for her second year in September.
Two shots back were Sweden’s Lisa Pettersson and Germany’s Leonie Harm on four-under par, who will share the winner’s cheque.
Heading into the final round, Pettersson was two shots off the pace, and kept the pressure on Ortengren, carded three birdies, including the last on 18 to make it a solid week for the LET winner.
Harm - overnight co-leader with Ortengren – saw and up and down final round. She started strong with two back-to-back birdies but saw bogeys on six and eight to be at par for the front nine.
The back nine saw tough conditions, but the German was able to finish the week strong on four-under par to join Pettersson in a tie for second place – a great finish for the 27-year-old who was close to quitting the sport last year.
