After playing her fourth LET event at the Dutch Ladies Open, Louisa Carlbom is back on home soil in Sweden on the LET Access Series (LETAS) to compete in the PGA Championship.
“I learned a lot last week,” the 24-year-old said. “My game was pretty good, but it was marginal, as golf is, it taught me to be patient. There was some wind out there the first day which made it hard to score on some holes.
“I have a lot of experience that I’m bringing into this week. It feels great to be back home. I brought my dad with me to caddy for me this week.
“Just having someone to remind you to drink, give you a hug when you need one and give you a high five when you need one. So it’s mostly emotional and mental support.”
The Swede, who is into her third year as a professional, finished runner-up to Katharina Muehlbauer at the 2025 edition held at Landeryd Golf Club.
She said: “Yeah, it being a different course makes it a little different, and we played two courses last year as well. But it brings me a little confidence, I would say, just knowing that you can be that close to winning.
“It’s more like, okay, I can do this, I can win, and having more of that mindset coming in.”
Introduced to golf by her family, Carlbom took some time to warm up to the sport.
“I didn’t enjoy the sport until I competed,” she said. “My first competition, I played at 12 or 13, that’s when I really opened up my eyes to competitive golf and when I really fell in love with the game.
“I finished dead last in my first tournament. I have this vivid memory of me standing at the prize giving ceremony. The girl who won got to go up, she got a medal and I was like, wow, I really want to do that.
“I really want to practice and get better to be able to go up there and receive a prize and a medal.”
There are two golfers she looks up to, that are Swedish legend Annika Sorenstam and world No. 1 Nelly Korda.
“I played the Annika Invitational when I was younger, and she was so inspirational,” Carlbom said. “She told me about her game, and being like the first one to put women’s golf like worldwide, which is really inspirational.
“She also has done a lot for women’s golf, and especially younger girls, so she’s a big inspiration here. I also like Nelly Korda, she just won, which is so cool, and she talks about her experience playing as a pro.
“It gets more and more relatable, everything she says. She puts in the work and she believes in herself, that’s really cool.”
Carlbom, who finished 17th in the 2025 LETAS Order of Merit, is focused earning her LET card for next year.
She added: “In professional golf, the biggest challenge is going from week to week, resetting from something good or resetting from something bad, and learning the ways of how to prepare yourself for next week.
“It’s pretty tricky, and you learn your ways as you compete more and more. I’m just starting to be like, okay, this is what I need to do to finish a tournament and be prepared for the next week.”
