University of North Carolina Athletics
2023-24 Women's Golf Roster
Vilde Nystrøm
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Stavanger, Norway
- High School:
- Wang Toppidrett Stavanger School
2023-24: Season-low 71s three times, including the second round of the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Intercollegiate and the final two rounds in the UCF Challenge • Started in the UCF Challenge, was a counter in the second and third rounds and helped Carolina win the team title • Shot even-par 72 at the Old Course in St Andrews to win her medal match vs. Vanderbilt’s Sara Im by six strokes as UNC won the overall match, 4-2, to win the first-ever St Andrews Links Collegiate.
2022-23: Played in nine tournaments • Averaged 77.04 per round • Season-low 70 in the third round at the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington • Shot even-par 72 in the final round at the MountainView Collegiate in Tucson • Tied for 17th and was a team counter in both rounds in the Ivy Intercollegiate, which UNC won • Earned Academic All-ACC honors.
Amateur/Prep: Won the 2022 Norwegian Ladies Championship at the Gamle Fredrikstad Golfklubb • Had the 54-hole lead at 12 under par then fell into a three-way tie at minus 9 at the midway point of the final round before making birdies on the 12th and 13th hopes to reclaim the lead • Made par on the final five holes to edge Franziska Sliper by three • Shot 67-67-70-74 for a 10-under 278 total • The 67s are her best competitive rounds • Played for Team Norway, which finished 16th in a 56-team field, in the 2022 World Amateur Team Championship near Paris • Shot even par in the first round in the WATC • Won two Srixon Tour events and a Garmin Norgescup tournament in Norway and finished in the top five in five other starts in 2021 • Tied for third in the U21 French Girls Champioinship in 2021 • Tied for 26th in a Ladies European Tour event in Trelleborg, Sweden • Played for Coach Are Friestad at Wang Toppidrett Stavanger School.
Personal: Born Vilde Marie Nystrøm on Nov. 12, 2003, in Stavanger, Norway • Daughter of Aase and Jan Kjetil Nystrøm • Enjoys hiking and spending time outside • Favorite foods are chocolate and sushi • Favorite non-golfer athlete is Norwegian track and field star Karsten Warholm • Favorite course is her home course, the Stavanger Golf Klubb • Favorite golfer is Max Homa • Go-to club under pressure is her driver • Would like to play a round with Inez Ng, Ludvig Åberg and Viktor Hovland.
