Maja Stark What's In The Bag 2025

Sweden's Maja Stark kept her cool to shoot a final round of 72 to win the US Women's Open by two strokes, thus claiming his first major.

Stark, the first Swedish winner since Annika Sorenstam won her third title in 2006, held off the challenge of world number one Nelly Korda of the United States and Japan's Rio Taneka at Erin Hills in Wisconsin.

"This just feels huge," she said. "You always know that it's possible, but there are so many good golfers on this tour. I [didn't] think I would be able to do it this week.

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"I just didn't want to get ahead of myself. I thought there's still a lot of golf left to be played and I just felt like people are going to pass me probably, and I just had to stay calm through that. I didn't look at the leaderboards until I was on 17. I caught a glimpse of it. It was nice."

Who is Maja Stark?

Maja Stark was born on December 10, 1999 in Abbekas, Sweden.

She represented her country at the European Girls Team Championship, where Sweden won the silver in 2016 and the gold in 2017. She was then part of the Swedish teams that won the European Ladies’ Team Championship in 2018, 2019 and 2020. 

In August 2019, she made two starts in the LET Access Series and was runner-up at both.

She rose to sixth place in the world amateur rankings in July 2020 and received an exemption for the 2020 US Women’s Open, where she finished tied for 13th. At the 2021 US Women’s Open she was tied for ninth after the third round, and finished tied for 16th after a final round of 74.

She turned professional in August 2021, and won her first professional title, the PGA Championship by Trelleborgs Kommun on the LET Access Series in only her second career start the same month.

In early September, Stark claimed her first LET title at the Creekhouse Ladies Open, in the process earning membership of the LET. Less than a month later, she won her second LET title at the Estrella Damm Ladies Open.

Stark started her 2022 LET season superbly. She was runner-up and low woman at the Trust Golf Asian Mixed Stableford in Thailand. She was runner-up at the Australian Ladies Classic and then won the Women’s NSW Open.

In July she won the German Masters, claiming top place in the Order of Merit. And in August she won the ISPS Handa World Invitational in Northern Ireland by five shots. The event, co-sanctioned between the LPGA and LET, earned her membership of the LPGA Tour.  

Stark started 2023 with a runner-up finish at the Tournament of Champions in January and won her sixth LET title at the Laila Meryem Cup in February. In September, she represented Europe in the Solheim Cup for the first time. She went 2-1-1 in the event, including a Sunday singles win against the reigning US Open champion Allisen Corpuz as Europe retained the trophy.

In April 2024, Stark finished second to world number one Nelly Korda at the Chevron Championship and was also awarded honorary membership of the PGA of Sweden.

Maja Stark - WITB

Driver: PING G430 Max 10K (9 Degrees)

3-Wood: PING G430 Max (15 Degrees)

Hybrid: PING G430 (22 Degrees)

Irons: PING Blueprint S (4-PW)

Wedges: PING S159 (50-S, 540S) & Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-04L)

Putter: PING Anser 2

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Maja Stark - Stats on Tour

Driving Distance - 266.58 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 72.53%

Greens in Regulation - 72.01%

Sand Saves - 45.45%

Putts Per Round - 31.27

Scoring Average - 72.39

Maja Stark - 2025 LPGA Results

US Women's Open - 1st

Mizuho Americas Open - T41st

Black Desert Championship - CUT

The Chevron Championship - T44th

T-Mobile Match Play - T5th

Ford Championship - CUT

HSBC Women's World Championship - T55th

Honda LPGA Thailand - T28th

Founders Cup - CUT