Maja Stark became a professional in 2021, winning two tournaments during her first season at LET, among which the Estrella Damm Ladies Open by Catalunya. The Swedish golfer started the year 2022 with a new triumph, winning the Race to Costa del Sol. Shy, although charming outside the course, in golf she is a though opponent.

You have won the Amundi German Masters, LET, so you are having a very good season?

Yeah I am happy with the season I am doing.

What have you done to achieve this?

I don’t know, I really haven’t done anything different this season compared to the season befare. I think the work has final/y paid off, I guess I am putting better and that is a big thing because even when I hit it wide and I miss the green I can stíll save it. This is really good but there is stíll a lot left of the season and I am not taking any wins now.

What is the strongest aspect of your game?

Probably my iron game and my long game in general. I hit a lot of greens and now that I have improved my putting I can actually aim to finish the hale with one put instead of two putting líke befare.

Do you mean to stay here, at LET or do you plan to move to LPGA?

The plan is to move to LPGA, but at the moment I don’t have any LPGA status so I would have to re/y on invites. But that is my final goal. I am planning to be top ten here on the arder of merits so I can enter the queue series far LPGA and then I will see what happens there. I enjoy playing in Europe more than in the US, but if you want to play with the best players you have to go to LPGA

You have so many LET tournaments this year…

Yes, it is a good problem to have, I think I have a good plan now. So it is going to be a lot offun.

LET is coming back to your country, this is very good news right?

Very good news, yeah I really like it. Hopefully there will be a lot of people this year. Last year we couldn’t have that many people, only 600 people could watch, so lt was a bit boring but this year there are no restrictions so I am really excited about that.

Female golf is growing up fast do you feel more recognized?

Yes I do feel that, specially at home in Sweden, where golf has been a really small sport, specially female golf, during the last ten or fifteen years since Annika stopped playing, although even when she was playing it wasn’t very big. But now since we have me, Linn Grant, lngrid Lindblad, Beatrice Wallin, Fredrika Zetterblom and a lot of younger players they really have shown interest and we have started to get more attention in the media, including normal media and not just in the sports section, so it is really fun

In which moment do you decide to become professional golfer?

lt was August of last year, I feel like it was very obvious that I was gonna go pro. I have always wanted to be in the sports world and I figured that with my goals that was the right thing to do. Everyone around me was turning pro so I didn’t think ofitas a weird step.

YourDream?

I want to win one of every Majar but obviously the Solheim Cup is something I would want to do so hopefully I will be back in Spain next year.

Is that at the top of the mind of all players, playing the Solheim Cup?

Oh yeah, far sure.  Is on my mind all the time, I am just a/ways counting on the world ranking where I am compared to other Europeans.

What do you think about the new captain Suzann Pettersen?

She is full. She just started following me on lnstagram so she is watching everything I do, she reacted to my story from this week. lt is really coll that she is paying attention now as I have never met her befare.

Solheim will be at the Costa del Sol: What do you think about it?

I think it’s really fun. I feel like the Spanish crowds are good at making a lot of noise, specially far the Spanish players but now since is everyone in Europe I think they are going to be very loud and as I said I like playing in Spain and l like the courses here. lts going to be a lot of fun if Ido get in.

Have  you played  Finca Cortesin already?

I haven’t. My dad and my brother have played there last year while I was playing the tour final day they were over there and they said it is one of best courses they have ever seen, lt is very prestigious and luxurious.

Maja Stark is the 1st qualifier on the Race to Costa del Sol Ranking