Anastasia Hekkonen

Before UK: Anastasia Hekkonen, a Helsinki, Finland, native, attended Loretto School in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she was a three-year letterwinner on its golf team … There, she helped her team to a recent win at the 2023 HMC Foursomes Regional Championship … She also snagged the 2023 Swift Tour School Championship individual title … Described as a leader on and off the golf course, Hekkonen was named the 2023 co-captain of Loretto Golf Academy … The Wildcat also played on the Junior Solheim Cup circuit, Finnish Tour and Finnish Junior Tour … She rallied numerous top finishes on those circuits, including winning a Finnish Junior Golf Tour event, a Finnish PGA Golf Tour event and the Finnish International Junior U16 Championship, all of which came in 2022 … For those accomplishments, she was named the Finnish Junior Amateur Ranking winner and the Girl Junior of the Year winner, by the Finnish Golf Managers Association, at the end of 2022 … In 2023, she came in ninth place at the R&A Girls Amateur Championship … In Spring 2024, she finished in 10th place at the European Nations Championship and in Summer 2024, she represented Finland at the Girls European Championship.

Personal: Born in Helsinki, Finland, on September 12, 2006 … Daughter of Aleksandr Hekkonen and Nadja Nefedova … Has one sister, Maria Hekkonen … Outside of golf, she enjoys horseback riding, tennis and ice skating.