On Thursday, 12 Swedes will be knocked out in this year's first major tournament on the women's side. The British Open is decided without an audience on the classic Troon, the same course where Henrik Stenson won The Open 2016.

One of the biggest jumps is to Madelene Sagström, who took over as Sweden's number one on the women's side when she won her first LPGA victory in January. Then came the corona.

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And now that the golf has started again, Sagström's victory feels far away. It has been slow for the 27-year-old from Enköping. Last week in the Scottish Open, she missed the qualifying limit and struggled with the mental.

It has long been Sagström's Achilles' heel that she has often struggled with negative thoughts that put a damper on her golf game. When she won in January, the first thing she said afterwards was: I defeated my demons.

But those thought monsters have a tendency to come back.

- Yes, it was tough to be back and not perform, especially as I feel that the game has been good throughout this corona period.

- It has been difficult mentally and in terms of self-confidence. I had a little awakening last week.

Madeleine's boyfriend Jack Clarke was her caddy for the first time last week and then it became clear that Sagström has a lot to work with.

- You got angry and frustrated already after four holes, he said afterwards. And I just said no, I was not. He saw how quickly I became hard on myself and did not give myself a good chance to play well.

So the next day they both decided to go in with a different mentality. To tell yourself that you are an LPGA winner and act as such and not start thinking that you are bad just because you play a hole badly.

- I went in for it to really handle everything better and it gave both a better score and a better behavior on the track, says Sagström.

Now it's important to keep it when it comes to games for this year's first Major title at Troon.

- Now I'm ready, I hope, the mental part is starting to catch up. I feel very tagged. But it will be tough, the weather will be bad.

There is nothing wrong with the golf form itself, purely physically.

- I have trained well and swing well and feel whole and healthy.

She must be healthy just like everyone else who is going to play. The adaptations for the British Open to be arranged at all are many in corona times.

- It is very special in fact. No audience and very few people working around. There have been very many rules. It is difficult to know where to go, it is one-way everywhere around the track and we really are not allowed to do anything.

- I'm sitting here now in the hotel room, looking out over Glasgow. We are not allowed to go out, not even go out and buy food. We are allowed to be in the room and then the temperature is checked twice before we are allowed to go to the track.

- I think it's a bit difficult to handle because I like to do other things after we have played. But at the same time, we are very grateful that we get to play at all.

Royal Troon is classic golf course. Here, nine British Open have been decided on the men's side and in 2016 Henrik Stenson won Sweden's only major victory on the men's side in an epic duel on Sunday against Phil Mickelson.

- I'll sit down now and check out Stenson's final round and see if I can learn anything from their game.

Haven't you talked to Henrik a bit too?

- No I do not have it. I thought I would do it, it might have been good, laughs Sagström.

Playing so-called links golf is special and quite different from how the game looks in the USA. With a lot of wind and blind shots and deep bunkers, Troon offers a real challenge where you often have to play with low blows to avoid the wind and be especially careful to stay on the fairway to avoid the dense bushes on the side.

- Today when I trained I hit very hard with a screw, low and high every other blow. Because it's really about daring to strike in the wrong direction when the wind is blowing in the wrong direction.

What does it take to win on Sunday?

- Keeping the ball in play is a must this week. To hit fairways and greens, to be reasonably aggressive from the tee and hit the irons very well, that is the key I think.

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