Daniela Holmqvist

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Daniela Holmqvist
Holmqvist at 2020 British open.jpg
Holmqvist at Gainbridge LPGA
Personal information
Full nameDaniela Yvonne Holmqvist
Born (1988-05-03) 3 May 1988 (age 33)
Bern, Switzerland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceJupiter, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeTulane University
University of California, Berkeley
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2016)
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (2013–2014)
Symetra Tour (2015)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT50: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT27: 2021
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2018
Women's British OpenT29: 2020
Evian ChampionshipT65: 2018
Achievements and awards
Conference USA Freshman of the year2009

Daniela Yvonne Holmqvist (born 3 May 1988) is a Swedish professional golfer. She was in contention at the 2020 Women's British Open, holding the lead as the only player to finish under-par after 36 holes.[1]

Personal life[]

Holmqvist was born in Switzerland to Yvonne and Hans Holmqvist,[2] a Swedish professional footballer with 27 appearances for the national team, who played for Young Boys in Bern at the time.[3]

Career[]

Holmqvist at LPGA 2021.jpg

After finishing high school in Stockholm she moved to the United States and played college golf at Tulane University for a year before transferring to University of California, Berkeley and the California Golden Bears.[4] At Tulane University, she was awarded Conference USA Freshman of the year. She also won the Conference USA championship, individually by a record of 10 strokes. At Cal, she was awarded Pac-12 player of the month, as well as All-Pac-12, and All-American honors.

Holmqvist was the highest ranked Swedish amateur, member of the 2011 and 2012 Swedish National Team and winner of 2011 European Ladies' Team Championship where she had a perfect 3-0 record.[5]

Playing on the Ladies European Tour 2013–2014, Holmqvist first received international headlines in 2013 when what tournament officials believe was a redback spider, relative of the famed black widow, nipped her leg during a qualification round for the Women's Australian Open at Royal Canberra Golf Club.[6] Holmqvist swatted the spider away, used a golf tee to pierce her skin and squeeze out the venom, and finished her round.[7] In 2014, she won her first professional tournament, the Mount Broughton Classic in New South Wales, Australia.

She secured her 2016 LPGA Tour membership by finishing fifth on the 2015 Symetra Tour money list after winning the Island Resort Championship and recording five other top-10 finishes, including runner-up at the Sioux Falls Great LIFE Challenge.[8]

In 2018 she finished a career-best 75th on the LPGA Official Money List, but was sidelined for most of the 2019 season due to a back injury.[5] Holmqvist returned to form for the 2020 Women's British Open, where she held a one-shot lead heading into the weekend, as the only player to finish under-par after 36 holes.[1]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2009 Conference USA championship, Conference USA individual champion
  • 2012 Pac-12 Championship, Avenue Spring Break Classic

Source:[5][9]

Professional wins (3)[]

Symetra Tour (1)[]

ALPG Tour (1)[]

Swedish Golf Tour (1)[]

Results in LPGA majors[]

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration WD T50
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship T59 T28 WD T27
The Evian Championship NT CUT
Women's British Open CUT T29
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances[]

Amateur

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Holmqvist Holds Lead At AIG Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Daniela Holmqvist Bio". Tulane Green Wave. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Hans Holmqvist". National Football Teams.
  4. ^ Karia, Karan (30 November 2011). "On par". The Daily Californian.
  5. ^ a b c "LPGA Bio Dani Holmqvist". LPGA. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ^ Pratt, Adriana (15 February 2013). "Golfer Daniela Holmqvist Uses Tee to Remove Spider Venom, Finishes Round". ABC News.
  7. ^ "Spider bite doesn't stop golfer". ESPN. 13 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Cal Alum Dani Holmqvist Earns LPGA Card". California Golden Bears. 21 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Q&A With Dani Holmqvist". Calbears. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

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