Anna Nordqvist

Anna Maria Nordqvist (born 10 June 1987) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She has won two major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship and the 2017 Evian Championship.

Anna Nordqvist
Nordqvist at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full name	Anna Maria Nordqvist
Born	10 June 1987 Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	Arizona State University (2.5 years)
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2009) Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins	11
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	8
Ladies European Tour	3
Other	1
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2)
ANA Inspiration	T4: 2015
Women's PGA C'ship	Won: 2009
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 2016
Women's British Open	T7: 2011, 2015, 2017
Evian Championship	Won: 2017
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year 2009

Amateur career

Born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, Nordqvist was a successful amateur golfer in both Europe and the United States. She was Swedish Junior Player of the Year (2004, 2005), Swedish Amateur of the Year (2005), Girls Amateur Champion (2005), bronze medallist at the European Ladies Amateur Championship (2005), runner-up at the British Ladies Amateur in 2006 and 2007, and finally winner of the championship in her third successive final in 2008.[1] She made the cut at the Ricoh Women's British Open in both 2007 and 2008 and earned the Smyth Salver for low amateur honours in 2008.[2]

She was part of the winning Swedish team at the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship[3][4] and was a member of the victorious Swedish team at the 2008 World Amateur Team Championships for the Espirito Santo Trophy, finishing individual runner-up to teammate Caroline Hedwall.[5]

By the end of her freshman year at Arizona State University in 2007, she was Pac-10 co-champion and was named National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Freshman of the Year, Pac-10 Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. NGCA First-Team All-American and Academic All-American honors were gained in both 2007 and 2008. She tied for fifth at the 2008 NCAA Championships (won by ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz).

In December 2008, she tied for 25th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament[6] and turned professional immediately following the final round. In January 2009, she won the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School.[7]

Professional career

In only her fifth start on the LPGA Tour, Nordqvist won her first professional tournament and major, the LPGA Championship in Maryland in June 2009.[8] This led to her selection as a captain's pick for the Solheim Cup.[9] In November, she won the LPGA Tour Championship for her second victory of the season.[10] She was named Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour and finished runner-up to Jiyai Shin for LPGA Rolex Rookie of the Year honors.[11]

At the Solheim Cup in 2013, Nordqvist won her alternate shot match with Caroline Hedwall with a hole-in-one at the 17th hole, beating Morgan Pressel and Jessica Korda 2 and 1 during the Saturday morning session.[12] This was the first hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history.

At the end of May 2015, Nordqvist won her fifth official tournament on the LPGA Tour. She birdied the second-to-last hole and bogeyed the 54th hole to win by one stroke over Dutchwoman Christel Boeljon in Galloway, New Jersey.[13]

At the 2016 U.S. Women's Open, Nordqvist lost to Brittany Lang in a playoff due to a rules violation, for touching the sand with the club in a bunker. The rules violation occurred on the second of three playoff holes but was not disclosed to the players until mid-way through play on the third hole.[14]

In September 2017, she won her second major, The Evian Championship in France, after overcoming American Brittany Altomare in a play-off in horrendous weather conditions.[15][16]

Personal life

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.[17]

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour wins (8)

Legend Major championships (2) Other LPGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	14 Jun 2009	McDonald's LPGA Championship	66-70-69-68=273	−15	4 strokes	Lindsey Wright	300,000
2	22 Nov 2009	LPGA Tour Championship	70-68-65=203	−13	2 strokes	Lorena Ochoa	225,000
3	23 Feb 2014	Honda LPGA Thailand	66-72-67-68=273	−15	2 strokes	Inbee Park	225,000
4	30 Mar 2014	Kia Classic	73-68-67-67=275	−13	1 stroke	Lizette Salas	255,000
5	31 May 2015	ShopRite LPGA Classic	67-69-69=205	−8	1 stroke	Christel Boeljon	225,000
6	5 Jun 2016	ShopRite LPGA Classic (2)	64-68-64=196	−17	1 stroke	Haru Nomura	225,000
7	19 Mar 2017	Bank of Hope Founders Cup	67-67-61-68=263	−25	2 strokes	Chun In-gee Ariya Jutanugarn Stacy Lewis	225,000
8	17 Sep 2017	The Evian Championship^[1]	66-72-66=204	−9	Playoff	Brittany Altomare	547,500

¹ Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2016	U.S. Women's Open	Brittany Lang	Lost three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)
2	2017	The Evian Championship	Brittany Altomare	Won with bogey on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

• 2010 (1) European Ladies Golf Cup (with Sophie Gustafson)
• 2011 (1) Communitat Valenciana European Ladies Golf Cup (with Sophie Gustafson)
• 2017 (1) The Evian Championship (Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour)

Other wins (1)

• 2010 (1) The Mojo 6 (unofficial tournament sanctioned by the LPGA Tour)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2009	McDonald's LPGA Championship	2 shot lead	−15 (66-70-69-68=273)	4 strokes	Lindsey Wright
2017	The Evian Championship	5 shot deficit	–9 (66-72-66=204)	Playoff^1	Brittany Altomare

¹ Defeated Brittany Altomare in a sudden-death playoff: Nordqvist (5) and Altomare (6).

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
ANA Inspiration				T10	T10	T26	T7	T16	T4	T26	T11	T40	T21	T44
U.S. Women's Open			T26	CUT	CUT	T28	T11	CUT	CUT	2	T33	CUT	T39	T54
Women's PGA Championship			1	T25	T25	58	T12	T4	T9	T8	CUT	CUT	CUT	5
The Evian Championship ^							T44	T10	T50	T22	1	T44	CUT	NT
Women's British Open	T58	T42LA	T51	T69	T7	CUT	T11	T12	T7	T31	T7	CUT	T11	T32

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	0	1	4	7	11	11
U.S. Women's Open	0	1	0	1	1	2	12	7
Women's PGA Championship	1	0	0	3	5	8	12	9
The Evian Championship	1	0	0	1	2	3	7	6
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	3	6	14	12
Totals	2	1	0	6	15	26	56	45

• Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2015 British Open – 2017 ANA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2014 Women's PGA – 2015 Women's PGA)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2007	1	1	0	0	0	0	T58	n/a	n/a	76.50	n/a
2008	1	1	0	0	0	0	T42	n/a	n/a	71.25	n/a
2009	17	17	2	0	0	5	1	871,785	15	70.78	12
2010	21	18	0	1	0	4	T2	442,088	24	71.65	24
2011	20	18	0	1	0	5	T2	589,744	23	71.22	13
2012	27	25	0	0	0	11	T5	688,703	19	71.19	17
2013	26	26	0	0	1	5	3	678,751	20	70.83	16
2014	26	24	2	1	1	8	1	1,144,245	7	70.88	14
2015	25	24	1	0	1	10	1	977,743	10	70.31	6
2016	25	25	1	2	1	7	1	1,424,685	7	70.40	12
2017	20	17	2	1	1	6	1	1,335,164	8	70.24	17
2018	25	20	0	0	1	6	T3	502,041	47	70.79	24
2019	26	20	0	0	0	1	4	393,685	54	71.47	65
2020	14	14	0	1	0	4	2	572,179	15	71.21	22

• official as of 2020 season[18]

* Includes match play and other events without a cut

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	Ranking	Notes
2008	332	[19]
2009	7	[20]
2010	14	[21]
2011	31	[22]
2012	28	[23]
2013	26	[24]
2014	12	[25]
2015	13	[26]
2016	14	[27]
2017	7	[28]
2018	30	[29]
2019	89	[30]
2020	54	[31]

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2005[32]
• Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2005
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2006, 2008 (winners)
• Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2007 (winners)[33]
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2007, 2008 (winners)[32]

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2009, 2011 (winners), 2013 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2019 (winners)
• International Crown (representing Sweden): 2014, 2018

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
Career	23	12–9–2	2–2–2	6–5–0	4–2–0	13	56.5
2009	4	2–2–0	0–1–0 lost to M. Pressel 3&2	1–1–0 won w/ M. Hjorth 3&2 lost w/ M. Hjorth 1 dn	1–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up	2	50.0
2011	4	2–2–0	0–1–0 lost to M. Pressel 2&1	1–1–0 lost w/ M. Hjorth 2&1 won w/ M. Hjorth 3&2	1–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 2 up	2	50.0
2013	4	2–1–1	0–0–1 halved w/ S. Lewis	2–0–0 won w/ C. Hedwall 4&2 won w/ C. Hedwall 2&1	0–1–0 lost w/ G. Sergas 4&3	2.5	62.5
2015	4	2–2–0	1–0–0 def. S. Lewis 2&1	0–2–0 lost w/ S. Pettersen 3&2 lost w/ C. Hedwall 5&4	1–0–0 won w/ C. Hedwall 4&3	2	50.0
2017	4	3–0–1	0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson	2–0–0 won w/ G. Hall 3&1 won w/ G. Hall 2&1	1–0–0 won w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 4&2	3.5	87.5
2019	3	1–2–0	1–0–0 def. M. Pressel 4&3	0–1–0 lost w/ A. van Dam 2&1	0–1–0 lost w/ C. Hedwall 7&5	1	33.3

References

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33. "International matches". European Golf Association.

External links

• Anna Nordqvist at the LPGA Tour official site
• Anna Nordqvist at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Anna Nordqvist at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Anna Nordqvist on Twitter