Daniela Holmqvist

Daniela Holmqvist (born 3 May 1988) is a Swedish professional golfer.

Personal information
Full nameDaniela Yvonne Holmqvist
NicknameDani
Born (1988-05-03) 3 May 1988
Bern, Switzerland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceJupiter, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeTulane University
University of California, Berkeley
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2016)
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour (2013–2014)
Symetra Tour (2015)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationWD: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT28: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2018
Women's British OpenT29: 2020
Evian ChampionshipT65: 2018

Personal life

Holmqvist was born in Switzerland to Yvonne and Hans Holmqvist,[1] a Swedish professional footballer with 27 appearances for the national team, who played for Young Boys in Bern at the time.[2]

Career

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.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] Holmqvist swatted the spider away, used a golf tee to pierce her skin and squeeze out the venom, and finished her round.[6] In 2014, she won her first professional tournament, the Mount Broughton Classic in New South Wales, Australia.

Holmqvist got a taste of the LPGA Tour in 2014 when she played in ten events after earning partial status by finishing in a tie for 44th at the 2013 LPGA Qualifying Tournament.[7] She secured her 2016 LPGA Tour membership by finishing fifth on the 2015 Symetra Tour money list after winning the Island Resort Championship and five other top-10 finishes, including runner-up at the Sioux Falls Great LIFE Challenge.[7]

In 2018 she finished a career-best 85th on the LPGA Official Money List, but was sidelined for most of the 2019 season due to a back injury.[4]

Amateur wins
  • 2009 Conference USA championship, Conference USA individual champion, SAS Masters Volkswagen Open
  • 2012 Pac-12 Championship, Avenue Spring Break Classic

Source:[4][8]

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour (1)
  • 2015 Island Resort Championship

ALPG Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration WD
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship T59 T28 WD
The Evian Championship NT
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. "Daniela Holmqvist Bio". Tulane Green Wave. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
  2. "Hans Holmqvist". National Football Teams.
  3. Karia, Karan (30 November 2011). "On par". The Daily Californian.
  4. "LPGA Bio Dani Holmqvist". LPGA. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  5. Pratt, Adriana (15 February 2013). "Golfer Daniela Holmqvist Uses Tee to Remove Spider Venom, Finishes Round". ABC News.
  6. "Spider bite doesn't stop golfer". ESPN. 13 February 2013.
  7. "Cal Alum Dani Holmqvist Earns LPGA Card". California Golden Bears. 21 September 2015.
  8. "Q&A With Dani Holmqvist". Calbears. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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