Anna Nordqvist

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Anna Nordqvist
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Nordqvist at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full nameAnna Maria Nordqvist
Born (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 36)
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College Arizona State University
(2.5 years)
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2009)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour9
Ladies European Tour5
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 3)
Chevron Championship T4: 2015
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 2009
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 2016
Women's British Open Won: 2021
Evian Championship Won: 2017
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golfer of the Year 2009, 2017, 2021
LET Rookie of the Year 2009
LET Lowest stroke average 2017

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 three major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship, the 2017 Evian Championship, and the 2021 Women's British Open. She is the only non-American woman to have won major championships in three different decades (2000s, 2010s and 2020s).

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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.

Professional career

Already qualified for the LPGA Tour, she also qualified for the Ladies European Tour In January 2009, by winning the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School. [7]

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 2013 Solheim Cup, 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]

In August 2021, she won her third major by winning the Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland. [17] For 2021, she had won only $283,715 in 14 tournaments before her $870,000 winning share from it, leaping to $1,153,715 and sixth place.

Nordqvist won the 2022 Big Green Egg Open in The Netherlands, her first individual success on the Ladies European Tour outside of the majors. [18]

Personal life

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona. [19]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (9)

Legend
Major championships (3)
Other LPGA Tour (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
114 Jun 2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship 66-70-69-68=273−154 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lindsey Wright 300,000
222 Nov 2009 LPGA Tour Championship 70-68-65=203−132 strokes Flag of Mexico.svg Lorena Ochoa 225,000
323 Feb 2014 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-72-67-68=273−152 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park 225,000
430 Mar 2014 Kia Classic 73-68-67-67=275−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Lizette Salas 255,000
531 May 2015 ShopRite LPGA Classic 67-69-69=205−81 stroke Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christel Boeljon 225,000
65 Jun 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic (2)64-68-64=196−171 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Haru Nomura 225,000
719 Mar 2017 Bank of Hope Founders Cup 67-67-61-68=263−252 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Chun In-gee
Flag of Thailand.svg Ariya Jutanugarn
Flag of the United States.svg Stacy Lewis 		225,000
817 Sep 2017 The Evian Championship [1] 66-72-66=204−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Altomare 547,500
922 Aug 2021 AIG Women's Open [1] 71-71-65-69=276−121 stroke Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall
Flag of Sweden.svg Madelene Sagström
Flag of the United States.svg Lizette Salas 		870,000

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12016 U.S. Women's Open Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lang Lost three-hole aggregate playoff:
Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)
22017 The Evian Championship Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Altomare Won with bogey on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner(s)-up
125 Apr 2010 European Nations Cup
(with Sophie Gustafson)		267−21Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb & Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karen Lunn
217 Apr 2011 Communitat Valenciana European Ladies Golf Cup
(with Sophie Gustafson)		267−213 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Anja Monke & Caroline Masson
Flag of England.svg Laura Davies & Melissa Reid
317 Sep 2017 The Evian Championship [2] 70-68-66=204−9Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Altomare
422 Aug 2021 AIG Women's Open [2] 71-71-65-69=276−121 stroke Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall
Flag of Sweden.svg Madelene Sagström
Flag of the United States.svg Lizette Salas
517 Jul 2022 Big Green Egg Open 72-70-67-72=281−71 stroke Flag of Austria.svg Sarah Schober

2 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.

Ladies European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12009 Madrid Ladies Masters Flag of Spain.svg Azahara Muñoz Lost to eagle on first extra hole
22010 European Nations Cup Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb & Karen Lunn Nordqvist and Gustafson defeated Webb and Lunn on third playoff hole
32017 Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open Flag of Spain.svg Carlota Ciganda
Flag of England.svg Florentyna Parker 		Parker won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Ciganda eliminated by birdie on first hole
42017 The Evian Championship Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Altomare Won with bogey on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (3)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner(s)-up
2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship 2 shot lead−15 (66-70-69-68=273)4 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lindsey Wright
2017 The Evian Championship 5 shot deficit−9 (66-72-66=204)Playoff1 Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Altomare
2021 AIG Women's Open Tied for lead−12 (71-71-65-69=276)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall,
Flag of Sweden.svg Madelene Sagström,
Flag of the United States.svg Lizette Salas

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

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017201820192020
Chevron Championship T10T10T26T7T16T4T26T11T40T21T44
U.S. Women's Open T26CUTCUTT28T11CUTCUT2T33CUTT39T54
Women's PGA Championship 1T25T2558T12T4T9T8CUTCUTCUT5
The Evian Championship ^T44T10T50T221T44CUTNT
Women's British Open T58T42LAT51T69T7CUTT11T12T7T31T7CUTT11T32
Tournament202120222023
Chevron Championship T25T65
Women's PGA Championship T58T16T3
U.S. Women's Open T49T6CUT
The Evian Championship T38T22T20
Women's British Open 1CUTT16

^ 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

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 0001481313
Women's PGA Championship 10146101512
U.S. Women's Open 010123159
The Evian Championship 100125109
Women's British Open 1001481714
Totals311818347057

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2007 110000T58n/an/a76.50n/a
2008 110000T42n/an/a71.25n/a
2009 171720051871,7851570.7812
2010 21180104T2442,0882471.6524
2011 20180105T2589,7442371.2213
2012 272500011T5688,7031971.1917
2013 262600153678,7512070.8316
2014 2624211811,144,245770.8814
2015 2524101101977,7431070.316
2016 2525121711,424,685770.4012
2017 2017211611,335,164870.2417
2018 25200016T3502,0414770.7924
2019 262000014393,6855471.4765
2020 141401042572,1791571.2122
2021 1918100311,258,467970.8141
2022 2120001231,064,6702371.0047
2023 18140013T3879,3253370.7030

* 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.

YearRankingNotes
2008332 [22]
20097 [23]
201014 [24]
201131 [25]
201228 [26]
201326 [27]
201412 [28]
201513 [29]
201614 [30]
20177 [31]
201830 [32]
201989 [33]
202054 [34]
202115 [35]
202230 [36]
202352 [37]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career3115–13–33–2–37–8–05–3–016.553.2
2009 42–2–00–1–0 lost to M. Pressel 3&21–1–0 won w/ M. Hjorth 3&2
lost w/ M. Hjorth 1 dn		1–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up250.0
2011 42–2–00–1–0 lost to M. Pressel 2&11–1–0 lost w/ M. Hjorth 2&1
won w/ M. Hjorth 3&2		1–0–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 2 up250.0
2013 42–1–10–0–1 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&32.562.5
2015 42–2–01–0–0 def. S. Lewis 2&10–2–0 lost w/ S. Pettersen 3&2
lost w/ C. Hedwall 5&4		1–0–0 won w/ C. Hedwall 4&3250.0
2017 43–0–10–0–1 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&23.587.5
2019 31–2–01–0–0 def. M. Pressel 4&30–1–0 lost w/ A. van Dam 2&10–1–0 lost w/ C. Hedwall 7&5133.3
2021 42–1–10–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 1–1–0 won w/ M. Castren 1 up
lost w/ M. Castren 3&1		1–0–0 won w/ M. Castren 4&32.562.5
2023 41–3–01–0–0 def. J. Kupcho 2&10–2–0 lost w/ L. Maguire 1 dn
lost w/ L. Maguire 1 dn		0–1–0 lost w/ C. Hedwall 2 dn125.0

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