Daniela Darquea

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Daniela Darquea
Personal information
NicknameDani
Born (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 28)
Quito, Ecuador
Sporting nationalityFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador
Career
College University of Miami
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) Epson Tour
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship T30: 2019
U.S. Women's Open 61st: 2018
Women's British Open CUT: 2018, 2019, 2023
Evian Championship T48: 2023
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Santa Marta Individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Santa Marta Mixed team

Daniela Darquea (born 26 July 1995) is a professional golfer from Ecuador, currently playing on the LPGA Tour. [1]

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Amateur career

Darquea attended the University of Miami and played golf with the Miami Hurricanes where she was WGCA All-American, All-American Scholar, All-ACC, All-ACC Academic in 2014. She won the Briar's Creek Invitational, Hurricane Invitational and Suntrust Gator Women's Invitational. [1]

She represented Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy, and qualified for the 2015 U.S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club. [2]

Professional career

Darquea finished T29 at the 2016 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn partial status for the 2017 season. She decided to forego the remainder of her senior season and turn pro. [3] She made one LPGA start in her rookie season and played mainly on the Symetra Tour, where she made the cut in 16 out of 22 starts and recorded six top-10 finishes, including a victory at the IOA Championship and a runner-up finish at the Symetra Classic. [4]

In 2018, she played in 19 LPGA Tour events. She made 10 cuts and finished 95th on the money list, recording a season-best of T5 at the Marathon Classic. The following year she was 97th on the money list with a season-best T6 finish at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Darquea qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [5]

Amateur wins

Source: [6]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
126 Mar 2017 IOA Championship −12 (70-67-67=204)3 strokes Flag of Thailand.svg Niphatsophon Benyapa
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Anne-Catherine Tanguay

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUTT30T36
U.S. Women's Open CUT61CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship T67CUTNTT48
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUT
  Did not play

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

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2017421 [7]
2018282 [8]
2019187 [9]
2020264 [10]
2021391 [11]
2022195 [12]
2023228 [13]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

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  2. Miller Degnan, Susan (19 May 2015). "Miami Hurricanes golfer did something really cool Monday". Miami Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
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