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 36)
Bern, Switzerland
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
Career
College Tulane University
University of California, Berkeley
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2016)
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (2013–2014)
Epson Tour (joined 2015)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Epson Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T50: 2021
Women's PGA C'ship T27: 2021
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2018
Women's British Open T29: 2020
Evian Championship T65: 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]

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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]

Amateur 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, where she was awarded Conference USA Freshman of the year. She also won the Conference USA Championship with the team and individually by a record of 10 strokes. As a sophomore she transferred to University of California, Berkeley and the California Golden Bears, where she helped the Golden Bears win the 2012 PAC-12 Championship and was awarded All-American honors. [4]

Holmqvist was the highest ranked Swedish amateur, and member of the 2011 and 2012 Swedish National Team. She won the 2011 European Ladies' Team Championship, where she had a perfect 3–0 record. She represented Sweden at the 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy with a team that included Madelene Sagström. [5]

Professional career

Holmqvist turned professional in 2012 was runner-up at the Ladies Norwegian Challenge. Playing on the Ladies European Tour in 2013 and 2014, she first received international headlines in her rookie season 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. [5]

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

In 2018 she finished a career-best 75th on the LPGA 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 at Royal Troon, where she held a one-shot lead heading into the weekend, as the only player to finish under-par after 36 holes. [1]

In 2021, she finished 115th in the rankings and spent 2022 mainly on the Epson Tour, where she was runner-up at the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic. She finished T21 at LPGA Q-Series to return to the LPGA Tour in 2023, where she led the ShopRite LPGA Classic by one stroke heading into the final day, and ultimately tied for 4th, a career-best. [9]

Amateur wins

Source: [10]

Professional wins (3)

Symetra Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
128 Jun 2015 Island Resort Championship −10 (67-69-70=206)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Samantha Richdale

ALPG Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
118 Jan 2014 Mount Broughton Classic −10 (67-67=134)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Kemp

Swedish Golf Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
19 Aug 2009 VW Söderberg Ladies Masters
(as an amateur)		−3 (72-69-72=134)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Sanna Johansson
Flag of Slovenia.svg Zuzana Kamasová

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
ANA Inspiration WDT50
Women's PGA Championship T59T28WDT27CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
The Evian Championship NTCUTCUT
Women's British Open CUTT29
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 "Holmqvist Holds Lead At AIG Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. 21 August 2020. 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. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "Dani Holmqvist, chasing 1st title, holds onto lead at Bay Course". ESPN. Associated Press. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Women's Golf Roster: Dani Holmqvist". Cal Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
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