Minea Blomqvist

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Minea Blomqvist
Personal Information
Birth March 27, 1985 (1985-03-27) (age 23)
Espoo, Finland
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.64 m)
Nationality Flag of Finland Finland
Residence Finland
College None
Career
Turned Pro 2003
Current tour LPGA Tour (joined 2006)
Other tour LET (joined 2004)
Professional wins 4 (LET Tour: 1, Other Tour: 3)
Major Championship results
Kraft Nabisco Championship T47: 2008
LPGA Championship T25: 2006
Women's British Open T8: 2004
Awards
LET Rookie of the Year 2004

Minea Blomqvist, (born 12 March 1985 in Espoo, Finland) is a professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

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[edit] Amateur career

Blomqvist was a member of the Finnish National Ladies Team from 2001-2003 and played in the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships.[1] She was a two-time member of the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2002 and 2003[2] winning all her matches in the winning 2003 side[3] and she represented Europe in the 2003 Vagliano Trophy.

She played as an amateur on the Telia Tour four times in 2000 and 2001 missing the cut each time.[4] [5] In 2002 she played in three Telia Tour events and recorded two top twenty finishes plus a win at the Sparbanken Ladies Open.[6] In 2003 she played in five Telia tour tournaments, recorded two runner up finishes plus a win at the CA Ladies Trophy.[7] and was named Telia Tour Player of the Year.[8]

[edit] Professional career

Blomqvist turned professional late in 2003 and in 2004 claimed her maiden victory in only her second tournament as a professional at the Pam Golding Ladies International on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa[9] following this up with a win in the Telkom Women's Classic a week later.[10] These results meant she finished top of the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour Order of Merit for 2004.[10]

Having finished 36th at the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School in 2003,[7] Blomqvist had conditional status for 2004 when making her Ladies European Tour debut in Tenerife where she finished fourth.[11] She won her maiden LET tournament later in the year in Hungary[12] and gained her first top ten finish in a major at the Women's British Open during which she shot a record low score of 62.[13] She had five other top twenty LET finishes in 2004 together with another win at the Öijared Ladies Open on the Telia Tour[14] and was the LET Rookie of the Year.[15]

At the start of 2005 she teamed with Riikka Hakkarainen to represent Finland at the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf.[16] On the LET Tour she posted 11 top-20 finishes, including back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Ladies English Open[17] and the OTP Bank Ladies Central European Open[18] and earned non-exempt status for the 2006 LPGA Tour season by tying for 34th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[19]

At the start of 2006 she again teamed with Riikka Hakkarainen to represent Finland at the Women's World Cup of Golf.[20] She concentrated on playing on the LPGA tour in 2006 ending the season with a best finish of 24th and 102nd on the money list.

[edit] Professional wins (4)

[edit] Ladies European (1)

[edit] Other (3)

  • 2004: Pam Golding Ladies International (Nedbank South Africa Women's Golf Tour), Telkom Women's Classic (Nedbank South Africa Women's Golf Tour), Öijared Ladies Open (Telia Tour)

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ World Amateur Team Championship Record Books. IGF (International Golf Federation). Retrieved on 2007-04-12.
  2. ^ Martin Park (2003-08-29). Alfredsson named as European Junior Captain. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  3. ^ Martin Park (2003-10-30). Back to school for LET. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  4. ^ Telia Tour Results 2000. golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  5. ^ Telia Tour Results 2001. [golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  6. ^ Tour Results 2002. golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  7. ^ a b Tour Results 2003. golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  8. ^ Minea Blomqvist Player Profile. LET (Ladies European Tour). Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  9. ^ Michael Vlismas (2004-03-25). Pam Golding Ladies International. Ladies African Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  10. ^ a b Michael Vlismas (2004-04-01). Telkom Women's Classic. Ladies African Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  11. ^ Martin Park (2004-05-06). LET heads to Portugal with youthful look. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  12. ^ Martin Park (2004-07-18). Blomqvist secures maiden victory in Hungary. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  13. ^ Martin Park (2004-07-31). Blomqvist makes history at Sunningdale with 62. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  14. ^ Tour Results 2004. golf.se. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  15. ^ Martin Park (2004-10-03). Blomqvist wins Rookie of the Year.. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  16. ^ Martin Park (2004-12-17). Women's World Cup of Golf: Twenty teams confirmed. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  17. ^ Bethan Cutler (2005-07-10). Hjorth wins back-to-back Ladies English Opens. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  18. ^ Bethan Cutler (2005-07-16). Kreutz claims OTP Bank Central European Open. LET (Ladies European Tour. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  19. ^ Full Career Bio. LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association. Retrieved on 2007-04-13.
  20. ^ Stellar field for Women’s World Cup of Golf. LET (Ladies European Tour (2005-12-14). Retrieved on 2007-04-13.

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NAME Blomqvist, Minea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo, Finland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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