Anna Nordqvist

Anna Nordqvist

Nordqvist at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Born 10 June 1987 (1987-06-10) (age 24)
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College Arizona State University
(2.5 years)
Turned professional 2008
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2009)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins 5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 2
Other 3
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
(Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T10: 2010, 2011
LPGA Championship Won: 2009
U.S. Women's Open T26: 2009
Women's British Open T7: 2011
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year
2009

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.

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Amateur career

Nordqvist was born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, and had 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), British Girls' Open Amateur Champion (2005), bronze medallist at the European Championship (2005), runner-up at the British Ladies Amateur (2006 and 2007) and part of the successful Swedish team at the European Team Amateur.[1][2]

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 was runner-up at the British Ladies Amateur in 2006 and 2007, and finally won the championship in her third successive final in 2008.[3] She tied for fifth at the 2008 NCAA Championships and was a member of the victorious Swedish team at the 2008 World Amateur Team Championships for the Espirito Santo Trophy.[4] 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.[5]

In December 2008, she tied for 25th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament[6] and turned professional immediately following the final round. In January 2009 she won the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School.[7]

Professional career

In only her fifth start on the LPGA Tour, Nordqvist won her first professional tournament and major, the 2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship in Maryland in June.[8] This led to her selection as a captain's pick for the 2009 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 LET and finished runner-up to Jiyai Shin for LPGA Rolex Rookie of the Year honors.[11]

Personal life

Nordqvist currently lives in Orlando, Florida. [12]

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 14 Jun 2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship 66-70-69-68=273 -15 4 strokes Lindsey Wright 300,000
2 22 Nov 2009 LPGA Tour Championship 70-68-65=203 -13 2 strokes Lorena Ochoa 225,000

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Other wins (3)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner-up
2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship 66-70-69-68=273 -15 4 strokes Lindsey Wright

Results timeline

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP T10 T10
LPGA Championship DNP DNP 1 T25 T25
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP T26 CUT CUT
Women's British Open T58 T42LA T51 T69 T7

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2007 1 1 0 0 0 0 T58 n/a 76.50
2008 1 1 0 0 0 0 T42 n/a 71.25
2009 17 17 2 0 0 5 1 871,785 15 70.78 12
2010 21 18 0 1 0 4 T2 442,088 24 71.65 24
2011 20 18 0 1 0 5 T2 589,744 23 71.22 13

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
Matches
Total
W-L-H
Singles
W-L-H
Foursomes
W-L-H
Fourballs
W-L-H
Points
Won
Points
%
Career 8 4-4-0 0-2-0 2-2-0 2-0-0 4 50.0%
2009 4 2-2-0 0-1-0 lost to M. Pressel 3&2 1-1-0 won w/ M. Hjorth 3&2,
lost w/ M. Hjorth 1 dn
1-0-0 won w/ S. Pettersen 1 up 2 50.0%
2011 4 2-2-0 0-1-0 lost to M. Pressel 2&1 1-1-0 lost w/ M. Hjorth 2&1,
won w/ M. Hjorth 3&2
1-0-0 won w/ S. Pettersen 2 up 2 50.0%

References

  1. ^ "2005 Champion Anna Nordqvist". The Ladies Golf Union. 2005-08-12. http://www.lgu.org/championships/girls_british_open_amateur_2005/news/champs_goac05_news8/. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  2. ^ "Belen Mozo is the new Ladies' British Open Amateur Champion.". The Ladies Golf Union. 2006-06-17. http://www.lgu.org/championships/ladies_amateur_open_2006/news/am06final/. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  3. ^ "Third time lucky for Anna". The Ladies Golf Union. 2008-06-15. http://www.lgu.org/championships/champs_08_amateur_home/news/champs_08_news_amateur_match_f/. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  4. ^ "Sweden Wins Women's World Amateur Team Championship". International Golf Federation. 2008-10-11. http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/2008/wwatcsat.html. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  5. ^ "Shin’s Dream Comes True at Sunningdale". The Ladies Golf Union. 2008-08-03. http://www.lgu.org/championships/womens_britishopen08/news/rbo08news4/. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  6. ^ LPGA.com - 2008 Final Qualifying Tournament - results - 2008-12-07 - accessed 2011-08-27
  7. ^ "Nordqvist wins Final Qualifying School". Ladies European Tour. 2009-01-15. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=19641. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  8. ^ "Rookie Nordqvist earns LPGA title". BBC Sport. 2009-06-14. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8099889.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  9. ^ "2009 European and US Solheim Cup Teams named". Ladies European Tour. 2009-08-02. http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_feature.php?Id=22670. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  10. ^ "Nordqvist Wins LPGA Tour Championship; Ochoa Top Player". The Sports Network. 2009-11-23. http://www.tsn.ca/nfl/story/?id=299575. Retrieved 2010-04-27. 
  11. ^ LPGA.com – statistics – 2009 Rolex Rookie of the Year standings
  12. ^ http://annanordqvist.com/about/ annanordqvist.com/about] - accessed 2011-08-27
  13. ^ "2011 Player Performance Record". LPGA. http://www.lpga.com/greensheet.aspx?pid=18542&year=2011. Retrieved 2011-11-21. 

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