Mikaela Parmlid
| Mikaela Parmlid | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
22 September 1980 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality |
 Sweden |
| Residence | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Career | |
| College | University of Southern California |
| Turned professional | 2003 |
| Current tour(s) |
LPGA Tour (joined 2004) Ladies European Tour |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships | |
| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | CUT: 2010 |
| LPGA Championship | T54: 2006 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2009 |
| Women's British Open | T36: 2013 |
| The Evian Championship | DNP |
Mikaela Parmlid (born 22 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer. She plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and resides in the greater Los Angeles area.
Amateur career
Parmlid was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She attended Göteborgs Högre Samskola and Chaparral High in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1997 she won the Swedish High School Championship, and she was the 1998 Nordic Junior Champion and the 1998 Teen Tour Champion. In 1999 she was the top female amateur at the Chrysler Open, an LET event,[1] and she was the top amateur at the Compaq Open in Sweden, also an LET event, for four consecutive years (1999–2002).
Parmlid was the 2003 NCAA individual champion while an economics major at University of Southern California and a member of the 2003 NCAA Championship Team. She won five collegiate tournaments in total. Parmlid was the 2003 Honda Award Winner and a nine-time member of the Swedish National Team.
Professional career
Parmlid turned professional in 2003 and earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA Tour season. Recorded a LPGA career-best tie for eighth at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in 2009, where she also carded a career-low 62 (-9) in the third round.[2]
Parmlid had a successful 2012 season on the Ladies European Tour, where she finished tied forth in the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, tied third in ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters, and tied second in UNIQA Ladies Golf Open, four strokes behind Caroline Hedwall.[3]
References
External links
- Mikaela Parmlid at the LPGA Tour official site
- Mikaela Parmlid at the Ladies European Tour official site