Anna Nordqvist

Anna Nordqvist
— Golfer —

Nordqvist at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Born 10 June 1987
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)
LET (joined 2009)
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 4
Ladies European Tour 2
Other 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(Wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration T4: 2015
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 2009
U.S. Women's Open T11: 2013
Women's British Open T7: 2011
Evian Championship T10: 2014
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.

Amateur career

Born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, Nordqvist 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 (won by ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz) 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 LPGA Championship in Maryland in June 2009.[8] This led to her selection as a captain's pick for the 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]

At the Solheim Cup in 2013, Nordqvist won her alternate shot match with Caroline Hedwall with a hole-in-one at the 17th hole, beating Morgan Pressel and Jessica Korda 2&1 during the Saturday morning session.[12] This was the first hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history.

Personal life

Nordqvist currently lives in Orlando, Florida.[13]

Professional wins (7)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (3)
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 Australia Lindsey Wright 300,000
2 22 Nov 2009 LPGA Tour Championship 70-68-65=203 −13 2 strokes Mexico Lorena Ochoa 225,000
3 23 Feb 2014 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-72-67-68=273 −15 2 strokes South Korea Inbee Park 225,000
4 30 Mar 2014 Kia Classic 73-68-67-67=275 −13 1 stroke United States Lizette Salas 255,000

LPGA majors are shown in bold.

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-up
2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship 66-70-69-68=273 −15 4 strokes Australia Lindsey Wright

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
ANA Inspiration DNP DNP DNP T10 T10 T26 T7 T16 T4
Women's PGA Championship DNP DNP 1 T25 T25 58 T12 T4
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP T26 CUT CUT T28 T11 CUT
Women's British Open T58 T42LA T51 T69 T7 CUT T11 T12
The Evian Championship ^ T44 T10

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
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.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
ANA Inspiration 0 0 0 1 4 5 6 6
Women's PGA Championship 1 0 0 2 2 5 6 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 7
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2
Totals 1 0 0 3 8 15 28 24

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 n/a 76.50 n/a
2008 1 1 0 0 0 0 T42 n/a n/a 71.25 n/a
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
2012 27 25 0 0 0 11 T5 688,703 19 71.19 17
2013 26 26 0 0 1 5 3 678,751 20 70.83 16
2014 26 24 2 1 1 8 1 1,144,245 7 70.88 14

* Includes match play and other events without a cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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 12 6-5-1 0-2-1 4-2-0 2-1-0 6.5 54.2
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
2013 4 2-1-1 0-0-1 halved w/ S. Lewis 2-0-0 won w/ C. Hedwall 4 & 2,
won w/ C. Hedwall 2 & 1		 0-1-0 lost w/ G. Sergas 4 & 3 2.5 62.5

References

  1. ↑ "2005 Champion Anna Nordqvist". The Ladies Golf Union. 2005-08-12. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  2. ↑ "Belen Mozo is the new Ladies' British Open Amateur Champion.". The Ladies Golf Union. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  3. ↑ "Third time lucky for Anna". The Ladies Golf Union. 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  4. ↑ "Sweden Wins Women's World Amateur Team Championship". International Golf Federation. 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  5. ↑ "Shin"s Dream Comes True at Sunningdale". The Ladies Golf Union. 2008-08-03. 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. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  8. ↑ "Rookie Nordqvist earns LPGA title". BBC Sport. 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  9. ↑ "2009 European and US Solheim Cup Teams named". Ladies European Tour. 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
  10. ↑ "Nordqvist Wins LPGA Tour Championship; Ochoa Top Player". The Sports Network. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
  11. ↑ LPGA.com – statistics – 2009 Rolex Rookie of the Year standings
  12. ↑ "Solheim Cup Tracker: Day 2, afternoon four-balls". 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  13. ↑ annanordqvist.com/about - accessed 2011-08-27
  14. ↑ "Anna Nordqvist stats". LPGA. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

External links

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