Anna Nordqvist

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. She has won two major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship and the 2017 Evian Championship.

Anna Nordqvist
Nordqvist at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full nameAnna Maria Nordqvist
Born (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality Sweden
ResidenceOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
CollegeArizona State University
(2.5 years)
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2009)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins11
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour8
Ladies European Tour3
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
ANA InspirationT4: 2015
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2009
U.S. Women's Open2nd: 2016
Women's British OpenT7: 2011, 2015, 2017
Evian ChampionshipWon: 2017
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year		2009

Amateur career

Born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, Nordqvist was 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), Girls Amateur Champion (2005), bronze medallist at the European Ladies Amateur Championship (2005), runner-up at the British Ladies Amateur in 2006 and 2007, and finally winner of the championship in her third successive final in 2008.[1] 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.[2]

She was part of the winning Swedish team at the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship[3][4] and was a member of the victorious Swedish team at the 2008 World Amateur Team Championships for the Espirito Santo Trophy, finishing individual runner-up to teammate Caroline Hedwall.[5]

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 tied for fifth at the 2008 NCAA Championships (won by ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz).

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 Ladies European Tour 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 and 1 during the Saturday morning session.[12] This was the first hole-in-one in Solheim Cup history.

At the end of May 2015, Nordqvist won her fifth official tournament on the LPGA Tour. She birdied the second-to-last hole and bogeyed the 54th hole to win by one stroke over Dutchwoman Christel Boeljon in Galloway, New Jersey.[13]

At the 2016 U.S. Women's Open, Nordqvist lost to Brittany Lang in a playoff due to a rules violation, for touching the sand with the club in a bunker. The rules violation occurred on the second of three playoff holes but was not disclosed to the players until mid-way through play on the third hole.[14]

In September 2017, she won her second major, The Evian Championship in France, after overcoming American Brittany Altomare in a play-off in horrendous weather conditions.[15][16]

Personal life

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.[17]

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour wins (8)
Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-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
3 23 Feb 2014 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-72-67-68=273 −15 2 strokes Inbee Park 225,000
4 30 Mar 2014 Kia Classic 73-68-67-67=275 −13 1 stroke Lizette Salas 255,000
5 31 May 2015 ShopRite LPGA Classic 67-69-69=205 −8 1 stroke Christel Boeljon 225,000
6 5 Jun 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic (2) 64-68-64=196 −17 1 stroke Haru Nomura 225,000
7 19 Mar 2017 Bank of Hope Founders Cup 67-67-61-68=263 −25 2 strokes Chun In-gee
Ariya Jutanugarn
Stacy Lewis		 225,000
8 17 Sep 2017 The Evian Championship[1] 66-72-66=204 −9 Playoff Brittany Altomare 547,500

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2016 U.S. Women's Open Brittany Lang Lost three-hole aggregate playoff:
Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)
2 2017 The Evian Championship Brittany Altomare Won with bogey on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

Other wins (1)
  • 2010 (1) The Mojo 6 (unofficial tournament sanctioned by the LPGA Tour)

Major championships

Wins (2)
YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2009McDonald's LPGA Championship2 shot lead−15 (66-70-69-68=273)4 strokes Lindsey Wright
2017The Evian Championship5 shot deficit–9 (66-72-66=204)Playoff1 Brittany Altomare

1 Defeated Brittany Altomare in a sudden-death playoff: Nordqvist (5) and Altomare (6).

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
ANA Inspiration T10 T10 T26 T7 T16 T4 T26 T11 T40 T21
U.S. Women's Open T26 CUT CUT T28 T11 CUT CUT 2 T33 CUT T39
Women's PGA Championship 1 T25 T25 58 T12 T4 T9 T8 CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T44 T10 T50 T22 1 T44 CUT
Women's British Open T58 T42LA T51 T69 T7 CUT T11 T12 T7 T31 T7 CUT T11

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration0001471010
U.S. Women's Open010112116
Women's PGA Championship100247118
The Evian Championship10012376
Women's British Open0000361311
Totals210514255241
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (2015 British Open – 2017 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2014 Women's PGA – 2015 Women's PGA)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made*		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
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
2015 25 24 1 0 1 10 1 977,743 10 70.31 6
2016 25 25 1 2 1 7 1 1,424,685 7 70.40 12
2017 20 17 2 1 1 6 1 1,335,164 8 70.24 17
2018 25 20 0 0 1 6 T3 502,041 47 70.79 24
2019 26 20 0 0 0 1 4 393,685 54 71.47 65
  • official as of 2019 season[18]

* Includes match play and other events without a cut

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingNotes
2008332[19]
20097[20]
201014[21]
201131[22]
201228[23]
201326[24]
201412[25]
201513[26]
201614[27]
20177[28]
201830[29]
201989[30]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record
YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 23 12–9–2 2–2–2 6–5–0 4–2–0 13 56.5
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
2015 4 2–2–0 1–0–0 def. S. Lewis 2&1 0–2–0 lost w/ S. Pettersen 3&2
lost w/ C. Hedwall 5&4		 1–0–0 won w/ C. Hedwall 4&3 2 50.0
2017 4 3–0–1 0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 2–0–0 won w/ G. Hall 3&1
won w/ G. Hall 2&1		 1–0–0 won w/ J. Ewart Shadoff 4&2 3.5 87.5
2019 3 1–2–0 1–0–0 def. M. Pressel 4&3 0–1–0 lost w/ A. van Dam 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/ C. Hedwall 7&5 1 33.3

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