Daniela Holmqvist

Daniela Yvonne Holmqvist (born 3 May 1988) is a Swedish professional golfer. She was in contention at the 2020 Women's British Open, holding the lead as the only player to finish under-par after 36 holes.

Personal life

Holmqvist was born in Switzerland to Yvonne and Hans Holmqvist, a Swedish professional footballer with 27 appearances for the national team, who played for Young Boys in Bern at the time.

Amateur career

After finishing high school in Stockholm she moved to the United States and played college golf at Tulane University, where she was awarded Conference USA Freshman of the year. She also won the Conference USA Championship with the team and individually by a record of 10 strokes. As a sophomore she transferred to University of California, Berkeley and the California Golden Bears, where she helped the Golden Bears win the 2012 PAC-12 Championship and was awarded All-American honors.

Holmqvist was the highest ranked Swedish amateur, and member of the 2011 and 2012 Swedish National Team. She won the 2011 European Ladies' Team Championship, where she had a perfect 3–0 record. She represented Sweden at the 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy with a team that included Madelene Sagström.

Professional career

Holmqvist turned professional in 2012 was runner-up at the Ladies Norwegian Challenge. Playing on the Ladies European Tour in 2013 and 2014, she first received international headlines in her rookie season when what tournament officials believe was a redback spider, relative of the famed black widow, nipped her leg during a qualification round for the Women's Australian Open at Royal Canberra Golf Club. Holmqvist swatted the spider away, used a golf tee to pierce her skin and squeeze out the venom, and finished her round. In 2014, she won her first professional tournament, the Mount Broughton Classic in New South Wales, Australia.

Holmqvist joined the 2015 Symetra Tour and secured her 2016 LPGA Tour membership by finishing fifth on the money list after winning the Island Resort Championship and recording five other top-10 finishes, including runner-up at the Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge.

In 2018 she finished a career-best 75th on the LPGA Money List, but was sidelined for most of the 2019 season due to a back injury. Holmqvist returned to form for the 2020 Women's British Open at Royal Troon, where she held a one-shot lead heading into the weekend, as the only player to finish under-par after 36 holes.

In 2021, she finished 115th in the rankings and spent 2022 mainly on the Epson Tour, where she was runner-up at the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic. She finished T21 at LPGA Q-Series to return to the LPGA Tour in 2023, where she led the ShopRite LPGA Classic by one stroke heading into the final day, and ultimately tied for 4th, a career-best.

Amateur wins

*2006 Richard S Johnson Junior Open
*2008 Skyways Open
*2009 Conference USA Championship, Chrysantemumbålen
*2012 Avenue Spring Break Classic, Stockhlom GDF Championship
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Professional wins (3)

Symetra Tour (1)

ALPG Tour (1)

Swedish Golf Tour (1)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.''

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

NT = no tournament

T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur
*European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2011 (winners)
*Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2012

References

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Swedish female golfers
Tulane Green Wave women's golfers
California Golden Bears women's golfers
LPGA Tour golfers
Golfers from Stockholm
Sportspeople from Jupiter, Florida
1988 births
Living people
21st-century Swedish women