professional golfer
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from the
Netherlands
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who played on the
Ladies European Tour
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. In 2011, she won two
LET Access Series
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tournaments and topped the
LETAS Order of Merit
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.
Early life and amateur career
Nivard was born in
Stockholm
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, Sweden in 1990 and was introduced to golf at age 8 by her father. She enjoyed success as an amateur. She won silver at the 2007
European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...
, losing the final at Oslo Golf Club in Norway to a Swedish team with
Jacqueline
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and
Caroline Hedwall
Caroline Ingrid Hedwall (born 13 May 1989) is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she w ...
.
In 2008, she won both the
Duke of York Young Champions Trophy
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European Ladies Amateur Championship The European Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is organized by the European Golf Association and is one of the "elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
The championship was first played in ...
Marjet van der Graaff
Marjet van der Graaff (born 22 July 1982) is a professional golfer from the Netherlands. She played on the Ladies European Tour and won the 2009 European Ladies Golf Cup.
Career
Van der Graaff started to play golf at age 13 at Broekpolder Golf C ...
where they placed 4th. She also played in the
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in Sweden, where the Netherlands won silver after falling in the final to a Swedish team that featured future major winners Anna Nordqvist and
Pernilla Lindberg
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Lindberg was born ...
.
She appeared at the
Espirito Santo Trophy
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The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...
twice, in
2008
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she finished T8 together with
Christel Boeljon
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Dewi Claire Schreefel
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Personal
Schreefel was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands on 12 November 1985. She resides in the village ...
, and in
2010
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T20 with Myrte Eikenaar and Karlijn Zaanen.
In 2009, she again represented Netherlands at the
European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959.
It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...
, and had the best individual score at
Copa Sotogrande
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. She reached No. 2 in the EGA ranking and was selected for the continental team in the Vagliano Trophy, where her team prevailed.
Professional career
Nivard turned professional in November 2011, having earned conditional status on the
Ladies European Tour
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at Q-School in December.
In her rookie year, she played in 10 events and made three cuts. She won two titles on the LET Access Series, Trophée Preven's in France and the Azores Ladies Open in Portugal, one stroke ahead of England's
Kelly Tidy
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Career Amateur
Tidy started her amateur career in 2009, where she competed in the British Ladies Amateur. Tidy finished in ...
. She secured the number one spot in the
2011 LET Access Series
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Order of Merit ahead of
Henni Zuël
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, and earned a full card for the
Ladies European Tour
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.
In 2012, she made five cuts in 14 LET starts, with a best finish of T26 in the
Ladies German Open
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.
Amateur wins
*2008
Duke of York Young Champions Trophy
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Copa Sotogrande
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COPA
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*2010 Dutch National Championship
Source:
Professional wins (2)
LET Access Series (2)
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2011
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(representing Netherlands): 2007
*
European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959.
It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...
(representing Netherlands):
2008
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,
2009
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,
2010
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*
Espirito Santo Trophy
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The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...
(representing Netherlands):
2008
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,
2010
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