Mikaela Parmlid (born 22 September 1980) is a professional golfer born in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Amateur career

Parmlid attended

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and Chaparral High in

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. 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 The Chrysler Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place in Sweden. Held at Sjögärde Golf Club in 1998, the tournament was moved to Halmstad Golf Club, host of the 2007 Solheim Cup, in 1999. ...

, an

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event, and she was the top amateur at the

Compaq Open The Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Sweden. The tournament was played annually 1996–2008 and starting 2005 with Annika Sörenstam as the hostess. It was known as t ...

, also an LET event, for four consecutive years (1999–2002).USC Trojans Player Bio: Mikaela Parmlid
/ref> Parmlid was the 2003 NCAA individual champion while an economics major at

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and a member of the 2003 NCAA Championship Team. She won five collegiate tournaments in total. Parmlid was the 2003 Honda Sports 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

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season. She recorded a LPGA career-best tie for eighth at the

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in 2009, where she also carded a career-low 62 (-9) in the third round. Parmlid had a successful 2012 season on the Ladies European Tour, where she finished runner-up at the

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behind

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, tied third at the

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, and tied fourth at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open. A win proving elusive, in 2013, her last full season on the LET, she matched her career-best result as runner-up at the

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. She was inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame in 2013.

Professional wins

Nordea Tour

*2013 Delsjö Ladies Open *2014 Delsjö Ladies Open

Amateur wins

*1997 Swedish High School champion *1998 Nordic Junior champion *1998 Teen Tour champion *2002 Peg Barnard Collegiate champion *2003 NCAA team and individual champion while at University of Southern California

Team appearances

Amateur *

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 Sweden): 2001 (winners), 2003 *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...

(representing Sweden): 2002 Professional *

International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. History It debuted in 2014 at ...

(representing Sweden):

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parmlid, Mikaela Swedish female golfers USC Trojans women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Gothenburg 1980 births Living people