Anna Nordqvist


Anna Maria Nordqvist 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.

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, Swedish Amateur of the Year, Girls Amateur Champion, bronze medallist at the European Ladies Amateur Championship, runner-up at the British Ladies Amateur in 2006 and 2007, and finally winner of the championship in her third successive final in 2008. 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.
She was part of the winning Swedish team at the 2008 European Ladies' Team Championship 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.
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 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.
In December 2008, she tied for 25th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and turned professional immediately following the final round. In January 2009, she won the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School.

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. This led to her selection as a captain's pick for the Solheim Cup. In November, she won the LPGA Tour Championship for her second victory of the season. 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.

Personal life

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour wins (8)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-upWinner's
share
114 Jun 2009McDonald's LPGA Championship66-70-69-68=273−154 strokes Lindsey Wright300,000
222 Nov 2009LPGA Tour Championship70-68-65=203−132 strokes Lorena Ochoa225,000
323 Feb 2014Honda LPGA Thailand66-72-67-68=273−152 strokes Inbee Park225,000
430 Mar 2014Kia Classic73-68-67-67=275−131 stroke Lizette Salas255,000
531 May 2015ShopRite LPGA Classic67-69-69=205−81 stroke Christel Boeljon225,000
65 Jun 2016ShopRite LPGA Classic 64-68-64=196−171 stroke Haru Nomura225,000
719 Mar 2017Bank of Hope Founders Cup67-67-61-68=263−252 strokes Chun In-gee
Ariya Jutanugarn
Stacy Lewis		225,000
817 Sep 2017The Evian Championship66-72-66=204−9Playoff Brittany Altomare547,500

Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.
LPGA Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12016U.S. Women's Open Brittany LangLost three-hole aggregate playoff:
Lang: 3-4-5=12, Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15
22017The Evian Championship Brittany AltomareWon with bogey on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

Wins (2)

1 Defeated Brittany Altomare in a sudden-death playoff: Nordqvist and Altomare.

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2019.
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = Low amateur

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

* 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
20097
201014
201131
201228
201326
201412
201513
201614
20177
201830
201989

Team appearances

Amateur
Professional