Anna Nordqvist
Nordqvist at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full nameAnna Maria Nordqvist
Born (1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 36)
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting 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 wins13
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour9
Ladies European Tour5
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 3)
Chevron ChampionshipT4: 2015
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 2009
U.S. Women's Open2nd: 2016
Women's British OpenWon: 2021
Evian ChampionshipWon: 2017
Achievements and awards
Swedish Golfer of the Year2009, 2017, 2021
LET Rookie of the Year2009
LET Lowest stroke average2017

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 three major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship, the 2017 Evian Championship, and the 2021 Women's British Open. She is the only non-American woman to have won major championships in three different decades (2000s, 2010s and 2020s).

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.

Professional career

Already qualified for the LPGA Tour, she also qualified for the Ladies European Tour In January 2009, by winning the Ladies European Tour Final Qualifying School.[7]

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 2013 Solheim Cup, 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]

In August 2021, she won her third major by winning the Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland.[17] For 2021, she had won only $283,715 in 14 tournaments before her $870,000 winning share from it, leaping to $1,153,715 and sixth place.

Nordqvist won the 2022 Big Green Egg Open in The Netherlands, her first individual success on the Ladies European Tour outside of the majors.[18]

Personal life

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.[19]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (13)

LPGA Tour wins (9)

Legend
Major championships (3)
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 Australia Lindsey Wright 300,000
2 22 Nov 2009 LPGA Tour Championship 70-68-65=203 −13 2 strokes Mexico Lorena Ochoa 225,000
3 23 Feb 2014 Honda LPGA Thailand 66-72-67-68=273 −15 2 strokes South Korea Inbee Park 225,000
4 30 Mar 2014 Kia Classic 73-68-67-67=275 −13 1 stroke United States Lizette Salas 255,000
5 31 May 2015 ShopRite LPGA Classic 67-69-69=205 −8 1 stroke Netherlands Christel Boeljon 225,000
6 5 Jun 2016 ShopRite LPGA Classic (2) 64-68-64=196 −17 1 stroke Japan Haru Nomura 225,000
7 19 Mar 2017 Bank of Hope Founders Cup 67-67-61-68=263 −25 2 strokes South Korea Chun In-gee
Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn
United States Stacy Lewis 		225,000
8 17 Sep 2017 The Evian Championship[1] 66-72-66=204 −9 Playoff United States Brittany Altomare 547,500
9 22 Aug 2021 AIG Women's Open[1] 71-71-65-69=276 −12 1 stroke England Georgia Hall
Sweden Madelene Sagström
United States Lizette Salas 		870,000

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

Ladies European Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 25 Apr 2010 European Nations Cup
(with Sophie Gustafson) 		267 −21 Playoff Australia Karrie Webb & Australia Karen Lunn
2 17 Apr 2011 Communitat Valenciana European Ladies Golf Cup
(with Sophie Gustafson) 		267 −21 3 strokes Germany Anja Monke & Caroline Masson
England Laura Davies & Melissa Reid
3 17 Sep 2017 The Evian Championship[2] 70-68-66=204 −9 Playoff United States Brittany Altomare
4 22 Aug 2021 AIG Women's Open[2] 71-71-65-69=276 −12 1 stroke England Georgia Hall
Sweden Madelene Sagström
United States Lizette Salas
5 17 Jul 2022 Big Green Egg Open 72-70-67-72=281 −7 1 stroke Austria Sarah Schober

2 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.

Ladies European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2009 Madrid Ladies Masters Spain Azahara Muñoz Lost to eagle on first extra hole
2 2010 European Nations Cup Australia Karrie Webb & Karen Lunn Nordqvist and Gustafson defeated Webb and Lunn on third playoff hole
3 2017 Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open Spain Carlota Ciganda
England Florentyna Parker 		Parker won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Ciganda eliminated by birdie on first hole
4 2017 The Evian Championship United States Brittany Altomare Won with bogey on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (3)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2009 McDonald's LPGA Championship 2 shot lead −15 (66-70-69-68=273) 4 strokes Australia Lindsey Wright
2017 The Evian Championship 5 shot deficit −9 (66-72-66=204) Playoff1 United States Brittany Altomare
2021 AIG Women's Open Tied for lead −12 (71-71-65-69=276) 1 stroke England Georgia Hall,
Sweden Madelene Sagström,
United States Lizette Salas

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

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship T10 T10 T26 T7 T16 T4 T26 T11 T40 T21 T44
U.S. Women's Open T26 CUT CUT T28 T11 CUT CUT 2 T33 CUT T39 T54
Women's PGA Championship 1 T25 T25 58 T12 T4 T9 T8 CUT CUT CUT 5
The Evian Championship ^ T44 T10 T50 T22 1 T44 CUT NT
Women's British Open T58 T42LA T51 T69 T7 CUT T11 T12 T7 T31 T7 CUT T11 T32
Tournament 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T25 T65
Women's PGA Championship T58 T16 T3
U.S. Women's Open T49 T6 CUT
The Evian Championship T38 T22 T20
Women's British Open 1 CUT T16

^ 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
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 1 4 8 13 13
Women's PGA Championship 1 0 1 4 6 10 15 12
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 1 2 3 15 9
The Evian Championship 1 0 0 1 2 5 10 9
Women's British Open 1 0 0 1 4 8 17 14
Totals 3 1 1 8 18 34 70 57

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
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
2020 14 14 0 1 0 4 2 572,179 15 71.21 22
2021 19 18 1 0 0 3 1 1,258,467 9 70.81 41
2022 21 20 0 0 1 2 3 1,064,670 23 71.00 47
2023 18 14 0 0 1 3 T3 879,325 33 70.70 30

* 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.

Year Ranking Notes
2008 332 [22]
2009 7 [23]
2010 14 [24]
2011 31 [25]
2012 28 [26]
2013 26 [27]
2014 12 [28]
2015 13 [29]
2016 14 [30]
2017 7 [31]
2018 30 [32]
2019 89 [33]
2020 54 [34]
2021 15 [35]
2022 30 [36]
2023 52 [37]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 31 15–13–3 3–2–3 7–8–0 5–3–0 16.5 53.2
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
2021 4 2–1–1 0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 1–1–0 won w/ M. Castren 1 up
lost w/ M. Castren 3&1 		1–0–0 won w/ M. Castren 4&3 2.5 62.5
2023 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 def. J. Kupcho 2&1 0–2–0 lost w/ L. Maguire 1 dn
lost w/ L. Maguire 1 dn 		0–1–0 lost w/ C. Hedwall 2 dn 1 25.0

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