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Nordqvist at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full name	Anna Maria Nordqvist
Born	(1987-06-10) 10 June 1987 (age 37) Eskilstuna, Sweden
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	Arizona State University (2.5 years)
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2009) Ladies European Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins	16
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	9
Ladies European Tour	5
Other	4
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 3)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T4: 2015
LPGA Championship	Won: 2009
U.S. Women's Open	2nd: 2016
Women's British Open	Won: 2021
The Evian Championship	Won: 2017
Achievements and awards
NGCA Freshman of the Year	2007
Pac-10 Player of the Year	2007
Swedish Golfer of the Year	2009, 2017, 2021
LET Rookie of the Year	2009
LET Lowest stroke average	2017

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
Professional career
Personal life
Amateur wins
Professional wins (16)
Major championships
LPGA Tour career summary
World ranking
Team appearances
- Solheim Cup record

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. 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 (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 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.

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 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. 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.

In August 2021, she won her third major by winning the Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Scotland. 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. With the win, she became only the second golfer, after Georgia Hall, to win The R&A treble - the Girls Amateur, British Ladies Amateur and Women's British Open.

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

Personal life

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Amateur wins

2005 Girls Amateur Championship
2008 British Ladies Amateur Championship

Professional wins (16)

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

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	Brittany Lang	Lost three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)
2	2017	The Evian Championship	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	Karrie Webb & Karen Lunn
2	17 Apr 2011	Communitat Valenciana European Ladies Golf Cup (with Sophie Gustafson)	267	−21	3 strokes	Anja Monke & Caroline Masson Laura Davies & Melissa Reid
3	17 Sep 2017	The Evian Championship	70-68-66=204	−9	Playoff	Brittany Altomare
4	22 Aug 2021	AIG Women's Open	71-71-65-69=276	−12	1 stroke	Georgia Hall Madelene Sagström Lizette Salas
5	17 Jul 2022	Big Green Egg Open	72-70-67-72=281	−7	1 stroke	Sarah Schober

Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.

Ladies European Tour playoff record (2–2)

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

Swedish Golf Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	10 Jul 2004	Rejmes Ladies Open (as an amateur)	68-72-77=217	+1	Playoff	Nina Reis
2	11 Jun 2005	Gullbergs Ladies Open (as an amateur)	72-70-71=213	E	3 strokes	Line Berg Eva Bjärvall Linda Lindell Nina Reis Anna Tybring
3	22 Aug 2008	SM Match (as an amateur)	1 up			Lisa Hed

Other wins (1)

2010 (1) The Mojo 6 (unofficial tournament sanctioned by the LPGA Tour)

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	Lindsey Wright
2017	The Evian Championship	5 shot deficit	−9 (66-72-66=204)	Playoff¹	Brittany Altomare
2021	AIG Women's Open	Tied for lead	−12 (71-71-65-69=276)	1 stroke	Georgia Hall, Madelene Sagström, 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	2024
Chevron Championship	T25	T65		T17
U.S. Women's Open	T49	T6	CUT	T36
Women's PGA Championship	T58	T16	T3	CUT
The Evian Championship	T38	T22	T20	T22
Women's British Open	1	CUT	T16	CUT

^ 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	9	14	14
U.S. Women's Open	0	1	0	1	2	3	16	10
Women's PGA Championship	1	0	1	4	6	10	16	12
The Evian Championship	1	0	0	1	2	6	11	10
Women's British Open	1	0	0	1	4	8	18	14
Totals	3	1	1	8	18	36	75	60

Most consecutive cuts made – 14 (2019 British Open – 2022 Evian)
Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2014 WPGA – 2015 WPGA)

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

official as of 2023 season

* 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
2009	7
2010	14
2011	31
2012	28
2013	26
2014	12
2015	13
2016	14
2017	7
2018	30
2019	89
2020	54
2021	15
2022	30
2023	52

Team appearances

Amateur

European Girls' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2005
Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2005
Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2006, 2008 (winners)
Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2007 (winners)
European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2007, 2008 (winners)

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2009, 2011 (winners), 2013 (winners), 2015, 2017, 2019 (winners), 2021 (winners), 2023 (tied, cup retained, playing vice-captain), 2024 (playing vice-captain)
European Nations Cup (representing Sweden): 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners)
International Crown (representing Sweden): 2014, 2018, 2023

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	35	17–15–3	3–3–3	8–8–0	6–4–0	18.5	52.9
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
2024	4	2–2–0	0–1–0 lost to A. Corpuz 4&3	1–0–0 won w/ C. Boutier 4&3	1–1–0 won w/ M. Sagström 6&5 lost w/ M. Sagström 4&3	2	50.0

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