Daniela Holmqvist

Holmqvist was born in Switzerland to Yvonne and Hans Holmqvist,[1] a Swedish professional footballer with 27 appearances for the national team, who played for Young Boys in Bern at the time.[2]

After finishing high school in Stockholm she moved to the United States and played college golf at Tulane University for a year before transferring to University of California, Berkeley and the California Golden Bears.[3] At Tulane University, she was awarded Conference USA Freshman of the year. She also won the Conference USA championship, individually by a record of 10 strokes. At Cal, she was awarded Pac-12 player of the month, as well as All-Pac-12, and All-American honors.

Holmqvist was the highest ranked Swedish amateur, member of the 2011 and 2012 Swedish National Team and winner of 2011 European Ladies' Team Championship where she had a perfect 3-0 record.[4]

Playing on the Ladies European Tour 2013–2014, Holmqvist first received international headlines in 2013 when what tournament officials believe was a redback spider, relative of the famed black widow, nipped her leg during a qualification round for the Women's Australian Open at Royal Canberra Golf Club.[5] Holmqvist swatted the spider away, used a golf tee to pierce her skin and squeeze out the venom, and finished her round.[6] In 2014, she won her first professional tournament, the Mount Broughton Classic in New South Wales, Australia.

Holmqvist got a taste of the LPGA Tour in 2014 when she played in ten events after earning partial status by finishing in a tie for 44th at the 2013 LPGA Qualifying Tournament.[7] She secured her 2016 LPGA Tour membership by finishing fifth on the 2015 Symetra Tour money list after winning the Island Resort Championship and five other top-10 finishes, including runner-up at the Sioux Falls Great LIFE Challenge.[7]

In 2018 she finished a career-best 85th on the LPGA Official Money List, but was sidelined for most of the 2019 season due to a back injury.[4]

• 2009 Conference USA championship, Conference USA individual champion, SAS Masters Volkswagen Open
• 2012 Pac-12 Championship, Avenue Spring Break Classic

Source:[4][8]

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Amateur

• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Sweden): 2011 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Sweden): 2012

• Daniela Holmqvist at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Daniela Holmqvist at the LPGA Tour official site
• Daniela Holmqvist at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Daniela Holmqvist at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)
• Official website