Daniela Holmqvist

 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name Daniela Yvonne Holmqvist
Born (1988-05-03) 3 May 1988
Bern, Switzerland
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Nationality  Sweden
Residence Lidingö, Sweden
Career
College Tulane University
University of California, Berkeley
Turned professional 2012
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2016)
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour 1
Other 1

Daniela Holmqvist (born 3 May 1988) is a Swedish professional golfer.

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] She 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.[4] She secured her 2016 LPGA Tour membership by finishing fifth on the 2015 Symetra Tour money list.[4]

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]

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour (1)

ALPG Tour (1)

References

  1. "Daniela Holmqvist Bio". Tulane Green Wave.
  2. "Hans Holmqvist". National Football Teams.
  3. Karia, Karan (30 November 2011). "On par". The Daily Californian.
  4. 1 2 "Cal Alum Dani Holmqvist Earns LPGA Card". California Golden Bears. 21 September 2015.
  5. Pratt, Adriana (15 February 2013). "Golfer Daniela Holmqvist Uses Tee to Remove Spider Venom, Finishes Round". ABC News.
  6. "Spider bite doesn't stop golfer". ESPN. 13 February 2013.

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