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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