Anna Nordqvist

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.

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. 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.^[18]

Nordqvist won the 2022 Big Green Egg Open in The Netherlands, her first individual success on the Ladies European Tour outside of the majors.^[19]

Nordqvist was named captain of the 2026 European Solheim Cup team in February 2025.^[20]

In 2009, Nordqvist received Elit Sign number 135 by the Swedish Golf Federation based on world ranking achievements.^[21]

In 2009, she was named Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour.

For the 2009, 2017 and 2021 seasons, she was named Swedish Golfer of the Year.^[22]

In 2010, she was awarded honorary member of the PGA of Sweden.^[23]

Nordqvist lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.^[24]

• 2005 Girls Amateur Championship
• 2008 British Ladies Amateur Championship

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[1]	66-72-66=204	−9	Playoff	Brittany Altomare	547,500
9	22 Aug 2021	AIG Women's Open[1]	71-71-65-69=276	−12	1 stroke	Georgia Hall Madelene Sagström 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	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

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	Karen Lunn and Karrie Webb
2	17 Apr 2011	Communitat Valenciana European Ladies Golf Cup (with Sophie Gustafson)	267	−21	3 strokes	Caroline Masson and Anja Monke Laura Davies and Melissa Reid
3	17 Sep 2017	The Evian Championship[2]	70-68-66=204	−9	Playoff	Brittany Altomare
4	22 Aug 2021	AIG Women's Open[2]	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

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	Azahara Muñoz	Lost to eagle on first extra hole
2	2010	European Nations Cup (with Sophie Gustafson)	Karen Lunn and Karrie Webb	Won with birdie on third extra 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 extra hole
4	2017	The Evian Championship	Brittany Altomare	Won with bogey on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Ref
1	10 Jul 2004	Rejmes Ladies Open (as an amateur)	68-72-77=217	+1	Playoff	Nina Reis	[25]
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	[26]
3	22 Aug 2008	SM Match (as an amateur)	1 up			Lisa Hed	[27]

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

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 not in chronological order.

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

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

Official as of 2025 season^[28][29]
* Includes match play and other events without a cut

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.