Mikaela Parmlid
| Mikaela Parmlid | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Parmlid in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 22 September 1980 Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of Southern California | ||
| Turned professional | 2003 | ||
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (2004-2010) Ladies European Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | CUT: 2010 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T54: 2006 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2009 | ||
| Women's British Open | T36: 2013 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Mikaela Parmlid (born 22 September 1980) is a professional golfer born in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Amateur career
Parmlid attended Göteborgs Högre Samskola and Chaparral High in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 1997 she won the Swedish High School Championship, and she was the 1998 Nordic Junior Champion and the 1998 Teen Tour Champion. In 1999 she was the top female amateur at the Chrysler Open, an LET event, and she was the top amateur at the Compaq Open, also an LET event, for four consecutive years (1999–2002).[1]
Parmlid was the 2003 NCAA individual champion while an economics major at University of Southern California and a member of the 2003 NCAA Championship Team. She won five collegiate tournaments in total. Parmlid was the 2003 Honda Sports Award winner and a nine-time member of the Swedish National Team.[1][2][3]
Professional career
Parmlid turned professional in 2003 and earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA Tour season. She recorded a LPGA career-best tie for eighth at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic in 2009, where she also carded a career-low 62 (-9) in the third round.[4]
Parmlid had a successful 2012 season on the Ladies European Tour, where she finished runner-up at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open behind Caroline Hedwall, tied third at the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters, and tied fourth at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open.[5] A win proving elusive, in 2013, her last full season on the LET, she matched her career-best result as runner-up at the Open de España Femenino.[6]
She was inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame in 2013.[7]
Professional wins
Nordea Tour
- 2013 Delsjö Ladies Open
- 2014 Delsjö Ladies Open
Amateur wins
- 1997 Swedish High School champion
- 1998 Nordic Junior champion
- 1998 Teen Tour champion
- 2002 Peg Barnard Collegiate champion
- 2003 NCAA team and individual champion while at University of Southern California
Team appearances
Professional
- International Crown (representing Sweden): 2014
References
- ^ a b USC Trojans Player Bio: Mikaela Parmlid
- ^ "Mikaela Parmlid Wins Honda Award As Top Woman Collegiate Golfer". USC Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ LPGA Full Career Biography
- ^ Ladies European Tour 2012 Player Season Profile
- ^ LET Player Season Profile Mikaela Parmlid
- ^ "Parmlid To Be Inducted Into WGCA Players Hall Of Fame". USC Trojans. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
External links
- Mikaela Parmlid at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Mikaela Parmlid at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)