Lina Boqvist (born 25 May 1991) is a Swedish professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour 2015–2022. She was runner-up at the 2019 Lalla Meryem Cup, and won the team event at the 2021 Aramco Team Series – New York together with Jessica Korda and Karolin Lampert.[1]
| Lina Boqvist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 25 May 1991 Gislaved, Sweden | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Sweden | ||
| Residence | Hestra, Sweden | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2010 | ||
| Former tour(s) | LET (2015–2022) LET Access Series Swedish Golf Tour (joined 2011) | ||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | T47: 2016 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Career
editBoqvist was born in 1991 in Gislaved, Småland, and learned the game at Isaberg Golf Club, home to the Gisvaled Ladies Open on the 1989 Ladies European Tour. As a junior, she collected multiple titles on the Skandia Tour and the Junior Masters Invitational series.[2]
Boqvist turned professional late 2010 ahead of the 2011 season and joined the Swedish Golf Tour, where she won the 2012 Swedish Matchplay Championship 5 and 3.[3] Defending her title in 2013 she lost the final to Anjelika Hammar, but the runner-up finish helped her win the 2013 Swedish Golf Tour Order of Merit.
She joined the 2014 LET Access Series and with a victory in the Onsjö Ladies Open she ended the season runner-up on the Order of Merit, earning a card for the Ladies European Tour in 2015.
Ladies European Tour
editIn her rookie season on the LET her best result was a tie for 3rd at Tipsport Golf Masters in the Czech Republic, three strokes behind winner Hannah Burke. She finished 44th on the order of merit.[4]
Boqvist made the cut in her first major appearance. She finished tied 47th in the 2016 Women's British Open at Woburn Golf and Country Club after qualifying by rising to 23rd on the LET money list, helped by a top ten at the Lalla Meryem Cup.[1] She qualified as one of the five reserves for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]
Boqvist finished fifth at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships – Mixed team together with Per Längfors, Johan Edfors and Emma Nilsson, two strokes away from the bronze medal playoff.[6]
In 2019 Boqvist was runner-up at the Lalla Meryem Cup.[7] She shot a career low round of 66 and finished the tournament tied for second to Nuria Iturrioz after they started the final round tied at 10-under.[8] She finished the 2019 season 11th on the Order of Merit.[9]
In 2021 she clinched her first LET victory in the team event at the Aramco Team Series – New York, together with Jessica Korda, Karolin Lampert and amateur Alexandra O'Laughlin, a Golf Channel reporter.[10] After starting the day two strokes behind the overnight leaders, the team produced a solid round to finish with a total of 41-under-par, forcing a playoff with the team captained by Sophia Popov.[11]
In 2022, Boqvist rolled in eight birdies, including four consecutively on the final four holes, to take the lead after the first round of the Women's Irish Open, and ultimately finished tied 29th.[12]
She announced her retirement from professional touring at the end of 2022.
Amateur wins
edit- 2006 (1) Skandia Tour Småland #1
- 2008 (2) Skandia Tour Riks #6 - Skåne, Varberg Junior Open
- 2009 (3) Patrik Sjöland Junior Open, Varberg Junior Open, Skandia Tour Riks #8 - Halland
- 2010 (3) Gräppås Junior Open, Skandia Tour elit flickor #5, Junior Masters Invitational
Professional wins (3)
editLET Access Series (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 Aug 2014 | Onsjö Ladies Open^ | 72-69-69=210 | −6 | Playoff | Lynn Carlsson
|
^Co-sanctioned by the Swedish Golf Tour
Swedish Golf Tour (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 Aug 2012 | Swedish Matchplay Championship | 5&3 | Julia Davidsson
| ||
| 1 | 23 Aug 2014 | Onsjö Ladies Open^ | 72-69-69=210 | −6 | Playoff | Lynn Carlsson
|
| 1 | 18 Jun 2017 | Ulricehamn Ladies Open | 67-68-71=206 | −10 | 4 strokes | Frida Gustafsson-Spång
|
^Co-sanctioned by the LET Access Series
Results in LPGA majors
edit| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | |||||
| Women's British Open | T47 | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
| The Evian Championship | NT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied for place
Team appearances
editProfessional
- European Championships (representing Sweden): 2018
References
edit- ^ a b "Lina Boqvist Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Lina Boqvist". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ Martin Strömberg (18 August 2012). "Billing och Boqvist mästare" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ LET 2015 Order of Merit, Ladies European Tour, accessed 14 August 2016
- ^ Olympic Reserves - Women, International Golf Federation, accessed 14 August 2016
- ^ "Ice-cool Iceland win gold in mixed event". PGA European Tour. 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Nuria Iturrios earns second LET victory at Lalla Meryem Cup". LET. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "Lina Boqvist leads Lalla Meryem Cup after Career Low Round". LET. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ "2019 Costa del Sol Order of Merit". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Lina Boqvist vinnare på LET – i New York" (in Swedish). Svensk Golf. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Team Jessica Korda Triumph In Playoff As Hull Wins Individual Title In New York". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
- ^ "Swayne And Boqvist In Front After First Day Of Kpmg Women's Irish Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
- Lina Boqvist at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Lina Boqvist at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Lina Boqvist at the Golfdata official site (in Swedish)