Mikaela Parmlid

Mikaela Parmlid
Parmlid in 2012
Personal information
Full nameMikaela Mercédés Parmlid
Born (1980-09-22) 22 September 1980 (age 44)
Gothenburg, Sweden
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceKungsbacka, Sweden
Career
CollegeUniversity of Southern California
Turned professional2003
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (2004–2010)
LET (2011–2014)
Professional wins2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipCUT: 2010
Women's PGA C'shipT54: 2006
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2009
Women's British OpenT36: 2013
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Honda Sports Award2003
PGA of Sweden Future Fund Award2004
WGCA Players Hall of Fame2013

Mikaela Parmlid (born 22 September 1980) is a retired Swedish professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour 2004–10 and the Ladies European Tour 2011–14. She was runner-up in the 2012 UNIQA Ladies Golf Open, the 2013 Open de España Femenino, and the 2014 International Crown. As an amateur, she won the 2001 European Ladies' Team Championship and was the 2003 NCAA Championship team and individual champion, and received the Honda Sports Award as the top woman collegiate golfer.[1]

Amateur career

Parmlid was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and educated at 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 low amateur at the Chrysler Open, an LET event, and she was the low amateur at the Compaq Open, also an LET event, for four consecutive years 1999–2002.[2]

Parmlid was an economics major at University of Southern California 1999–2003 and played with the USC Trojans women's golf team. She was a member of the 2003 NCAA Championship Team and won the NCAA individual championship, after which she and her team was invited to the White House to meet George W. Bush.[1] She won five collegiate tournaments in total and received the 2003 Honda Sports Award, as the top woman collegiate golfer.[2][3][4] She was inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame in 2013.[5]

Parmlid was part of the Swedish National Team and won the 2001 European Ladies' Team Championship in Spain, and won silver at the next installment 2003 in Frankfurt, losing the final to Spain 4.5–2.5. In 2002, she finished 10th in the European Ladies Amateur at Kristianstad Golf Club. Her team finished 8th at the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy in Malaysia.[6]

Professional career

Parmlid turned professional in 2003 and earned her card for the 2004 LPGA Tour at Q-School. She made her first major cut at the 2006 LPGA Championship, where she opened with a round of 69 and finished tied 54th. She recorded an 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.[7]

Parmlid joined the Ladies European Tour in 2011 and enjoyed two successful seasons in 2012 and 2013. In 2012, 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. A win proving elusive, in 2013, her last season on the LET, she matched her career-best result as runner-up at the Open de España Femenino, a stroke behind Lee-Anne Pace.[8] She finished 12th in the season rankings, as the top Swedish player.

In the 2013 Women's British Open at the Old Course at St Andrews Parmlid shot two opening rounds of 69 to sit in solo 7th place heading into the weekend, but eventually she succumbed to the windy conditions and finished tied for 36th.[9][10]

Parmlid won the Gothenburg stop on the Swedish Golf Tour, the Delsjö Ladies Open, in 2013 and defended her title in 2014.[11][12]

Parmlid retired from tour following the 2013 season. Eligible to play for Sweden in the 2014 International Crown, she made a brief comeback, and played the tournament six months pregnant.[13] Her team, with Anna Nordqvist, Caroline Hedwall and Pernilla Lindberg, finished second behind Spain.[14]

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

Professional wins (2)

Nordea Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up
1 16 Jun 2013 Delsjö Ladies Open 73-74-67=214 −2 3 strokes Sweden Lina Boqvist
2 19 Jun 2014 Delsjö Ladies Open 72-72-69=213 E Playoff Sweden Emma Westin

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
ANA Inspiration CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship T54 CUT CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT CUT T36
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T= tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ a b "Från Vita huset – till Hall of Fame". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 27 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b USC Trojans Player Bio: Mikaela Parmlid
  3. ^ "Mikaela Parmlid Wins Honda Award As Top Woman Collegiate Golfer". USC Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Parmlid To Be Inducted Into WGCA Players Hall Of Fame". USC Trojans. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Golf – Den Stora Sporten". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Parmlid åtta i tävlingen inför US Open" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  8. ^ "2013 Open De Espana - Final Result". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Parmlid nöjd att vara inne". Svensk Golf (in Swedish). 2 August 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Results 2013 Women's British Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Göteborgare vann Delsjö Ladies Open" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Oväntad comeback på Delsjö" (in Swedish). Golf.se. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  13. ^ "Gravid i sjätte månaden – spelar VM" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  14. ^ "International Crown: Session 4 - singles". Golf Channel. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2023.