Mikaela Parmlid

Mikaela Parmlid
Personal information
Born	22 September 1980 (1980-09-22) (age 31) Gothenburg, Sweden
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	Sweden
Residence	Gothenburg, Sweden
Career
College	University of Southern California
Turned professional	2003
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2004)
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	CUT: 2010
LPGA Championship	T54: 2006
U.S. Women's Open	CUT: 2009
Women's British Open	CUT: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Mikaela Parmlid (born 22 September 1980) is a Swedish professional golfer. She plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and resides in the greater Los Angeles area.

Amateur career

Parmlid was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She 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,^[1] and she was the top amateur at the Compaq Open in Sweden, also an LET event, for four consecutive years (1999–2002).

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 Award Winner and a nine-time member of the Swedish National Team.

Professional career

Parmlid turned professional in 2003 and earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA Tour season. Recorded a 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.^[2]

References

1. ^ USC Trojans Player Bio: Mikaela Parmlid
2. ^ LPGA Full Career Biography

External links

• Mikaela Parmlid at the LPGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Parmlid, Mikaela
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	September 22, 1980
Place of birth	Gothenburg, Sweden
Date of death
Place of death