Mikaela Parmlid

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| fullname = Mikaela Mercédés Parmlid

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| birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden

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| residence = Kungsbacka, Sweden

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| college = University of Southern California

| yearpro = 2003

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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.{{cite magazine |title=Från Vita huset – till Hall of Fame |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/folja/20131127/fran-vita-huset-till-hall-of-fame/ |magazine=Svensk Golf |access-date=21 March 2023 |language=sv |date=27 November 2013}}

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.[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/parmlid_mikaela01.html USC Trojans Player Bio: Mikaela Parmlid]

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. She won five collegiate tournaments in total and received the 2003 Honda Sports Award, as the top woman collegiate golfer.{{Cite web |url=https://usctrojans.com/news/2003/6/3/mikaela_parmlid_wins_honda_award_as_top_woman_collegiate_golfer.aspx |title=Mikaela Parmlid Wins Honda Award As Top Woman Collegiate Golfer |publisher=USC Athletics |access-date=2020-03-19}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/golf |title=Golf |publisher=CWSA |access-date=2020-03-28}} She was inducted into the WGCA Players Hall of Fame in 2013.{{cite web |title=Parmlid To Be Inducted Into WGCA Players Hall Of Fame |url=http://usctrojans.com/news/2013/12/3/Parmlid_To_Be_Inducted_Into_WGCA_Players_Hall_Of_Fame.aspx?path=wgolf |publisher=USC Trojans |access-date=2 December 2017}}

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.{{cite web |title=Golf – Den Stora Sporten |url=https://www.e-magin.se/paper/1pfc350j/paper/212#/paper/1pfc350j/ |publisher=Swedish Golf Federation |access-date=21 March 2023}}

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.{{cite web |title=Parmlid åtta i tävlingen inför US Open |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/2949669 |publisher=Sveriges Radio |access-date=21 March 2023 |language=sv |date=6 July 2009}}

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.{{cite web |title=2013 Open De Espana - Final Result |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/reports-page/?tourn=1219&tclass=rnk&report=tmresult~season=2013~result=PF~ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=21 March 2023}} 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.{{cite magazine |title=Parmlid nöjd att vara inne |url=https://www.svenskgolf.se/artiklar/folja/20130802/506-4/ |magazine=Svensk Golf |access-date=21 March 2023 |language=sv |date=2 August 2013}}{{cite web |title=Results 2013 Women's British Open |url=https://golfdata.se/sgfranking/tournament_results?CompID=WP1331X |publisher=Golfdata |access-date=21 March 2023}}

Parmlid won the Gothenburg stop on the Swedish Golf Tour, the Delsjö Ladies Open, in 2013 and defended her title in 2014.{{cite web |title=Göteborgare vann Delsjö Ladies Open |url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/5566549 |publisher=Sveriges Radio |access-date=21 March 2023 |language=sv |date=17 June 2013}}{{cite web |title=Oväntad comeback på Delsjö |url=https://golf.se/pressrum/2014/06/ovantad-comeback-pa-delsjo/ |publisher=Golf.se |access-date=21 March 2023 |date=14 June 2014 |language=sv}}

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.{{cite web |title=Gravid i sjätte månaden – spelar VM |url=https://www.svt.se/sport/artikel/sverige-utan-press-i-nya-golf-vm |publisher=Sveriges Television |access-date=21 March 2023 |language=sv |date=24 July 2014}} Her team, with Anna Nordqvist, Caroline Hedwall and Pernilla Lindberg, finished second behind Spain.{{cite news |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/tours/lpga/2014/international-crown/ |work=Golf Channel |title=International Crown: Session 4 - singles |date=27 July 2014 |accessdate=21 March 2023}}

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