Minea "Minni" Blomqvist,
(born 12 March 1985 in Espoo, Finland) is a professional golfer who
plays mainly
on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the
Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career
Blomqvist was a member of the Finnish National Ladies Team from
2001-2003 and played in the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur
Golf Team Championships. She was a two-time member of the European PING
Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2002 and 2003 winning all her matches in the
winning 2003 side and she represented Europe in the 2003 Vagliano
Trophy.
She played as an amateur on the Telia Tour four times in
2000 and 2001 missing the cut each time. In 2002 she played in three
Telia Tour events and recorded two top twenty finishes plus a win at
the Sparbanken Ladies Open. In 2003 she played in five Telia tour
tournaments, recorded two runner up finishes plus a win at the CA
Ladies Trophy. and was named Telia Tour Player of the Year.
Professional career Blomqvist
turned professional late in 2003 and in 2004 claimed her maiden victory
in only her second tournament as a professional at the Pam Golding
Ladies International on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa
following this up with a win in the Telkom Women's Classic a week
later. These results meant she finished top of the Nedbank Women's Golf
Tour Order of Merit for 2004.
Having finished 36th at the Ladies
European Tour Qualifying School in 2003, Blomqvist had conditional
status for 2004 when making her Ladies European Tour debut in Tenerife
where she finished fourth. She won her maiden LET tournament later in
the year in Hungary and gained her first top ten finish in a major at
the Women's British Open during which she shot a record low score of
62. She had five other top twenty LET finishes in 2004 together with
another win at the Öijared Ladies Open on the Telia Tour and was the
LET Rookie of the Year.
At the start of 2005 she teamed with
Riikka Hakkarainen to represent Finland at the inaugural Women's World
Cup of Golf. On the LET Tour she posted 11 top-20 finishes, including
back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Ladies English Open and the OTP
Bank Ladies Central European Open and earned non-exempt status for the
2006 LPGA Tour season by tying for 34th at the LPGA Final Qualifying
Tournament.
At the start of 2006 she again teamed with Riikka
Hakkarainen to represent Finland at the Women's World Cup of Golf. She
concentrated on playing on the LPGA tour in 2006 ending the season with
a best finish of 24th and 102nd on the money list.
Professional wins (4) Ladies European (1) * 2004: Ladies Central European Open
Other (3) *
2004: Pam Golding Ladies International (Nedbank South Africa Women's
Golf Tour), Telkom Women's Classic (Nedbank South Africa Women's Golf
Tour), Öijared Ladies Open (Telia Tour)