Daniela Darquea

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Daniela Darquea
Personal information
NicknameDani
Born (1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 28)
Quito, Ecuador
Sporting nationality Ecuador
Career
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2017)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2019
U.S. Women's Open61st: 2018
Women's British OpenCUT: 2018, 2019
Evian ChampionshipT67: 2018
Medal record
Bolivarian Games
Silver medal – second place 2017 Santa Marta Individual
Silver medal – second place 2017 Santa Marta Mixed team

Daniela Darquea (born 26 July 1995) is a professional golfer from Ecuador, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.[1]

Amateur career

Darquea attended the University of Miami and played golf with the Miami Hurricanes where she was WGCA All-American, All-American Scholar, All-ACC, All-ACC Academic in 2014. She won the Briar's Creek Invitational, Hurricane Invitational and Suntrust Gator Women's Invitational.[1]

She represented Ecuador at the 2015 Pan American Games and 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy, and qualified for the 2015 U.S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club.[2]

Professional career

Darquea finished T29 at the 2016 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn partial status for the 2017 season. She decided to forego the remainder of her senior season and turn pro.[3] She made one LPGA start in her rookie season and played mainly on the Symetra Tour, where she made the cut in 16 out of 22 starts and recorded six top-10 finishes, including a victory at the IOA Championship and a runner-up finish at the Symetra Classic.[4]

In 2018, she played in 19 LPGA Tour events. She made 10 cuts and finished 95th on the money list, recording a season-best of T5 at the Marathon Classic. The following year she was 97th on the money list with a season-best T6 finish at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship.

Darquea qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[5]

Amateur wins

  • 2012 Abierto De Arrayanes, Copa Ron Abuelo, Abierto Damas de Lacosta Country Club, Abierto De Los Chillos Club Campestre
  • 2013 Clasificacion Sudamericano Juvenil, Abierto de Arrayanes, AJGA Kansas Junior at Buffalo Dunes
  • 2014 Hurricane Invitational, Suntrust Gator Women's Invitational
  • 2015 Briar's Creek Invitational, Abierto del Quito Tenis y GC

Source:[6]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 26 Mar 2017 IOA Championship −12 (70-67-67=204) 3 strokes Thailand Niphatsophon Benyapa
Canada Anne-Catherine Tanguay

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open CUT 61 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T30
The Evian Championship T67 CUT NT
Women's British Open CUT CUT
  Did not play

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

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2017 421 [7]
2018 282 [8]
2019 187 [9]
2020 264 [10]
2021 391 [11]
2022 218^ [12]

^ as of 19 September 2022

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ a b "Daniela Darquea – Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ Miller Degnan, Susan (19 May 2015). "Miami Hurricanes golfer did something really cool Monday". Miami Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Darquea to Pursue LPGA Career". Miami Hurricanes. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Daniela Darquea". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Golf Rankings". IGF. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Daniela Darquea". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  9. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 19 September 2022.

External links

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