Daniela Darquea
| Daniela Darquea | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Nickname | Dani |
| Born | 26 July 1995 Quito, Ecuador |
| Sporting nationality |  Ecuador |
| Career | |
| College | University of Miami |
| Turned professional | 2016 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2025) Epson Tour |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Epson Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | CUT: 2023 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T30: 2019 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 61st: 2018 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2018, 2019, 2023 |
| Evian Championship | T48: 2023 |
Medal record | |
Daniela Darquea (born 26 July 1995) is a professional golfer from Ecuador, who has played on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.[1]
Amateur career
[edit]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
[edit]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]
Darquea earned her card for the 2025 Ladies European Tour at Q-School where she was the medalist.[6]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 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:[7]
Professional wins (1)
[edit]Symetra Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Mar 2017 | IOA Championship | −12 (70-67-67=204) | 3 strokes |  Niphatsophon Benyapa Anne-Catherine Tanguay
|
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]Results not in chronological order.
| ! Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | CUT | ||||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T30 | T36 | ||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | 61 | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||
| The Evian Championship | T67 | CUT | NT | T48 | |||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
World ranking
[edit]Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 421 | [8] |
| 2018 | 282 | [9] |
| 2019 | 187 | [10] |
| 2020 | 264 | [11] |
| 2021 | 391 | [12] |
| 2022 | 195 | [13] |
| 2023 | 228 | [14] |
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Ecuador): 2016
Professional
- Pan American Games (representing Ecuador): 2015
- Bolivarian Games (representing Ecuador): 2017
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Daniela Darquea – Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Miller Degnan, Susan (19 May 2015). "Miami Hurricanes golfer did something really cool Monday". Miami Herald. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Darquea to Pursue LPGA Career". Miami Hurricanes. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Daniela Darquea". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Golf Rankings". IGF. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "LET Q-School". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
- ^ "Daniela Darquea". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Daniela Darquea at the LPGA Tour official site
- Daniela Darquea at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Ecuadorian female golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Ladies European Tour golfers
- Olympic golfers for Ecuador
- Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Miami Hurricanes women's golfers
- Expatriate golfers in the United States
- Golfers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Ecuador
- Bolivarian Games silver medalists for Ecuador
- Bolivarian Games medalists in golf
- Sportspeople from Quito
- 1995 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Ecuadorian sportswomen