Daniela Darquea Explained

Daniela Darquea
Nickname:Dani
Birth Date:26 July 1995
Birth Place:Quito, Ecuador
College:University of Miami
Yearpro:2016
Tour:Epson Tour
Extour:LPGA Tour
Prowins:1
Futwins:1
Nabisco:CUT: 2023
Lpga:T30: 2019
Wusopen:61st: 2018
Wbritopen:CUT: 2018, 2019, 2023
Evian:T48: 2023

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

Source:[6]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron ChampionshipCUT
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT30T36
U.S. Women's OpenCUT61CUTCUTCUT
The Evian ChampionshipT67CUTNTT48
Women's British OpenCUTCUTCUT
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 195 [12]
2023 228 [13]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daniela Darquea – Bio . LPGA Tour . 30 June 2021.
  2. News: Miami Hurricanes golfer did something really cool Monday . Miami Herald . Susan . Miller Degnan . 19 May 2015 . 30 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Darquea to Pursue LPGA Career . Miami Hurricanes . 14 December 2016 . 30 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Daniela Darquea . Women's World Golf Rankings . 30 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Golf Rankings . IGF . 30 June 2021 . 29 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201129130619/https://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/tokyo-2020-qualification-system/tokyo-2020-olympic-golf-rankings/ . dead .
  6. Web site: Daniela Darquea . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 30 June 2021.
  7. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2017.
  8. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 31, 2018.
  9. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 30, 2019.
  10. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2020.
  11. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 27, 2021.
  12. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 26 December 2022.
  13. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . 25 December 2023.