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]
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]
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]
Source:[6]
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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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 |
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year | Ranking | Source | |
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2017 | 421 | [7] | |
2018 | 282 | [8] | |
2019 | 187 | [9] | |
2020 | 264 | [10] | |
2021 | 391 | [11] | |
2022 | 195 | [12] | |
2023 | 228 | [13] |
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