Born: Eskilstuna, Sweden

Lives: Orlando, Fla.

Birthdate: June 10, 1987 – currently 27 years, 11 months, and 21 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T25 at the 2008 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional: 2008

VICTORIES LPGA:

Previous wins:

2009 McDonald’s LPGA Championship, 2009 LPGA Tour Championship, 2014 Honda LPGA Thailand, 2014 Kia Classic

RACE TO CME GLOBE

Earns 500 points with her win at the ShopRite LPGA Classic and is projected to move up to 6th in the Race to CME Globe with 1,236 points

ROLEX RANKINGS

Projected to move from No. 14 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings to No. 7, up 7 spots

MONEY

CAREER: With the $225,000 first-place check, Anna moves from 53rd to 48th on the LPGA Career Money List with $4,941,401
SEASON: Anna has earned $526,054 this season and is 8th on the 2015 LPGA Official Money List

TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

Becomes the 27th winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic, winning the event for the first time in her career
Has never finished worse than than T13 here and has recorded three top-10 finishes in five starts; previous best finish was a tie for 3rd last year

Previous finishes: 2010 - T12 2011 - T5 2012 - T5 2013 - T13 2014 - T3

2015 IN A NUTSHELL

OF NOTE

Earns 30 points toward the Rolex Player of the Year race and is projected to move into a tie for 6th in the rankings
Made 31 starts in between her last two victories (2014 Kia Classic)

In the Winner's Circle: Anna Nordqvist

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