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Marieke Nivard (born 14 June 1990) is a
professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...
from the
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who played on the
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. In 2011, she won two LET Access Series tournaments and topped the LETAS Order of Merit.


Early life and amateur career

Nivard was born in
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, Sweden in 1990 and was introduced to golf at age 8 by her father. She enjoyed success as an amateur. She won silver at the 2007
European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...
, losing the final at Oslo Golf Club in Norway to a Swedish team with Jacqueline and
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. In 2008, she won both the Duke of York Young Champions Trophy and the German Girls Open. She finished 6th at the
European Ladies Amateur Championship The European Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is organized by the European Golf Association and is one of the "elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for ...
and played in the
European Ladies Golf Cup The European Nations Cup was a professional team golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that was held in Spain. It was played from 2008 to 2011, and was a stroke play Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form ...
, a professional event, with Marjet van der Graaff where they placed 4th. She also played in the
European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...
in Sweden, where the Netherlands won silver after falling in the final to a Swedish team that featured future major winners
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and
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. She appeared at the
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twice, in
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she finished T8 together with
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 is a
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, and in
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T20 with Myrte Eikenaar and Karlijn Zaanen. In 2009, she again represented Netherlands at the
European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...
, and had the best individual score at Copa Sotogrande. She reached No. 2 in the EGA ranking and was selected for the continental team in the
Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...
, where her team prevailed.


Professional career

Nivard turned professional in November 2011, having earned conditional status on the
Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. Despite its name, the tour also has tournaments in A ...
at Q-School in December. In her rookie year, she played in 10 events and made three cuts. She won two titles on the LET Access Series, Trophée Preven's in France and the
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in Portugal, one stroke ahead of England's Kelly Tidy. She secured the number one spot in the 2011 LET Access Series Order of Merit ahead of Henni Zuël, and earned a full card for the
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. In 2012, she made five cuts in 14 LET starts, with a best finish of T26 in the
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.


Amateur wins

*2008 Duke of York Young Champions Trophy, German Girls Open *2009 Copa Sotogrande *2010 Dutch National Championship Source:


Professional wins (2)


LET Access Series (2)

*
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Trophée Preven's,
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Team appearances

Amateur *
European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...
(representing Netherlands): 2007 *
European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...
(representing Netherlands):
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
,
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
*
Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...
(representing Netherlands):
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
*
Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...
(representing the Continent of Europe): 2009 (winners) Professional *
European Ladies Golf Cup The European Nations Cup was a professional team golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that was held in Spain. It was played from 2008 to 2011, and was a stroke play Stroke play is a scoring system in the sport of golf. In the regular form ...
(representing Netherlands): 2008


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nivard, Marieke Dutch female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Eindhoven 1990 births Living people 21st-century Dutch sportswomen