Minea Blomqvist

Minea Blomqvist-Kakko
Blomqvist at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	(1985-03-12) 12 March 1985 (age 32) Espoo, Finland
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality	Finland
Spouse	Roope Kakko
Children	Elmo
Career
Turned professional	2003
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour (joined 2004) LPGA Tour (joined 2006)
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration	T47: 2008
Women's PGA C'ship	T25: 2006
U.S. Women's Open	T27: 2008
Women's British Open	T8: 2004
Evian Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year	2004

Minea "Minni" Blomqvist, (born 12 March 1985 in Espoo, Finland) is a professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour in the early 2000s but also had a career on the Ladies European Tour.

Blomqvist was a member of the Finnish National Ladies Team from 2001–2003 and played in the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships. She was a two-time member of the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2002 and 2003 winning all her matches in the winning 2003 side and she represented Europe in the 2003 Vagliano Trophy.

She played as an amateur on the Telia Tour four times in 2000 and 2001 missing the cut each time. In 2002, she played in three Telia Tour events and recorded two top twenty finishes plus a win at the Sparbanken Ladies Open. In 2003, she played in five Telia tour tournaments, recorded two runner up finishes plus a win at the CA Ladies Trophy. and was named Telia Tour Player of the Year.

Blomqvist turned professional late in 2003 and in 2004 claimed her maiden victory in only her second tournament as a professional at the Pam Golding Ladies International on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa following this up with a win in the Telkom Women's Classic a week later. These results meant she finished top of the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour Order of Merit for 2004.

Having finished 36th at the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School in 2003, Blomqvist had conditional status for 2004 when making her Ladies European Tour debut in Tenerife where she finished fourth. She won her maiden LET tournament later in the year in Hungary and gained her first top ten finish in a major at the Women's British Open during which she shot a record low score of 62. She had five other top twenty LET finishes in 2004 together with another win at the Öijared Ladies Open on the Telia Tour. and was the LET Rookie of the Year.