Anna Nordqvist aims for more major wins: "Passionate about winning"

In the summer of 2017, Anna Nordqvist suffered from glandular fever, a slow pain for the Swedish golf star.

Despite the illness, she won her second major, the Evian Championship in France, against all odds in late summer.

But the glandular fever did not subside.

The help came from an unexpected source.

The corona pandemic forced a break in the competition activities and gave Nordqvist space to finally get well.

- When I got that break under the corona, it felt like I could slow down.

I could have that home life that I never really had, says Nordqvist, who thinks that the break may have extended his career.

In 2020, few competitions were arranged.

Nordqvist played good golf but did not get the top places.

His career may have been coming to an end, but this summer came what the 34-year-old describes as the highlight of his career, the victory in the British Open.

Now it is only big competitions that motivate Nordqvist to continue.

- I want to play a few more years.

I'm passionate about winning and I do not directly look at rankings and such.

The Olympics, Solheim Cup and majors are the highlights I look forward to.

Competitions that trigger me to continue to train as hard as I do.

"They shouted ANNA, ANNA"

The 34-year-old from Eskilstuna has doubted a lot about himself and his continued career, but then came the summer of 2021. First with a decent effort at the Olympics and then the British Open.

A competition that was decided on the difficult track Carnoustie in Scotland just kilometers from the place where her husband Kevin grew up.

Relatives and friends were on hand to support.

- The British Open was actually the first competition that had an audience back.

I felt that there were people who are there and support no matter how it goes.

- It was quite cheeky when I stood and waited for the 18th so they started shouting "ANNA, ANNA" and I have never heard that in golf and it makes one feel that everyone is there for me.

It was incredibly special.

- I will be able to do great things after this but it feels like this will always be the highlight, says Nordqvist about the victory in the British Open.

Silenced the audience in the Solheim Cup

Out of sheer speed, Nordqvist then played - for the seventh time - the Solheim Cup and was one of the protagonists when Europe won on American soil.

There, unlike in Scotland, public support was basically zero.

- The whole experience was different.

But it is often a motivation to silence the audience away from home.

And it was extremely nice to win with the best team we have ever had, says Nordqvist, who himself has four victories in the prestigious team competition.