Holmqvist turned professional in 2012 was runner-up at the
Ladies Norwegian Challenge. Playing on the
Ladies European Tour in 2013 and 2014, she first received international headlines in her rookie season when what tournament officials believe was a
redback spider, relative of the famed
black widow, nipped her leg during a qualification round for the
Women's Australian Open at
Royal Canberra Golf Club. Holmqvist swatted the spider away, used a golf tee to pierce her skin and squeeze out the venom, and finished her round. In 2014, she won her first professional tournament, the
Mount Broughton Classic in
New South Wales,
Australia. Holmqvist joined the
2015 Symetra Tour and secured her
2016 LPGA Tour membership by finishing fifth on the money list after winning the
Island Resort Championship and recording five other top-10 finishes, including runner-up at the
Sioux Falls GreatLIFE Challenge. In 2018 she finished a career-best 75th on the LPGA Money List, but was sidelined for most of the 2019 season due to a back injury. In 2021, she finished 115th in the rankings and spent 2022 mainly on the
Epson Tour, where she was runner-up at the
Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic. She finished T21 at LPGA Q-Series to return to the LPGA Tour in 2023, where she led the
ShopRite LPGA Classic by one stroke heading into the final day, and ultimately tied for 4th, a career-best. ==Amateur wins ==