Albane Valenzuela

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Albane Valenzuela
Personal information
Born (1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 23)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality  Switzerland
Career
CollegeStanford University
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration59th: 2018
Women's PGA C'shipT46: 2021
U.S. Women's Open24th: 2018
Women's British OpenT29: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT37: 2019

Albane Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a two-time Olympian. She was born in New York City[1] to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14.[2][3]

Amateur career[]

Valenzuela took low amateur honors at the 2016 ANA Inspiration with a tie for 65th.[4] She also made the cut at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.[3] She had two top-5 finishes on the Ladies European Tour in 2016 and a top-10 finish in the 2014 Lacoste Ladies French Open with a tournament low round of 64.

Valenzuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] She was the number one ranked golfer in Switzerland and reached number two in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Valenzuela also won the European Golf Association European Order of Merit in 2018.

Valenzuela reached the final of the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, losing to Sophia Schubert, 6 and 5.[6] In 2019, she again reached the finals, losing to Gabriela Ruffels, 1 up.[7]

Valenzuela played college golf at Stanford University before turning professional in late 2019.[8] Valenzuela was named Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2019 and was a Ping/WGCA First Team All-American. She graduated in 2020 with a degree in political science and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.[9]

Professional career[]

Valenzuela turned professional after earning her LPGA Tour card by finishing T-6 at Q Series in November 2019.[8] She represented Switzerland at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Amateur wins[]

  • 2013 Swiss National Match Play Championship (with Rachel Rossel), Bulgarian Amateur Open
  • 2014 Swiss International Championship
  • 2015 Spanish International Stroke Play, Doral Publix Junior Classic, Junior Orange Bowl Championship
  • 2017 NCAA Albuquerque Regional
  • 2019 Pac-12 Championship

Sources:[10]

Team appearances[]

Amateur

References[]

  1. ^ Geske, Joey (8 August 2019). "Meet the 2019 Quarterfinalists". USGA.
  2. ^ Van Smith, Bill (29 December 2015). "Albane Valenzuela hopes third time's a charm at Jr. Orange Bowl golf tournament". Miami Herald. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Nichols, Beth Ann (11 July 2016). "Swiss amateur Albane Valenzuela prepares to realize Olympic dream". Golfweek. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  4. ^ Herrington, Ryan (8 July 2016). "With all the talk of pros playing (or not) in the Olympics, two amateurs are about to qualify for Rio". Golf Digest. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Albane Valenzuela qualifiée pour Rio" (in French). Léman Bleu Télévision. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  6. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (14 August 2017). "U.S. Women's Amateur title picture perfect moment for Sophia Schubert". Golfweek.
  7. ^ "Ruffels 1st Aussie to win U.S. Women's Amateur". ESPN. Associated Press. 11 August 2019.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Nichols, Beth Ann (13 November 2019). "Albane Valenzuela opts to leave Stanford golf to live out LPGA dream". Golfweek.
  9. ^ "Valenzuela qualifies for Rio". Stanford Athletics. 12 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Albane Valenzuela". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

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