Laura Fünfstück
Laura Fünfstück | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Langen, Hesse, Germany | 21 December 1994
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Sporting nationality | Germany |
Career | |
College | College of Charleston |
Turned professional | 2018 |
Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2018) |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
ALPG Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
ANA Inspiration | DNP |
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | DNP |
Women's British Open | T45: 2020 |
Evian Championship | DNP |
Laura Fünfstück (born 21 December 1994) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur career[]
Fünfstück started playing golf at the age of three when her parents bought her first set of plastic clubs. She won the Internationaux de France (Trophee Esmond) in 2013 and finished her amateur career with a win at the German National Amateur in 2017. Fünfstück was part of the German National Team, representing her country four times in the European Ladies' Team Championship and the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy, the World Team Championship. She represented Europe at the Patsy Hankins Trophy in 2016.[1]
Before turning pro in January 2018, Fünfstück played college golf and studied finance at the College of Charleston from 2013 to 2017. Three out of her four years, she was named Player of the Year in the Colonial Athletic Association conference, finishing top-25 in the 2017 NCAA Championship. She was the first College of Charleston female golfer to advance to Nationals and with five wins holds the school record for most college tournament wins. Fünfstück won the Kiawah Island Classic at the largest collegiate tournament in the country with a field of 232 players.[2]
Professional career[]
In 2018, her rookie year on the Ladies European Tour, Fünfstück made five starts and recorded a best finish of T8 in the Lalla Meryem Cup. In 2019, she played in 19 tournaments, posted six top-10 finishes, and ended the season in ninth place on the Order of Merit.[1]
Amateur wins[]
- 2013 Internationaux de France (Trophee Esmond)
- 2016 CSU Fall Invitational
- 2017 German National Amateur, Kiawah Island Intercollegiate
Source:[3]
Professional wins (2)[]
Ladies Sunshine Tour[]
ALPG Tour[]
- 2020 Windaroo Lakes ALPG Pro-Am
Team appearances[]
Amateur
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Germany): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Germany): 2014
- Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2016
Source:[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "Laura Fuenfstueck Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "2016-17 Women's Golf Roster". CofC Sports. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Laura Fuenfstueck". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
External links[]
- Laura Fünfstück at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Laura Fünfstück at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- German female golfers
- Ladies European Tour golfers
- Sportspeople from Hesse
- 1994 births
- Living people