Astrid Vayson de Pradenne

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Astrid Vayson de Pradenne
Personal information
Born (1985-10-25) 25 October 1985 (age 37)
Avignon, France
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
Residence Avignon, France
Career
College University of Avignon
University of Plymouth
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2018)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2018
Evian Championship CUT: 2018

Astrid Vayson de Pradenne (born 25 October 1985) is a French professional golfer. She joined the Ladies European Tour in 2018 after winning the dual-ranked Jabra Ladies Open. [1]

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Career

Vayson de Pradenne started to play golf at the age of 15 and within two years had reached a scratch handicap. She turned professional 2011 and joined the LET Access Series in 2013. She was runner-up at the 2016 Azores Ladies Open behind Jenny Haglund, and in 2017 she lost a playoff to Luna Sobron at the Castellum Ladies Open in Sweden. [2]

Her breakthrough came in 2018 when she, as a member of the LET Access Series, won the Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club, a dual-ranking event with the LET. She therefore earned a winner's exemption and played in the remainder of the 2018 Ladies European Tour tournaments, including the 2018 Evian Championship at the same course and the 2018 Women's British Open. She finished 31st on the LET Order of Merit.

In 2019, Vayson de Pradenne played in 18 LET tournaments and made 10 cuts. She recorded three top-20 finishes and under pressure managed to retain her tour card by finishing fifth in the season-ending Magical Kenya Ladies Open, to finish 61st on the Order of Merit. [1]

In 2020, she played two tournaments on the Sunshine Ladies Tour, and finished fourth at the Cape Town Ladies Open. [3] She finished tied sixth in the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, five strokes behind winner Julia Engström. [4]

Personal life

De Pradenne graduated from the University of Avignon with an LLM in European Law in 2007, and with a BSc in Physiotherapy from the University of Plymouth (UK) in 2011.

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
13 Jun 2018 Jabra Ladies Open^70-69-67=206−10Playoff Flag of Germany.svg Karolin Lampert

^Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series

Other wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2018
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

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References

  1. 1 2 "Player Profile Astrid Vayson de Pradenne". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. "2017 Castellum Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  3. "Cape Town Ladies Open". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. "2020 Lacoste Ladies Open de France". LET. Retrieved 14 October 2020.