Breanne Loucks

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Breanne Loucks
Personal information
Full nameBreanne Alicia Loucks
Born (1987-10-16) 16 October 1987 (age 34)
Canada
Sporting nationalityFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Career
Turned professional2009
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour

Breanne Alicia Loucks (born 16 October 1987) [1] is a Welsh professional golfer. She had a successful amateur career, playing in two Curtis Cup matches, in 2006 and 2008. She turned professional in early 2009 and played on the Ladies European Tour until 2011 when injury curtailed her career.

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Amateur career

In 2007, she won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship, beating Tara Davies in the final. [2] In early 2008, she won both the South African stroke-play and South African match-play championships. [3] In June 2008, she won the Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship. [4]

Loucks first played for Wales in the Girls Home Internationals in 2002, aged 14, and made her debut in the Women's Home Internationals in 2004. [5] [6] She later represented Wales in the Espirito Santo Trophy and the European Ladies' Team Championship. She played in the 2008 Women's Home Internationals at Wrexham, when Wales won for only the second time. [7] She played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup in 2006 and 2008. In 2006 she won all three matches she played in, two singles and a foursomes, while in 2008 she won one of her four matches. [8] [9] In 2007, she was in the winning British team in the Commonwealth Trophy in South Africa, and she also played in the Vagliano Trophy. [10] [11]

Professional career

Loucks turned professional at the start of 2009 and played on the Ladies European Tour. She had a successful first season, including being joint runner-up in the Open de España Femenino behind Becky Brewerton. She had three top-20 finishes in the first half of 2010 but then had an elbow injury. She played in a number of events in 2011 without success and dropped off the tour. [3] [12]

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

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  2. "Breanne Loucks wins Welsh title for first time". Kirkwood Golf. 22 May 2007. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Ladies European Tour Player Profile Breanne Loucks". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 6 December 2011.
  4. "Roseanne Niven finishes runner-up in Irish open stroke-play". Kirkwood Golf. 29 June 2008.
  5. "Girls International Matches". Ladies Golf Union. Archived from the original on 26 September 2002.
  6. Faquharson, Colin (10 September 2004). "Irish whip Scots to keep title". GillianKirkwood. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. "Wales win WHI on a tie-breaker and Scots find winning formula at last". Kirkwood Golf. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  8. "USA Wins Curtis Cup Match Again, Denies GB&I's Spirited Charge". United States Golf Association. 30 July 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  9. "United States of America Wins Sixth Consecutive Curtis Cup With 13-7 Victory". United States Golf Association. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  10. "Vagliano Trophy 2007" (PDF). European Golf Association . Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  11. "Commonwealth Champions Britain beaten by Springboks on Final Day". Scottish Golf View. 11 May 2007.
  12. Woolford, Anthony (26 March 2013). "Golf: Breanne Loucks battling to be a model Tour player again after bagging caddie's job". Wales Online. Retrieved 18 July 2022.