Brittany Altomare | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. [1] | November 19, 1990
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | University of Virginia |
Turned professional | 2013 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour |
Professional wins | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T16: 2018 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T25: 2017 |
U.S. Women's Open | T41: 2018 |
Women's British Open | T15: 2018 |
Evian Championship | 2nd: 2017 |
Brittany Altomare (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She finished runner-up in the 2017 Evian Championship, losing to Anna Nordqvist in a playoff. She had finished tied for third in the Cambia Portland Classic two weeks earlier.
She won the Guardian Retirement Championship on the 2016 Symetra Tour, beating Nicole Broch Larsen at the fifth hole of a sudden-death playoff after the pair had finished level at 216 after 54 holes. [2]
She attended Shrewsbury High School. [3]
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2017 | The Evian Championship | Anna Nordqvist | Lost to bogey on first extra hole |
Amateur
Professional
Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
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Career | 8 | 4–3–1 | 2–0–0 | 1–2–0 | 1–1–1 | 4.5 | 56.3 |
2019 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 1–0–0 def. J. Shadoff 5&4 | 0–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 2&1 | 1–0–1 halved w/ N. Korda won w/ A. Park 1 up | 2.5 | 62.5 |
2021 | 4 | 2–2–0 | 1–0–0 def. C. Ciganda 2&1 | 1–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 1 up won w/ L. Thompson 2&1 | 0–1–0 lost w/ Y. Noh 1 up | 2.0 | 50.0 |
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