Chloe Williams (golfer)

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Chloe Williams
Personal information
Born (1995-03-21) 21 March 1995 (age 28)
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Residence Wrexham, Wales
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2020)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series (joined 2017)
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: 2021, 2023
Evian Championship DNP

Chloe Williams (born 21 March 1995) is a Welsh professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Williams, from Wrexham and educated at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, has a father that is a golf teaching professional and her coach. [2] He introduced her to golf at the age of 2, and from the age of 14 she concentrated on golf. [3]

Williams had a successful amateur career and represented Wales at the Women's Home Internationals, the European Girls' Team Championship, the European Ladies' Team Championship, and the Espirito Santo Trophy. She also represented Europe in the Patsy Hankins Trophy, and Great Britain & Ireland in the Astor Trophy, the Junior Vagliano Trophy and the 2015 Vagliano Trophy, where she won 2 of her 4 matches.

Individually, she was runner-up at the 2016 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and at the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship in 2013 and 2015. She finished 3rd at the 2016 Irish Women's Open Strokeplay, tied 3rd at the 2012 Spanish Ladies Amateur, and tied 3rd at the 2014 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, four strokes behind winner Meghan MacLaren. [4]

She won two medals at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, gold for Team GB with Georgia Hall in the team event, and bronze individually. [5]

By 2015, she was the number one amateur in Wales. [6]

Professional career

Williams turned professional in 2016 and joined the LET Access Series in 2017. She finished runner-up in her first start, at the Azores Ladies Open, 2 strokes behind Meghan MacLaren.

In the 2019 LET Access Series, she played in 19 tournaments and recorded five top-10 finishes including a season-best third-place finish in the season-ending Road To La Largue Final. She finished sixth on the LET Access Series Order of Merit, claiming the fifth and final full card available for the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 2020.

In her rookie season on the LET, she made the cut in all eight appearances, and finished 46th on the Race to Costa del Sol. Her season-best finish was T15 at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open.

In 2021, her second LET season, Williams played in 18 LET events and ended the year 34th on the Race to Costa del Sol. She recorded three top-10 finishes in individual events, at the Ladies Italian Open (T4), the Aramco Team Series - London (T8), and at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open (T7). [7] She led the Creekhouse Ladies Open in Sweden by two strokes after a first round 66. [8] She made her first major appearance at the 2021 Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links thanks to her Race to Costa del Sol rank. [9]

In 2022, she finished 50th on the Race to Costa del Sol. [1] At the Aramco Team Series – Bangkok she was captured on camera falling backwards off the 6th tee box into an advertising display, as she was lining up her shot. Ending up on her back with her legs and club dangling in the air, she was not hurt and went on to make par, despite her playing partners' hysterical laughter. [10] It was the unexpected highlight of the week and one of the funniest and most memorable moments of the 2022 LET season, according to media outlets. [11] [12]

Team appearances

Amateur

Sources: [4] [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chloe Williams Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Edwards, Sophie (21 November 2019). "Wrexham pro golfer Chloe Williams on course for success thanks to funding boost". The Leader. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ↑ "Getting To Know Chloe Williams". LET Access Series. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Chloe Williams". World Amateur Golf Rankings . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ↑ "Golf: Chloe Williams wins Youth Olympics gold medal". Wales Online. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Porter, Gary (17 April 2015). "Wrexham golfer's dream of turning pro hampered by thieves". Daily Post. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  7. ↑ Williams, David (31 May 2021). "Chloe Williams Hints At Breakthrough Season With Fourth Spot At Italian Open". Dai Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  8. ↑ "Rising star Steph Kyriacou is in contention after the opening round of the Creekhouse Ladies Open in Sweden". Golf Australia. AAP. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  9. ↑ Dell, Chloë (18 August 2021). "Women's British Open: 'Dream come true' for Wales' Chloe Williams". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  10. ↑ Leonard, Tod (14 May 2022). "LET pro takes a pratfall tumble and laughs at herself in video". Golf Digest. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  11. ↑ Chivers, Matt (14 May 2022). "Ladies European Tour player falls over advert board in hilarious footage". GolfMagic. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  12. ↑ Piastowski, Nick (14 May 2022). "Pro trips over sign, she sees replay, and it may be weekend's best moment". Golf Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  13. ↑ "European Girls' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "European Ladies' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
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