Frances Bondad

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Frances Bondad
Frances Bondad 2011 Ladies Open Broekpolder.JPG
Bondad in 2011
Personal information
Full nameFrances Bondad-Head
Born (1988-01-21) 21 January 1988 (age 35)
Los Angeles, California
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Gumdale, Queensland
Career
College Deakin University
Turned professional2007
Former tour(s) LET (2008–2012)
LPGA Tour (2013)
ALPG Tour (2007–2014)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Ladies Asian Golf Tour1
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: 2010, 2011

Frances Bondad (born 21 January 1988) is a retired Australian professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour from 2008 to 2012. She won the 2011 Sanya Ladies Open in China. [1]

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Amateur career

Bondad was born in Los Angeles, California, and started playing golf at age 10 inspired by her father. Although she represents Australia, she is proud of her Filipina heritage. [1] She won the 2004 Philippine Ladies Amateur and the 2005 Hong Kong Ladies Amateur, and was number one ranked amateur in Australia 2006–2007 after winning the 2007 Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship. [2]

She represented Australia at the 2006 Espirito Santo Trophy together with Emma Bennett and Kate Combes. [3] [4]

Professional career

Bondad won the third card at the 2007 LET Qualifying School and was a rookie on the 2008 Ladies European Tour, where her best results were T16 at the Open de España Femenino and T17 at the Göteborg Masters. She was also runner-up at the Thailand Ladies Open on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour, two strokes behind home player Pornanong Phatlum. In 2009 she recorded four top-10 finishes, including T10 at the AIB Ladies Irish Open and T5 at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China. She earned her first major start at the 2010 Women's British Open at Royal Birkdale. [5]

She finished 27th in the 2010 LET Order of Merit after recording a T4 at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open and a runner-up finish at the Open de España Femenino, two strokes behind Laura Davies. In 2011 she earned her maiden professional victory at the Sanya Ladies Open, one stroke ahead of Vikki Laing. [6] She won a BMW 640i convertible valued at € 102,500 when she made a hole-in-one at the 16th in the final round of the 2011 Deloitte Ladies Open. [7]

Bondad was runner-up at the 2012 Ladies Scottish Open, one stroke behind home player Carly Booth. Following the 2012 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament she joined the LPGA Tour in 2013 with conditional status. [2]

In January 2014 she finished T6 at the Mount Broughton Classic on the ALPG Tour, five strokes behind winner Daniela Holmqvist, and after the New Zealand Women's Open in February she retired from tour. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [1]

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
123 Oct 2011^ Sanya Ladies Open 68-70-67=205−111 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing

^Co-sanctioned with the Ladies Asian Golf Tour

Ladies Asian Golf Tour (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
123 Oct 2011^ Sanya Ladies Open 68-70-67=205−111 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing

^Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2012 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Frances Bondad Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "World Amateur Team Championships: Women's World Amateur Team Championship". Golfstat. 21 October 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "2006 World Amateur Team Championships, Record Book" (PDF). International Golf Federation. pp. 4–13. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "A quick 18 with rising Australian star Frances Bondad". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. ↑ "Frances Bondad's driving ambition". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ↑ "Frances Bondad wins BMW for hole in one". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "Frances Bondad Player Profile". WPGA Tour Australasia. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
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