Gaby López

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Gaby López
Gaby Lopez.jpg
López in 2021
Personal information
Full nameMaria Gabriela López Butron
Born (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 31)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm) [1]
Sporting nationalityFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Career
College University of Arkansas
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T25: 2021
Women's PGA C'ship T9: 2020
U.S. Women's Open T11: 2016
Women's British Open T29: 2021
Evian Championship T3: 2023

Maria Gabriela López Butron (9 November 1993) is a Mexican professional golfer.

Contents

Amateur career

López played college golf at the University of Arkansas where she won three events and was individual runner-up at the 2015 NCAA Division I Championship for the University of Arkansas. [2] [3]

Professional career

López began playing on the LPGA Tour in 2016 after finishing T-10 at 2015 qualifying school. [4] [5]

López qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics [6] and finished 31st. [7]

On 10 November 2018, López won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA.

López placed 23rd at the women's Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo 2020. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [3] [9]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
110 Nov 2018 Blue Bay LPGA 70-71-66-73=280−81 stroke Flag of Thailand.svg Ariya Jutanugarn 315,000
220 Jan 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions 65-69-71-66=271−13Playoff Flag of Japan.svg Nasa Hataoka
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
180,000
34 Sep 2022 Dana Open 67-70-66-63=266−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Megan Khang 262,500

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Flag of Japan.svg Nasa Hataoka
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
Won with birdie on seventh extra hole
Park eliminated by par on third hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
Chevron Championship CUTCUTT55T35T59
Women's PGA Championship T58T29T40CUTT9
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTT11CUTCUTT30T46
The Evian Championship ^CUTT18T6161NT
Women's British Open T37CUTCUTT59
! Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship T25CUTT28CUT
U.S. Women's Open T41CUTT27T39
Women's PGA Championship CUTT40CUTT14
The Evian Championship T27T3T26
Women's British Open T29T58T40T49

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000195
U.S. Women's Open 000001116
Women's PGA Championship 00001296
The Evian Championship 00111276
Women's British Open 00000086
Totals0011264429

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingSource
2014486 [10]
2015439 [11]
201684 [12]
2017115 [13]
201890 [14]
201956 [15]
202056 [16]
202154 [17]
202237 [18]
202346 [19]

Team appearances

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