Laura Gonzalez Escallon

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Laura Gonzalez Escallon
Personal information
Born (1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 33)
Bogota, Colombia
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Career
College Purdue University
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) Symetra Tour (joined 2014)
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T60: 2017
Women's PGA C'ship T70: 2017
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2017
Women's British Open T63: 2017
Evian Championship T55: 2016
Achievements and awards
Big Ten Golfer of the Year2011-12

Laura Gonzalez Escallon (born 6 October 1990) is a professional golfer from Belgium who has played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour. [1]

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Amateur career

Gonzalez was a member of the Belgium National Team and won the 2008 Girls Amateur Championship. She represented Belgium at the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2008 and 2010, and the Continent of Europe at the 2009 Vagliano Trophy.

She attended Purdue University from 2009 to 2013, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She played for the Purdue Boilermakers women's golf team and won four tournaments, and was named 2011–12 Big Ten Golfer of the Year. [2]

Gonzalez reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur, eliminated by eventual champion and world's top-ranked amateur, Lydia Ko. She was runner-up at the 2013 European Ladies Amateur Championship, three strokes behind Emily Kristine Pedersen.

Professional career

Gonzalez joined the Symetra Tour in 2014 and finished 23rd on the money list, falling to 35th in 2015. In 2016, she picked up her first two professional wins, first at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship in July, then at the PHC Classic in August. She finished fifth on the Symetra Tour money list to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2017 season. [1]

Her win at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship also qualified Gonzalez for her first major, the 2016 Evian Championship, where she finished T55.

As a rookie in on the 2017 LPGA Tour, she made 17 cuts in 25 starts, with two top-10 finishes including a career-best T5 at the Manulife LPGA Classic. She finished sixth in the Rookie of the Year standings and 73rd on the money list. [1]

In 2018, she missed most of the LPGA season due to injury and only played two events. Upon return from injury, she made only two cuts in 19 starts on the 2019 LPGA Tour. [3]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
124 Jul 2016 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship −15 (65-64=129)6 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Ally McDonald
221 Aug 2016 PHC Classic −10 (68-70-68=206)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Erynne Lee

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2016201720182019
ANA Inspiration T60CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship T70CUT
The Evian Championship T55CUT
Women's British Open T63
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Laura Gonzalez Escallon Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. 1 2 "2012-13 Women's Golf Roster: Laura Gonzalez-Escallon". Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Laura Gonzalez Escallon Bio". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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