Lauren Taylor (golfer)

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Lauren Taylor
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Personal information
Full nameLauren Abbie Taylor [1]
NicknameLozza
Born (1994-08-26) 26 August 1994 (age 28)
Coventry, England
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) [1]
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
College Baylor University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2014)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2015
Women's British Open CUT: 2011, 2014
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2011

Lauren Abbie Taylor (born 26 August 1994) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won The Women's Amateur Championship in 2011.

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Early life and amateur career

Taylor was born and raised in Rugby. Her younger sister Charlotte also plays golf successfully.

She attended Ashlawn School, won the English Girls Under 15's title in 2008. She won the Dutch Junior Championships 2011 and 2012 and was given a wildcard for the Dutch Ladies Open on both occasions. She received sponsors' invitations to the Ladies European Tour Slovak Ladies Open in 2012, having qualified for the same event in 2011. During the 2011 event, she recorded two consecutive eagles on the par-5 4th hole and par-3 5th hole at Gray Bear Golf Club.

Taylor became the youngest winner of the British Ladies Amateur in 2011, at the age of 16. [2] As a result, she was originally offered a place in the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, but the invitation was later withdrawn in favour of the 2012 British Amateur champion. [3]

Taylor played college golf at Baylor University, having previously played for Woburn Golf Club. [2]

Taylor won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2011. [2]

Professional career

Taylor turned professional in September 2013 and won her first tournament as a professional, the Norrporten Ladies Open, on the LET Access Series. In 2014, she joined the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur wins

Professional wins

LET Access Series wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
11 Sep 2013 Norrporten Ladies Open –2 (73-72-72=217)1 stroke Flag of the Netherlands.svg Chrisje De Vries

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

Taylor in action at the 2011 Women's British Open. 2011 Women's British Open - Lauren Taylor (12).jpg
Taylor in action at the 2011 Women's British Open.
  1. 1 2 "Lauren Taylor". Baylor Bears. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Sports Personality of the Year: Lauren Taylor wins Young award". BBC Sport. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Lauren Taylor's US Open exclusion wrong - John Petrie". BBC Sport. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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