Lauren Walsh (golfer)

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Lauren Walsh
Personal information
Born (2000-09-11) September 11, 2000 (age 24)
Dublin, Ireland
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Residence Kill, County Kildare, Ireland
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional2023
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (jouned 2024)
Former tour(s) LET Access Series (jouned 2023)
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 T42: 2021
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Wake Forest University
Scholar Athlete of the Year		2023

Lauren Walsh (born 11 September 2000) is an Irish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2023 NCAA Division I women's golf championship with Wake Forest.

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Early life and amateur career

Walsh was born in Dublin and grew up in Kill, County Kildare. She started playing golf at age 10 together with her older sister at their local club Castlewarden. At 16, she joined Irish Girls National team and represented Ireland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada. [1]

Walsh attended Wake Forest University 2019–2023 and played with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's golf team. As a senior, she was First Team All-American, named to the All-ACC Team, and Wake Forest Scholar Athlete of the Year. [2] She was the best performer on the winning 2023 NCAA Division I women's golf championship team, where she was undefeated in match play and finished tied seventh in stroke play, four strokes behind winner Rose Zhang. [2]

In 2019, she was semi-finalist at the Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship and tied for 8th at the ISPS Handa World Invitational, a professional event. By virtue of being the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland, she was one of six amateurs in the 2021 Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links, where she made the cut. [3] After the Atlantic Coast Conference canceled the 2020 college golf season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Walsh signed up for the Women's Griffin Amateur and the Sunshine State Amateur, and won both back-to-back. [4]

Professional career

Walsh graduated from university in May 2023 and turned professional in July. She competed in five LET Access Series events and recorded four top-10 finishes, including a runner-up finish in the Trust Golf Links Series event at Ramside Hall. She joined the 2024 Ladies European Tour (LET) after earning category 16 status at LET Q-School in December. After a good start, she was able to improve to category 10 at the first reshuffle. [5]

In her rookie LET season, Walsh recorded a solo fourth place in the Jabra Ladies Open at Evian Resort Golf Club in France. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2021202220232024
Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open T42CUT
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Callaghan, Tommy. "Castlewarden golfer and Kill native, Lauren Walsh, to represent Ireland". Leinster Leader. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Women's Golf Roster". Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Race for the Smyth Salver". AIG Women's Open. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  4. ↑ Migliaccio, Emilia (18 August 2021). "Lauren Walsh goes from bitter Augusta disappointment to Open exhilaration". NBC Sports. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ↑ Keogh, Brian (20 December 2023). "Glass half full as Walsh and Mehaffey agonisingly miss out at LET Q-School". Irish Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "Lauren Walsh continues to shine in rookie season". Irish Golfer. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Lauren Walsh". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
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