Lily May Humphreys

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Lily May Humphreys
Personal information
Born (2002-03-14) 14 March 2002 (age 21)
Chelmsford, England
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s) LET Access Series
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2020
Women's British Open CUT: 2023
Evian Championship CUT: 2023
Achievements and awards
Nordic Golf Tour Order of Merit winner 2021
LET Access Series Order of Merit winner 2021

Lily May Humphreys (born 14 March 2002) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2017 Girls Amateur Championship and the 2023 Joburg Ladies Open. [1]

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Amateur career

Humphreys had a successful amateur career. She won the Fairhaven Trophy in 2016 and the Girls Amateur Championship, English Women's Amateur Championship, and the Junior Orange Bowl International in 2017. In 2018 she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and in 2019 she won the Irish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship and the Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship back to back. The following year she was runner-up in the English Women's Amateur Championship and finished third in the English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship. [2]

Humphreys was a member of the 2018 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Team and she represented Europe in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup. She representing Great Britain & Ireland at the 2017 Junior Vagliano Trophy and 2019 Vagliano Trophy, and played in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.

She made her major debut at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open thanks to being number 17 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking. [3]

Professional career

Humphreys turned professional at the start of June 2021, at 19 years old, having had to postpone it a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the LPGA and LET Q-schools were cancelled. [4]

After two starts on the Ladies European Tour she sealed her maiden professional win in just her third professional start and first on the LET Access Series, securing a six-shot victory at the Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy. [5] [6] She continued to win the 2021 LETAS Order of Merit, securing a Ladies European Tour card for 2022.

In August 2021, Humphreys played four weeks in a row on the Nordic Golf Tour in Sweden as part of the LETAS' Nordic Swing, finishing second in the last three of the events, which earned her the 2021 season Order of Merit win. [7]

In March 2023, Humphreys began the final day six shots behind overnight leader Moa Folke at the Joburg Ladies Open, but fired a final round of 67 (–6) to secure a two-shot victory and her maiden LET title. [8]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

DateTournamentScoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
4 Mar 2023 Joburg Ladies Open^−12 (70-70-73-67=280)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Moa Folke
Flag of Spain.svg Ana Peláez

^Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour

LET Access Series wins (1)

DateTournamentScoreMargin of
victory
Runners-upRef
26 Jun 2021 Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy −10 (70-67-66=203)6 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Chiara Noja (a)
Flag of Russia.svg Nina Pegova
[5]

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Lily May Humphrey Player Profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. "Player Bio: Lily May Humphreys". USGA. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. "Lily May Humphreys has to wait another year to turn professional". Suffolk News. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Humphreys Triumphs At Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy". LET Access Series. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. "Humphreys Buoyant Heading Into Big Green Egg Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. "Lily May Humphrey Results 2021". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  8. "Lily May Humphreys wins first LET title in Joburg". Gulf News. Retrieved 11 March 2023.