Monique Smit (golfer)

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Monique Smit
Personal information
Born (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 32)
Nelspruit, South Africa
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence George, Western Cape, South Africa
Career
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2012)
Sunshine Ladies Tour (joined 2014)
Professional wins4
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 CUT: 2020
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Ladies Tour Order of Merit2020

Monique Smit (born 26 February 1991) is a South African professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was runner-up at the 2020 South African Women's Open and won the 2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour Order of Merit. [1]

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Amateur career

Smit had a championship-winning amateur career including four titles on the 2005 Ernie Els Junior Tour and was a two-time Gus Ackermann Champion, in 2010 and 2011. [2] She won the Western Province Stroke Play Championship in 2008 and 2011. She joined the National Team and represented South Africa internationally from the age of 15 including at the 2008 Espirito Santo Trophy [3] and the 2008 All Africa Challenge Trophy, where she was the individual winner. She won titles on three different continents, having triumphed at the Jakarta World Junior Championship and Gosh Leinster Championship in Ireland. [4]

Professional career

Smit turned professional in 2012 and joined the LET. She secured her first professional win on the 2014 Sunshine Ladies Tour, at the Dimension Data Ladies Pro-Am, setting a new course record of 63 at Oubaai Golf Club. [5] In 2014, she also won the SuperSport Ladies Challenge and was runner-up at the Zambia Ladies Open. In 2016, she won the Tshwane Ladies Open before an injury caused a four-year lay-off from tour. [1]

Staging a comeback, Smit earned her full Ladies European Tour card for 2020 at qualifying school, winning a four-way playoff for the 20th and last card. [6] [7] On the 2020 Ladies European Tour, she was runner-up at the Investec South African Women's Open, one stroke behind Alice Hewson who won in her first start as a rookie member of the tour. [8]

Smit won the 2020 Joburg Ladies Open [9] and 2020 Sunshine Ladies Tour Order of Merit. [10]

Amateur wins

Source: [4]

Professional wins (4)

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
123 Feb 2014 Dimension Data Ladies Challenge 63-72=135−92 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Simon
27 Mar 2014 SuperSport Ladies Challenge 139−51 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Lee-Anne Pace
34 Feb 2016 Ladies Tshwane Open 69-67-68=204−9Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Ashleigh Buhai
426 Feb 2020 Joburg Ladies Open 71-76-70=217+12 strokes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sideri Vanova

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2020
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship NT
Women's British Open CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

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  2. "5 Amazing South African Female Golfers". Inspiring Women. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. "World Amateur Team Championships - Women's Records". International Golf Federation. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 "2012 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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  6. "Monique Smit qualifies for European Ladies Tour Card". PGA South Africa. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. "Teenager Babnik secures LET card". R & A. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  8. "LET Rookie Alice Hewson wins Investec South African Women's Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  9. "Smit claims emotional victory in Soweto". Sunshine Ladies Tour. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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