Natalia Escuriola

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Natalia Escuriola Martinez
Personal information
Born (1994-08-01) 1 August 1994 (age 29)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Residence Castellón de la Plana, Spain
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s) LET Access Series (joined 2015)
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2016)
Professional wins8
Achievements and awards
Santander Golf Tour
Order of Merit
2018, 2019, 2022
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tarragona Women's team

Natalia Escuriola Martinez (born 1 August 1994) is a professional golfer from Spain. She won the 2013 European Ladies' Team Championship and has played on the Ladies European Tour. [1]

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Amateur career

Escuriola was born in Castellón de la Plana in 1994 and was introduced to golf at age five. [2] She had a successful amateur career and won the 2014 Campeonato de Espana Intercubes. In 2015, she won the Campeonato de Alicante and the Campeonato de Madrid, ahead of Nuria Iturrios. She was also runner-up at the 2013 Spanish International Stroke Play behind Luna Sobrón. In 2014, she was runner-up at the Copa Andalucia behind Nuria Iturrios, and runner-up at the same event again in 2015, this time behind María Parra Luque. In 2014, she finished third at the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship. [3]

As part of the National Team, Escuriola represented Spain at the European Girls' Team Championship and the European Ladies' Team Championship, winning the event in 2013. She represented Europe in the 2013 Vagliano Trophy.

Professional career

Escuriola joined the LET Access Series in 2015 and started the season as an amateur, opting to turn pro in September ahead of the last two tournaments of the season. She had two victories, the first in the CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy in Belgium while still an amateur, and her second in the season finale, the WPGA International Challenge in England, after she turned professional. She finished in the top-3 in four other tournaments and finished second in the LETAS Order of Merit, earning a full card for the 2016 Ladies European Tour season.

In 2016, her rookie year on the LET, Escuriola played in 11 tournaments and made two cuts. In 2017, her best finish was 5th at the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, six strokes behind winner Azahara Muñoz. In 2018, she finished tied 4th at the same event.

She won gold at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in the women's team event with Marta Sanz and Patricia Sanz. [4]

Escuriola also play on the Santander Golf Tour in her native Spain, where she has won several tournaments, and also the season ranking in 2018, 2019 and 2022. [5] [6] [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins (8)

LET Access Series wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner-upRef
118 Jul 2015 CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy
(as an amateur)
68-69-68=205–112 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Olivia Cowan [8]
210 Oct 2015 WPGA International Challenge 68-67-73=208–82 strokes Flag of Norway.svg Rachel Raastad [9]

Santander Golf Tour wins (5)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upRef
15 Sep 2018Santander Golf Tour Sevilla
(with Natasha Fear)
71-64=135–73 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Camilla Hedberg &
Flag of Spain.svg Andrea Jonama
[10]
229 Mar 2019Santander Golf Tour Cáceres69-73=142–24 strokes Flag of Spain.svg María Hernández [11]
38 Jul 2022 Santander Golf Tour Valencia 76-67=143–11 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Piti Martinez Bernal [12]
414 Jul 2022Santander Golf Tour Vizcaya69-72=141–3Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Camilla Hedberg [13]
511 Nov 2022 Santander Golf Tour Girona
(with Piti Martinez Bernal)
64-66=130–121 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Mireia Prat &
Flag of Spain.svg María Laura Elvira
[14]

Other wins (1)

Source: [15]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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