| Rianne Malixi | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rianne Mikhaela Malixi |
| Born | 10 March 2007 Quezon City, Philippines |
| Sporting nationality |  Philippines |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
Rianne Mikhaela Malixi (born 10 March 2007) is a Filipina amateur golfer. In 2024, she won both the U.S. Girls' Junior and the U.S. Women's Amateur in the same year, only accomplished once before. [1]
Malixi won the 2019 Philippine Junior Amateur Open and the 2020 Philippine National Stroke Play Championship. In 2022, she finished runner-up in the Girls' Junior PGA Championship and tied for 3rd in the Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific. [2]
In 2023, Malixi lost the final of the U.S. Girls' Junior to Kiara Romero, 1 up. [3] She finished 3rd in both the Queen Sirikit Cup on home turf in the Philippines and at the Royal Junior in Japan. She represented the Philippines in both the Asian Games in China and the Women's World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy in Abu Dhabi. [4]
In 2024, Malixi was runner-up at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina. She secured the U.S. Girls' Junior with an 8 and 7 victory over Asterisk Talley in the 36-hole final match. Malixi became the second player in USGA history to win the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur titles in the same year, only accomplished by Seong Eun-jeong in 2016. [5]
Malixi finished 5th in the 2024 Korea Women's Open and is a commit for Duke University for the 2025 school year. [1] [6]
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Amateur
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