Samantha Giles (golfer)

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Samantha Giles
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Giles at Saler, Spain, LET Access/Santander Tour event, October 2017
Personal information
Full nameSamantha Jo Giles
NicknameSammie
Born (1994-10-28) 28 October 1994 (age 30)
Plymouth, England
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Saltash, England
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) LET Access Series

Samantha Jo Giles (born 28 October 1994) is a Cornish professional golfer who currently plays on the Ladies European Tour, LET Access Series and Rose Ladies Series professional tours and has represented England [1] at the highest amateur level. Giles is the first female amateur golfer to hold all three major English women's amateur titles, English Women's Mid-Amateur, English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the English Women's Amateur Championship. She has also been Cornwall's women's county champion (2015).

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Early career

Giles was born in Plymouth to parents Paul and Carol, both of whom had represented England at table tennis, Carol at the Commonwealth games and Paul as national champion. She had an early interest in swimming, dancing and golf. From the age of 11, Giles concentrated on golf and competed in regional, national and European events. Since the age of 16 Giles has trained full-time with the objective of turning professional, which she achieved in 2017. [2]

As an amateur her most important successes were joining the England Golf Women's team, winning the 2014 English women's mid-amateur championship, [3] 2015 Cornish Women's Championship, 2015 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, [2] the Royal Birkdale Golf Club Ladies Scratch Trophy, the 2016 English Women's Amateur Championship and the 2015 and 2016 Women's Home Internationals with England.

In January 2017, Giles was named as the Plymouth Herald Amateur Sports Personality of the Year for 2016. [4]

Professional career

Giles turned professional in April 2017 and played her first tournament as a professional at the Azores Ladies Open on the LET Access Series. She made the cut and finished joint 11th. [5] Giles joined the newly formed Banco Santander Tour for her second professional event, the Banco Santander Open in Zaragoza, Spain. She managed her first top-10 finish as a professional. [6]

In June, Giles achieved her first top-5 as a professional in her fourth event as a professional. [7] This was followed by another top-15 finish on the LET Access Tour with a tied 13th-place finish in the Belfius Ladies Open at Rinkven Golf Club in Belgium in July. She closed out her first season as a professional golfer with a tied 13th finish at the joint Banco Santander and LET Access Series Tour event hosted at the El Saler golf club. [8]

Giles began her second season as a professional with a top-5 finish at the Roehampton Club in April 2018. [9] This was followed a few weeks later on the LET Access Series at the VP Bank Ladies Open in Gams, Switzerland. After successfully making the cut, she ended with a top-40 finish.

Despite suffering a knee injury whilst surfing in March 2019, Giles made a strong return to her third season as a professional by making the cut and recording a top 45 finish at the Montauban Open in June. The following week at the Belfius Open in Cleydael, Giles recorded her best ever performance as a professional with a top 5 finish [10] having led the field over the first two days.

At her first attempt at the Ladies European Tour qualifying school in January 2020, Giles successfully made it through to the final qualifying round. [11]

As of 2021, Giles has played in the first two seasons of the Rose Ladies Series with her best result a tied for 4th-place finish at Bearwood Lakes in September 2021. [12] In December 2021, Giles competed in the Ladies European Tour qualifying school final round, having successfully passed the preliminarily round, and placed 59th. [13]

Notes

Giles plays out of the St. Mellion International Resort in Cornwall.

Amateur wins

Source: [18]

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "England Golf Women - England Golf". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Sammie Giles: Cornish golfer wins English strokeplay title". BBC Sport. 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Cornwall's Sammie Giles tees up English women's open mid-amateur title at Bath Golf Club | Bath Chronicle". Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/olympics-star-sarah-barrow-is-the-herald-s-sports-personality-of-the-year/story-30097783-detail/story.html [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ http://www.access.letscoring.com/entries/2982
  6. ↑ "Leaderboard - Santander Golf Tour". santandergolftour.es. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017.
  7. ↑ http://tgl.nexxlive.com/clasificacionTorneo.aspx?<t=47&p=1&d=1
  8. ↑ "@ Clasificación General Torneo". tgl.nexxlive.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Roehampton Ladies' Open Gold Challenge Cup 2018".
  10. ↑ http://letaccess.com/news_article.php?id=4116 [ dead link ]
  11. ↑ "Reports-page".
  12. ↑ "Final - Bearwood Lakes Golf Club Event :: Customized Tournament Results".
  13. ↑ "Reports-page".
  14. 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ↑ "Cornwall's Sami Giles wins Andalucia title". Golf Today. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  16. ↑ http://www.royalbirkdale.com/images/Ladies_Scratch_Trophy_Results_2015.pdf [ dead link ]
  17. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sammie-giles-completes-full-set-of-national-titles-with-victory-at-women-s-amateur-championship/story-29515941-detail/story.html [ dead link ]
  18. ↑ "Samantha Giles". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
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