Sophie Lamb

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Sophie Lamb
Personal information
Born (1997-11-26) 26 November 1997 (age 27)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Clitheroe, Lancashire, England
Spouse Marco Penge
Children1
Career
Turned professional2018
Former tour LET Access Series (joined 2019)
Professional wins1
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 T30: 2017
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
England Golf Women's Order of Merit2016

Sophie Lamb (born 26 November 1997) is an English professional golfer. She won the 2016 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Smyth Salver as low amateur at the 2017 Women's British Open. [1] [2]

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Amateur career

Lamb enjoyed a successful amateur career. [3] In 2013, Lamb reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Girls Amateur Championship and won the Fairhaven Trophy. [4] She became the first girls' champion to successfully defend her Fairhaven title in 2014. [5]

Lamb won the 2016 Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, two strokes ahead of Chloe Williams, and topped the 2016 England Golf Women's Order of Merit. [6]

She was runner-up at the 2015 Annika Invitational Europe, the 2017 Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship, the 2018 English Women's Amateur Championship and the 2018 Welsh Women's Open Stroke Play Championship. In the 2017 Women's British Open at Kingsbarns Golf Links, she finished tied 30th as low amateur at to win the Smyth Salver. [7]

Lamb won the 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship in Portugal with an English team that included Gemma Clews and Alice Hewson. [8] As a leading amateur, she appeared for England in the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy and Great Britain and Ireland in the 2018 Curtis Cup. [9]

Professional career

Lamb turned professional in 2018 and joined the 2019 LET Access Series. [3] After only four Ladies European Tour starts in 2022, she announced her retirement from tour golf in June, following the Ladies Italian Open. [5]

Personal life

Lamb married professional golfer Marco Penge in July 2023, after the pair had been together since February 2015. They had a son in June 2024. [5]

In 2016, they won the Sunningdale Foursomes together. [10]

Amateur wins

Source: [11]

Professional wins (1)

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Getting to Know Sophie Lamb". LET Access Series. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Sophie Lamb pips Leona Maguire for best amateur at Women's British Open". The Irish Independent. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Sophie Lamb Turns Pro Ahead Of Indian Open". Golf News. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  4. ↑ "Lamb to tee off for England". The Lancashire Telegraph. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Leighfield, Jonny (18 May 2025). "Who Is Marco Penge's Wife? Meet Sophie Penge". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Golfer Sophie Lamb still coming to terms with British strokeplay victory". Lancashire Telegraph. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  7. ↑ Gray, Kent (23 November 2017). "English amateur sensation Sophie Lamb reunited with British Open champion IK Kim in Dubai". Golf Digest Middle East. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "European Ladies' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "US take early Curtis Cup advantage in New York". The Irish Times. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Penge and his partner seal foursome title". SussexWorld. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  11. 1 2 "Sophie Lamb". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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