Beatriz Recari

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Beatriz Recari
2009 Women's British Open - Beatriz Recari (3).jpg
Recari in July 2009
Personal information
Full nameBeatriz Recari Eransus
Born (1987-04-21) 21 April 1987 (age 36)
Pamplona, Spain
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Residence Florida, U.S.
Career
College University of Navarra
(one year)
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2006)
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T20: 2018
Women's PGA C'ship T19: 2013
U.S. Women's Open T27: 2011
Women's British Open T14: 2016
Evian Championship T9: 2013

Beatriz Recari Eransus (born 21 April 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Contents

Amateur career

Born and raised in Pamplona in northern Spain, Recari began playing golf at age 11 and enjoyed a successful amateur career, with wins at the 2004 Spanish Amateur Championship and the 2005 French Amateur Championship. [1] [2] [3] In 2003, she finished runner-up at the Girls Amateur Championship. She won the European Lady Junior's Team Championship as a member of Team Spain in 2004 [4] and was a member of Team Europe in the 2005 Junior Solheim Cup. [1]

Professional career

While studying economics at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Recari qualified for the Ladies European Tour in November 2005 and turned professional at age 18 for the 2006 LET season. She balanced professional golf with school in the spring of 2006, but after the completion of her first academic year, she concentrated on her golf career.

2009

Recari won her first tournament as a pro in her fourth LET season at the 2009 Finnair Masters at Helsinki, Finland, where she holed out for an eagle two from 161 m (176 yd) on the first playoff hole to win 30,000. [5] Her best season to date as a professional, she finished 22nd on the 2009 LET Order of Merit (money list), with earnings of €68,889.

At the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at Daytona Beach, Florida in December 2009, Recari finished tenth to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2010 season. [2] She ended 2009 ranked 175th in the Women's World Golf Rankings. [6]

2010

During her first year on the LPGA Tour, Recari had made only three of thirteen cuts through September, and had missed the last five cuts. With under $43,000 in earnings, a return to the Qualifying Tournament appeared imminent, but a successful autumn run allowed her to finish with over $265,000, 39th on the money list. [7] Recari won her first LPGA event in October at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in northern California and made the cut in her final five events to finish runner-up to compatriot Azahara Muñoz for 2010 LPGA Rookie of the Year honors. [8] Recari ended the year at 56th in the world rankings. [9]

2011

Starting in all 23 events of the year with a best finish of tied for eleventh at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, Recari earned $223,053, which put her No. 43 on the money list. [1] [10] [11] Recari ended the year ranked 72nd in the world rankings. [12]

2012

Recari played and made the cut in all of the 27 LPGA official events in 2012. [13] [14] Her streak of consecutive starts and cuts made earned her the nickname "Iron Woman". [11] [15] Recari earned $444,620 with five top-ten finishes, which ranked her 32nd on the money list. [16] Her best finish throughout the year was a tied for sixth at the Navistar LPGA Classic. [1] Recari ended 2012 ranked 59th in the world rankings. [17]

Personal life

Recari struggled with eating disorder in her early professional years. She went public with her struggle at the 2011 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup when she donated her winnings to The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. [18] She was subsequently named the "Ambassador" of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness in 2013. [19]

Recari began dating Andreas Thorp, her caddie, in 2008. [3] [20] Their relationship ended in 2018.

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
117 Oct 2010 CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge 68-66-70-70=274–141 stroke Flag of France.svg Gwladys Nocera 165,000
224 Mar 2013 Kia Classic 69-67-69-74=279–9Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg I.K. Kim 255,000
321 Jul 2013 Marathon Classic 69-65-67-66=267–171 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Paula Creamer 195,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12013 Kia Classic Flag of South Korea.svg I.K. Kim Won with birdie on second extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin
of victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ()
129 Aug 2009 Finnair Masters 65-64-73=202–11Playoff1 Flag of Denmark.svg Iben Tinning 30,000

1Holed out from the fairway for eagle on the first extra hole.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019.

Tournament2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
ANA Inspiration CUTT26T25CUTCUTT50CUTT2073
U.S. Women's Open T27T35CUTT46CUTT55WD
Women's PGA Championship CUTT50T45T19T40CUTT22CUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^T9T36CUTCUTCUTCUT
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTCUTT26CUTT17CUTT14

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
ANA Inspiration 00000295
U.S. Women's Open 00000074
Women's PGA Championship 00000295
The Evian Championship 00001162
Women's British Open 00000293
Totals0000174019

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2010 18810051265,4663972.5756
2011 23190000T11223,0534372.5844
2012 27270005T6444,6203271.6929
2013 2521201911,030,614870.8717
2014 27180001T8309,0585372.1966
2015 25130001T5167,8907572.8598
2016 29230002T4386,2604971.6553
2017 24130001T5197,7657771.9491
2018 22120002T6156,0898771.9276
2019 1040000T2915,83815872.70133
2020 510000T702,54917475.00n/a

LET career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
()
Order of
Merit
2006 15120000T2024,99073
2007 17100000T1122,51382
2008 15100012T337,25259
2009 14111001168,88922

Source: [22] [23]

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
2006485 [24]
2007439 [25]
2008456 [26]
2009175 [6]
201056 [9]
201172 [12]
201259 [17]
201319 [27]
201461 [28]
2015143 [29]
201696 [30]
2017119 [31]
2018171 [32]
2019293 [33]
2020404 [34]
2021768 [35]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career43–1–01–0–01–1–01–0–0375.0
2013 43–1–01–0–0 def. A. Stanford 2&11–1–0 won w/ S. Pettersen 2&1,
lost w/ S. Pettersen 2&1
1–0–0 won w/ K. Icher 2 up375.0

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