Kirsty S. Taylor

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Kirsty S. Taylor
Personal information
Born (1979-05-02) 2 May 1979 (age 44)
Overton, Hampshire, England
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional2001
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2002)
Ladies Asian Golf Tour
LET Access Series (joined 2012)
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 CUT: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Evian Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year
2002

Kirsty S. Taylor (born 2 May 1979) is an English professional golfer. In 2002, she joined the Ladies European Tour and won the LET Rookie of the Year title. [1]

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Career

Taylor, from Overton, Hampshire, started playing when she was 12. [2] Attached to Sandford Springs Golf Club, she had international success as an amateur, winning the Italian Ladies Amateur in 2000 and the Portuguese Ladies Amateur in 2001. [3]

Taylor was on the English National Team but was omitted from the 2002 Curtis Cup squad and advised by the English Ladies' Golf Association she did not match their fitness criteria. Instead, she turned professional in late 2001 and played on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour over the winter, recording a high finish on the order of merit. [4]

In 2022, she joined the Ladies European Tour, where she captured the 2022 LET Rookie of the Year title after recording a season-best finish of solo 3rd at the Wales WPGA Championship of Europe. [5] [6]

In 2004, she tied for 7th at the Tenerife Ladies Open, and in 2006 she tied for 3rd at the same event, three strokes behind winner Riikka Hakkarainen. She was one of seven LET players taken to hospital at the 2005 Finnair Masters after a mini-tornado tore through the course during the third round. [7]

In 2008, she tied for 4th at the Dutch Ladies Open, five strokes behind Gwladys Nocera. In 2012 she joined the LET Access Series, before announcing her retirement from tour at the end of the season.

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Results in LPGA majors

Taylor only played in the Women's British Open.

Tournament2004200520062007
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTCUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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