Lauren Taylor (golfer)
| Lauren Taylor | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lauren Abbie Taylor[1] | ||
| Nickname | Lozza | ||
| Born | 26 August 1994 Coventry, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] | ||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Baylor University | ||
| Turned professional | 2013 | ||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2014) | ||
| Former tour(s) | LET Access Series | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2015 | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2011, 2014 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Lauren Abbie Taylor (born 26 August 1994) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won The Women's Amateur Championship in 2011.
Early life and amateur career
Taylor was born and raised in Rugby. Her younger sister Charlotte also plays golf successfully.
She attended
eagles
on the par-5 4th hole and par-3 5th hole at Gray Bear Golf Club.
Taylor became the youngest winner of the
British Ladies Amateur in 2011, at the age of 16.[2] As a result, she was originally offered a place in the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, but the invitation was later withdrawn in favour of the 2012 British Amateur champion.[3]
Taylor played college golf at
Woburn Golf Club.[2]
Taylor won the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year in 2011.[2]
Professional career
Taylor turned professional in September 2013 and won her first tournament as a professional, the Norrporten Ladies Open, on the LET Access Series. In 2014, she joined the Ladies European Tour.
Amateur wins
- 2008 English Girls Championship
- 2011 Dutch Junior Championship, British Ladies Amateur
- 2012 Dutch Junior Championship
Professional wins
LET Access Series wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 Sep 2013 | Norrporten Ladies Open | –2 (73-72-72=217) | 1 stroke |  Chrisje De Vries
|
Team appearances
Amateur
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2011
References
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- ^ a b "Lauren Taylor". Baylor Bears. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Sports Personality of the Year: Lauren Taylor wins Young award". BBC Sport. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Lauren Taylor's US Open exclusion wrong - John Petrie". BBC Sport. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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External links
- Lauren Taylor at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Lauren Taylor at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site