Albane Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a two-time Olympian. She was born in

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to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14.

Amateur career

Valenzuela took low amateur honors at the 2016 ANA Inspiration. She also made the cut at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open. She had two top-5 finishes on the Ladies European Tour in 2016 and a top-10 finish in the 2014 Lacoste Ladies French Open with a tournament low round of 64. Valenzuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the number one ranked golfer in Switzerland and reached number two in the

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. Valenzuela also won the

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European Order of Merit in 2018. Valenzuela reached the final of the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, losing to

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, 6 and 5. In 2019, she again reached the finals, losing to Gabriela Ruffels, 1 up. Valenzuela was also runner-up in the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2017. Valenzuela played college golf at Stanford University before turning professional in late 2019. Valenzuela was named Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2019 and was a Ping/WGCA First Team All-American. She was a recipient of the WGCA's

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She graduated in 2020 with a degree in political science and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.

Professional career

Valenzuela turned professional after earning her

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card by finishing T-6 at Q Series in November 2019. She represented Switzerland at the

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Amateur wins

*2013 Swiss National Match Play Championship (with Rachel Rossel), Bulgarian Amateur Open *2014 Swiss International Championship *2015 Spanish International Stroke Play, Doral Publix Junior Classic, Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship *2017 NCAA Albuquerque Regional *2018 East Lake Cup *2019 Pac-12 Championship Sources:

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

Junior Vagliano Trophy The Junior Vagliano Trophy is an annual girls amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". The first event ...

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 (winners) *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...

(representing Switzerland):

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Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim Cup and featu ...

(representing Europe): 2015 *

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners) *

Patsy Hankins Trophy The Patsy Hankins Trophy is a women's amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup, corresponding to the men's Bonallack Trophy. The competition opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific, and the venue ...

(representing Europe): 2016 *

Arnold Palmer Cup The Arnold Palmer Cup is an annual team golf competition for college/university golfers. From 2018 it has been contested between a United States team and an International team representing the rest of the world. The teams consist of 12 men and 12 ...

(representing the International team):

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

(representing Switzerland):

, 2015,

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(representing Switzerland): 2012, 2013

References

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