Breanne Alicia Loucks (born 16 October 1987) is a Welsh professional golfer. She had a successful amateur career, playing in two

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matches, in 2006 and 2008. She turned professional in early 2009 and played on the

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until 2011 when injury curtailed her career.

Amateur career

In 2007, she won the

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, beating Tara Davies in the final. In early 2008, she won both the South African stroke-play and South African match-play championships. In June 2008, she won the Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship. Loucks first played for Wales in the

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in 2002, aged 14, and made her debut in the

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in 2004. She later represented Wales in the

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and the

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. She played in the 2008 Women's Home Internationals at

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, when Wales won for only the second time. She played for Great Britain & Ireland in the

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and

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. In 2006 she won all three matches she played in, two singles and a foursomes, while in 2008 she won one of her four matches. In 2007, she was in the winning British team in the

Commonwealth Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 it ...

in South Africa, and she also played in the

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's 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". It is played in od ...

Professional career

Loucks turned professional at the start of 2009 and played on the

. She had a successful first season, including being joint runner-up in the

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behind

Becky Brewerton Rebecca Dawn Brewerton (born 20 October 1982) is a Welsh professional golfer and a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Amateur career Brewerton was born in St Asaph, Wales. She had a successful amateur career. She was Welsh Gi ...

. She had three top-20 finishes in the first half of 2010 but then had an elbow injury. She played in a number of events in 2011 without success and dropped off the tour.

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 *

(representing Great Britain): 2007 (winners) *

(representing Wales):

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(representing Wales): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (winners) *

(representing Wales): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

References

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