Casandra Alexander (

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Hall, born 13 August 1999) is a South African

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playing on the

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. In 2020, she won the team event at the

Saudi Ladies Team International The Aramco Team Series is a professional women's golf competition that is part of the Ladies European Tour (LET), first played in 2020. The inaugural tournament was played as the Saudi Ladies Team International at Royal Greens Golf & Country Clu ...

. She competed as Casandra Hall until her marriage to Adrian Alexander, a bodybuilder, in 2022.

Career

Alexander started playing golf at age 10 and her foremost achievement as an amateur was winning the South African Stroke Play Championship in 2018. Alexander turned professional in late 2018 and joined the

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. In 2020, she won the Ladies Event at the

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, and in 2021, the

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. She finished second in the 2021 Order of Merit, behind

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. Alexander become a member of the

in January 2020, but missed most of the season due to the

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, unable to travel to Europe. In November, she made her breakthrough with victory in the

alongside

Emily Kristine Pedersen Emily Kristine Pedersen (born 7 March 1996) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 20 ...

and

Michele Thomson Michele Thomson (born 11 March 1988) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was runner-up in the 2017 Hero Women's Indian Open and won the team event of the 2020 Saudi Ladies Team International. Ear ...

. She holed the winning putt for a closing birdie on the 54th hole, sealing the victory for her team. In 2021, she played 12 LET events and finished 73rd in the Order of Merit. In 2022, she tied for 4th at the

Investec South African Women's Open The South African Women's Open is a golf tournament. It was first played in 1988, is sanctioned by the Women's PGA of South Africa and is played as part of the Sunshine Ladies Tour. The tournament has been co-sanctioned by the Ladies European To ...

three strokes behind the winner, her compatriot

Amateur wins

*2018 South African Stroke Play Championship, Limpopo Championship Source:

Professional wins (4)

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (4)

References

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