Emma Spitz (born 10 April 2000) is an

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n professional

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er and

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player. In 2018, she became the first Austrian to win

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Amateur career

Spitz enjoyed a prolific amateur career. She won the Austrian Stroke Play Championship in 2015, 2016, 2020 and 2021, and was runner up at the event in 2018 and 2019. In 2017 she was runner-up at the German Girls Open and the Austrian International Amateur, which she subsequently won in 2020. She has won the Austrian Match Play three times, and the Italian International Amateur Championship twice. She was runner up at the 2018 Slovenian Amateur Championship, and won the event in 2019. Spitz played for the National Team starting in 2013 and represented Austria at five European Girls/ Ladies Team Championship between 2015 and 2019, and at the

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 Fren ...

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and

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. She represented Europe at the

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in 2015 and 2017, the

Junior Ryder Cup The Junior Ryder Cup is a team golf competition between Europe and the United States for junior golfers aged 18 and under. It is based on the men's Ryder Cup and is run by the same organisations, the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe. The 2018 ...

in 2016 and 2018, the

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 ...

in 2015, the

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 ...

in 2016, and the

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in 2019. In 2018, Spitz defeated fellow Austrian

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, 2 and 1, to win the British

at Ardglass, Northern Ireland. She qualified for the

2019 Women's British Open The 2019 AIG Women's British Open was played from 1–4 August in England at Woburn Golf Club in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, northwest of London. It was the 43rd Women's British Open, the nineteenthth as a major championship on the LPGA ...

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in England, but missed the cut. At the

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in Argentina, she lost a playoff for the silver medal and had to settle for bronze in the

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event and a 4th place in the Mixed team event. She finished fourth at the 2020

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College career

Spitz enrolled at

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in 2019 as a psychology major. As a freshman, she was an Annika Award finalist, a WGCA and Golfweek First Team All-American, and led UCLA in scoring average. She made her

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debut by virtue of being number 20 in the

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, but missed the cut. Spitz played in the

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 ...

and

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. She finished 3rd at the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur and was runner-up one stroke behind

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at the 2021

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Professional career

Waiting until she was in the top five in the

to ensure her place at Final Qualifying tournament for the LPGA and LET, Spitz turned professional in August 2022. She made her professional debut at

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, where she tied for 10th place. The following week, she led the

Åland 100 Ladies Open The Ladies Finnish Open is a professional women's golf tournament held in Finland. It was played as part of the Swedish Golf Tour 1998–2011, the LET Access Series 2012–2019, and after a one year hiatus, added to the Ladies European Tour in 202 ...

after the first round together with

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, and ultimately finished 4th. Spitz secured her card for the 2023

by finishing T6 at

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. She earned a spot in the field in the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at

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by winning the European qualifier held at Golf Club de Naxhelet in Belgium.

Amateur wins

*2015 Austrian Stroke Play Championship, Austrian Match Play, Italian International Amateur Championship *2016 Austrian Stroke Play Championship, European Nations Cup - Copa Sotogrande *2017 Austrian Match Play *2018

, Italian International Ladies Amateur Championship *2019 Slovenian Amateur Championship *2020 Austrian Stroke Play Championship, Austrian Stroke Play U21, Austrian International Amateur, Austrian Match Play, Bruin Wave Invitational *2021 Austrian Stroke Play Championship, NCAA Simpsonville Regional *2022 Chambers Bay Invitational Source:

Results in LPGA majors

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

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Austria): 2014 *

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners) *

(representing Europe): 2015, 2017 *

(representing Europe): 2016, 2018 *

(representing Europe): 2016 *

(representing Austria):

Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is an international multi-sport event for athletes between 15 and 18 years old, organized by the International Olympic Committee. The games are held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consisten ...

(representing Austria):

European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...

(representing Austria): 2015, 2017 *

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 Austria):

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(representing the Continent of Europe): 2019 (winners) *

(representing the International team):

(winners),

Source:

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Spitz, Emma Austrian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers Golfers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Vienna 2000 births Living people