Frances Bondad (born 21 January 1988) is a retired Australian

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from

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. Frances played on the

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from 2008 to 2012. She won the 2011 Sanya Ladies Open in China.

Amateur career

Bondad was born in

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, and started playing golf at age 10 inspired by her father. Although she represents Australia, she is proud of her Filipina heritage. She won the 2004 Philippine Ladies Amateur and the 2005 Hong Kong Ladies Amateur, and was number one ranked amateur in Australia 2006–2007 after winning the 2007

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. She represented Australia at the

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together with Emma Bennett and Kate Combes.

Professional career

Bondad won the third card at the 2007 LET Qualifying School and was a rookie on the 2008 Ladies European Tour, where her best results were T16 at the

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and T17 at the Göteborg Masters. She was also runner-up at the

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on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour, two strokes behind home player

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. In

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she recorded four top-10 finishes, including T10 at the

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and T5 at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open in China. She earned her first major start at the 2010

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. She finished 27th in the

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LET Order of Merit after recording a T4 at the

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and a runner-up finish at the

, two strokes behind

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. In

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she earned her maiden professional victory at the Sanya Ladies Open, one stroke ahead of Vikki Laing. She won a BMW 640i convertible valued at when she made a hole-in-one at the 16th in the final round of the 2011

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. Bondad was runner-up at the 2012

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, one stroke behind home player

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. Following the 2012

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she joined the

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in 2013 with conditional status. In January 2014 she finished T6 at the Mount Broughton Classic on the ALPG Tour, five strokes behind winner Daniela Holmqvist, and after the

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in February she retired from tour.

Amateur wins

*2004 Philippine Ladies Amateur *2005 Hong Kong Ladies Amateur *2007

Source:

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)

^Co-sanctioned with the Ladies Asian Golf Tour

Ladies Asian Golf Tour (1)

^Co-sanctioned with the

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Australia):

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(representing Australia): 2007

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bondad, Frances Australian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers ALPG Tour golfers Golfers from Los Angeles 1988 births Living people