Hayley Davis (born 4 February 1993) is an English

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

who plays on the

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal stru ...

. She was part of the winning team at the 2021

Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande 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 Cl ...

and won the 2023

Cape Town Ladies Open The Cape Town Ladies Open is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Ladies Tour in Cape Town, South Africa. It has been played annually at Royal Cape Golf Club since 2015, except in 2020 when it was played at the King David Mowbray Golf Club and i ...

. She was also runner-up at the 2019

Tipsport Czech Ladies Open The Czech Ladies Open is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour, first played in 2019. The tournament is played in Beroun just outside Prague, Czech Republic. The inaugural event was held at Karlštejn Golf Resort, overlook ...

Early life and amateur career

Davis was born in

Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...

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and attended

Brockenhurst College Brockenhurst College is a large tertiary college situated in Brockenhurst, Hampshire. Co-educational since the 1920s, Brockenhurst College accepts students over the age of 16 or year 12 students, whichever occurs first due to safeguarding polic ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

and

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

in Texas. She is attached to Ferndown Golf Club and won the Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship and

English Women's Amateur Championship The English Women's Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of England. It was first played in 1912 and is currently organised by England Golf. The English Women's Amateur Championship is contested thro ...

in 2010, and the

English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship The English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship is the national women's amateur stroke play golf championship in England. Entry is open to all amateur golfers. It has been played annually at since 1984 and is organised by the England Go ...

in 2014. Davis represented Great Britain and Ireland at 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 ...

and the

Astor 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 ...

, and England at the

Girls Home Internationals The Girls Home Internationals was an amateur team golf championship for girls between the four Home Nations. Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland.The event was organised by The R&A. The inaugural event was held in 1969 and the v ...

Women's Home Internationals The Women's Home Internationals were an amateur team golf championship for women contested between the four Home Nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basi ...

and the

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 ...

, where her team finished fourth in 2013, 2014 and again in 2015. She also played in the

2014 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 2–7 September at the Karuizawa 72 Golf East, on its Iriyama and Oshitate courses in Karuizawa, Japan. It was the 26th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The t ...

together with Gabriella Cowley and

Bronte Law Bronte May Law (born 12 March 1995) is an English professional golfer. Her maiden LPGA Tour victory, her first win as a professional, came in May 2019 at the Pure Silk Championship in Virginia. Her second professional victory occurred in Octobe ...

Professional career

Davis turned professional in 2015 and played on the

Symetra Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour ...

in 2016, but only made 4 cuts in 16 starts. She started competed competing on the

LET Access Series The LET Access Series (LETAS) is a professional golf tour for women and the official development tour to the Ladies European Tour. Launched in 2010, the LET Access Series provides players with an opportunity to compete and progress on to the LET ...

in 2018 and recorded five top-10 finishes in her rookie season, including a best finish of sixth at the

Viaplay Ladies Finnish 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 ...

. Ahead of the 2019 season, Davis started working with a new coach, and credits Peter Thompson at Parley Golf Club for an improvement in her performance. In 2019, she earned her first professional win at the Bossey Ladies Championship, 7 strokes ahead of Emma Grechi. She secured eight further top-10 finishes, including runner-up finishes at the

Terre Blanche Ladies Open The Terre Blanche Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament played as part of the LET Access Series, held since 2010 at Domaine de Terre Blanche in Provence on the French Riviera. The tournament served as season opener for the LET Acc ...

where she broke the course record but lost out in a playoff to Austria's Sarah Schober, and the

, a co-sanctioned event between the

(LET) and the LET Access Series. She claimed the 2019 LET Access Series Order of Merit title to earn a full LET card for 2020. In 2021, Davis played 16 LET events and was part of the winning team at the

alongside

Ashleigh Buhai Ashleigh Ann Buhai ( née Simon, born 11 May 1989) is a South African professional golfer, who won the 2022 Women's Open, one of the major championships in women's golf. Amateur career Buhai had a successful amateur career. She was the youn ...

and

Stacy Lee Bregman Stacy Lee Bregman (born 7 October 1986) is a South African professional golfer and Ladies European Tour (LET) player. She has three LET runner-up finishes and played on the winning team at the 2021 Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande. She has si ...

, and the runner-up team at the

Aramco Team Series – New York 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 Cl ...

alongside

Sophia Popov Sophia Popov (born 2 October 1992) is a German professional golfer. Personal life Popov holds dual United States-German citizenship having been born in the United States, and moved to Germany with her family when she was four years old. Her pat ...

and

Magdalena Simmermacher Magdalena Simmermacher (born 23 March 1996) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2020 Ladies Open de France, 2021 Skaftö Open and 2022 South African Women's Open. She represented ...

. In 2022, Davis held a two-shot lead going into the final round of the

Aramco Team Series – London 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 ...

after carding a round of 68 (−5) to be nine-under-par. However, a final day 80 saw her finish seven strokes behind her compatriot

who claimed the title at nine under. In 2023, Davis won the

on the

Sunshine Ladies Tour The Sunshine Ladies Tour is a professional golf tour for women based in South Africa. Schedule Since the inaugural 2014 season, tournaments have averaged around ten per season and been concentrated in the January–March window. Sponsors have i ...

in brutally windy conditions at the Atlantic Beach Links & Golf Club.

Amateur wins

*2010

, Abu Dhabi Junior Golf Championship *2011 English Girls Close, Abu Dhabi Junior *2013 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate *2014

, Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invite *2015 NCAA San Antonio Regional Source:

Professional wins (4)

Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (1)

LET Access Series wins (1)

LET Access Series playoff record (0–1)

Other wins

*2022

Rose Ladies Series The Rose Ladies Series is a ladies professional golf tour founded in 2020 and organised by Justin Rose and his wife, Kate Rose. The tour was announced following the reintroduction of golf in the United Kingdom after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns ...

at Brockenhurst Manor,

at Bearwood Lakes

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing England): 2010 (winners), 2011 *

(representing England): 2010 *

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 England): 2010 *

(representing England):

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(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2013, 2015 *

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 ...

(representing England):

(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2015 Source:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Hayley English female golfers Baylor Bears women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Poole 1993 births Living people