Hermione FitzGerald (born 11 October 1985) is an Irish
professional golfer.
Early life
FitzGerald is the daughter of
Lord John FitzGerald
Lord John FitzGerald (3 March 1952 – 3 August 2015), was an Irish nobleman, British Army officer, racehorse trainer, and horseracing administrator.
Lord John was the second son of Gerald, 8th Duke of Leinster, and his second wife, Anne, daugh ...
and wife Barbara Zindel. She is of Irish and Swiss descent. She began playing golf at the age of eight when she first tried playing it on the Emirates Golf Club course when she was on holiday in Dubai.
She regularly played at the Dubai Creek and Nad Al Sheba golf courses in her youth. In 1992, her father was approached by
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( ar, محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, links=no; ; born 15 July 1949) is the vice president, prime minister, and minister of defence of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as well as the ruler of Dubai. ...
to help promote the horse racing scene in Dubai.
She then attended the
Dubai English Speaking School
Dubai English Speaking College is a British private school located in the Academic City, Dubai, UAE. It follows the National Curriculum for England. DESC was founded by the first headteacher, Peter Daly, in 2005 with 35 Year 7 students, and was l ...
fom 1992 to 1996, graduating from the
Hills Road Sixth Form College
Hills Road Sixth Form College (commonly referred to as HRSFC, Hills Road or just Hills) is a public sector co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, England, providing full-time A-level courses for approximately 2000 sixth form students fro ...
in French, Italian, history and physical education.
Career
Although she was born in England, FitzGerald represents Ireland when playing golf professionally.
FitzGerald played on the
LET Access Series in 2014, making two cuts in the Open Generali de Strasbourg and the WPGA International Challenge, finishing T-46 in both events.
In 2013, FitzGerald won three Jamega Ladies Tour events which were all based in the UK.
Currently living in
Woollhara since February 2017, she works in
full time as the Australian and International Marketing Manager of
OTI Sport and
OTI Racing in
Sydney, Australia, where she manages business development initiatives for OTI Racing and OTI Sport, promote OTI Racing's partnerships, built OTI Racing's and OTI Sport brand awareness, oversees OTI Racing NSW operations, including racehorse management, client liaison and race day communications, and organises and promotes events, and tours for OTI Sport clients.
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Irish female golfers
Irish people of Swiss descent
English people of Irish descent
English people of Swiss descent
People from Newmarket, Suffolk
1985 births
Living people