Klára Davidson Spilková (born 15 December 1994) is a

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who plays on the

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(LET). She won the 2017

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and the 2022

Women's Irish Open The Women's Irish Open is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour (LET), held in the Republic of Ireland. The tournament became part of the LET schedule in 1994 and ran for ten editions through 2003. After a four-year hiatus, ...

Early life and amateur career

Spilková had a successful amateur career after she was introcued to golf by her older brother Lukas at the age of four. She won the

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in 2009, and won both the Czech Women's Amateur and the

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back to back in 2009 and 2010. In 2010 she won the Austrian Women's Amateur. She lost the final of the 2009 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship (Trophée Esmond) 1 up to

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. Her performance helped her qualify for the continental team, and she represented Europe at the 2009

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and the 2010

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. In 2010, at only fifteen, she made her first LET start at the Allianz Ladies Slovak Open, but missed the cut by two strokes.

Professional career

Spilková turned professional in 2011 at age 16 and joined the

. She was 7th in the Rolex Rookie of the Year standings, behind winner

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. She finished tied sixth in the 2013

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and at the 2014

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. In 2015, she tied for 4th at the

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. In 2017, Spilková became the first Czech winner on the LET with her victory at the

. Spilková finished fourth at the inaugural

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Q-Series to earn a card for 2019. Over the next three seasons she finished 140, 100 and 127th in the rankings, with a best finish of tied 8th at the 2020

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. As the highest ranked Czech golfer, she represented her country at the

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in Rio de Janeiro and the

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in Tokyo, and finished tied 48th and 23rd. In 2022, Spilková rejoined the LET. She was runner-up at the

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, a stroke behind compatritot

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. She then secured her second LET victory with a birdie at the first playoff hole at the KPMG Women's Irish Open, seeing off Finland’s

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and Denmark’s

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Personal life

In 2022, Spilková married Sean Davidson, an Italian American teacher at the Faculty of Law of Charles University in Prague. A college golfer at

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they met on the golf course, and he has caddied for her occasionally, including at the Olympics in Tokyo, as well as for his brother Matt, a former PGA Tour player.

Amateur wins

*2009

, Czech Women's Amateur,

*2010

, Czech Women's Amateur, Austrian Women's Amateur

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

Team appearances

;Amateur *

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 Czech Republic):

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(representing Europe): 2009 *

(representing Europe): 2010

References

External links

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