Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso (born 7 March 1996) is an Italian

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playing on the

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. She competed at the

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Amateur career

Colombotto Rosso played for the Italian National Team and won silver at the 2014

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in Slovakia. In 2015, she won the Città di Milano Trophy and won both the Italian Stroke-play and Match-play Championships, the first dual female champion in 26 years. At the end of her amateur career, she was 48th in the

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, 20th in the European, and 2nd in the Italian.

Professional career

Colombotto Rosso turned professional in late 2016 and joined the 2017

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after playing in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School in December. She played her first major at the

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after she won the European qualifier at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, England. In 2019, Colombotto Rosso was runner-up at the WPGA International Challenge in England, one stroke behind Manon De Roey and again at the

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in Spain, two strokes behind Rachael Goodall of England. She finished third in the

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Ranking, earning a 2020 LET card. Colombotto Rosso finished her rookie LET season in 24th place on the 2020 Costa del Sol Order of Merit, with at top finish of 4th at the

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, where she shot a career-low 66 in the opening round. In June 2021, she qualified for the

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, taking place in Tokyo, Japan, in August 2021, along with

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Amateur wins

*2012 GGL International Junior Open *2013 Sanremo Trophy, Pallavicino Trophy *2015 Italian Ladies Stroke Play Championship - Isa Goldschmid Trophy, Città di Milano Trofeo Gianni Albertinim, Italian Ladies Match Play - Giuseppe Silva Trophy Source:

Professional wins

LET Access Series wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Italy): 2013, 2014 *

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(representing Italy): 2015, 2016 *

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(representing Europe): 2016 Source:

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