Laura Gonzalez Escallon (born 6 October 1990) is a

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from Belgium who has played on the LPGA Tour and the

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Amateur career

Gonzalez was a member of the Belgium National Team and won the 2008

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. She represented Belgium at the Espirito Santo Trophy in

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and

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

, and the Continent of Europe at the 2009 Vagliano Trophy. She attended Purdue University from 2009 to 2013, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She played for the

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team and won four tournaments, and was named 2011–12 Big Ten Golfer of the Year. Gonzalez reached the quarterfinals of the 2012

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, eliminated by eventual champion and world's top-ranked amateur, Lydia Ko. She was runner-up at the 2013 European Ladies Amateur Championship, three strokes behind

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Professional career

Gonzalez joined the

in 2014 and finished 23rd on the money list, falling to 35th in 2015. In 2016, she picked up her first two professional wins, first at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship in July, then at the PHC Classic in August. She finished fifth on the Symetra Tour money list to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2017 season. Her win at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship also qualified Gonzalez for her first major, the

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, where she finished T55. As a rookie in on the

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, she made 17 cuts in 25 starts, with two top-10 finishes including a career-best T5 at the Manulife LPGA Classic. She finished sixth in the Rookie of the Year standings and 73rd on the money list. In 2018, she missed most of the LPGA season due to injury and only played two events. Upon return from injury, she made only two cuts in 19 starts on the 2019 LPGA Tour.

Amateur wins

*2008

, Belgian Girls' Championship *2009 German Ladies Amateur *2011 Dixie Amateur Championship, Landfall Tradition *2012 Dixie Amateur Championship, Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate *2013 Belgian International Amateur Golf Championship Source:

Professional wins (2)

Symetra Tour (2)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur * European Girls' Team Championship (representing Belgium): 2004, 2006 * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Belgium):

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* Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2009 (winners) * Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Belgium):

References

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