María Fassi (born 25 March 1998) is a Mexican

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who plays on the U.S.-based

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Amateur career

Fassi represented

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at the

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and won the Mexican Women's Amateur in 2015, 2016 and 2018. In 2015, she won the

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in Trinity, Texas, and was runner-up in the South American Women's Amateur. She played college golf at the

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where she was 2018 WGCA First-Team All-American, SEC Golfer of the Year and ANNIKA Award winner, in addition to winning the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Championship individual title and receiving the

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. She received sponsor's exemption to the

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in 2016 and 2018 and in total made six starts on the

as an amateur, including a T15 finish at the 2016

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. In April 2019, she finished runner-up behind

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at the inaugural

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Professional career

Fassi, who earned her LPGA Tour card in December 2018 deferred membership until she was done with college, and competed as an amateur and turned professional in May 2019, making her professional debut at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open where she finished T12. Waiting for the

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to resume following the

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break, Fassi decided to keep her game sharp by entering the Cooper Communities NWA Classic, a Women's All Pro Tour event in Arkansas. She claimed a wire-to-wire, four-shot victory, her first as a professional.

Amateur wins

*2015 Mexican Women's Amateur,

*2016 Mexican Women's Amateur, Lady Puerto Rico Classic *2017 ANNIKA Intercollegiate, Mason Rudolph Women's Championship *2018 NCAA Women's South Regional, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Mexican Women's Amateur *2019 SEC Individual Champion, NCAA Women's Division I Individual Champion Source:

Professional wins (1)

Other wins (1)

*2020 Cooper Communities NWA Classic (Women's All Pro Tour)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T= tied

Team appearances

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(representing Mexico):

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

Collegiate honors

*2018 WGCA First-team All-American *2018 First-team All-SEC *2018 SEC Women's Golf Player of the Year *2018 ANNIKA Award winner *2019 Honda Sport Award for Golf winner *2019 ANNIKA Award winner *2019 Ping WGCA Player of the Year *2019 SEC Female Athlete of the Year *2019 WGCA First-team All-American *2019 Golfweek First-team All-American *2019 SEC Women's Golf Player of the Year *2019 First-team All-SEC *2019 WGCA All-American Scholar Source:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fassi, Maria Mexican female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Olympic golfers of Mexico Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Arkansas Razorbacks women's golfers Sportspeople from Pachuca 1998 births Living people