Nuria Iturrioz (born 16 December 1995) is a Spanish

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on the

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(LET) and LPGA Tour. She has four LET career wins, at the 2016 and 2019

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, 2019 Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic and the 2023

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Amateur career

Iturrioz was born in

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and had a successful amateur career. She was part of the National Team and represented Spain in the

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and

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. In 2012, she won the Madrid Ladies Championship and was runner-up at the Spanish National Ladies Championship behind Camilla Hedberg. She won the 2013 Spanish International Stroke Play, and the 2014 Spanish International Stroke Play ahead of Ana Peláez in second. In 2015, she was runner-up at the 2015 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, one stroke behind

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, and won the 2015 Internationaux de France U21 – Trophée Esmond, beating Agathe Laisné 4&2 in the final. She won the 2015 Vagliano Trophy with continental Europe.

Professional career

Iturrioz turned professional in 2015 after she finished fourth at LET Q-School, and joined the LET in 2016. She won the

as a rookie and finished 10th on the

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rankings, but missed out on the

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award to

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. In 2019, she won the Lalla Meryem Cup again and won two more tournaments in quick succession including the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic to finish fourth on the 2019 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit rankings. Iturrioz finished tied for 72nd at the final stage of the 2017 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the

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season. She received one of two sponsor invites for the

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, where she made the cut. She took the lead at the 2019

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with an opening round of 67. At the 2019 LPGA Qualifying Tournament, she tied for 30th to earn membership for the

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season. She was runner-up at the 2019 Australian Ladies Classic, the 2020

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behind

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, and also at the 2021

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, behind

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. In May 2023, Iturrioz won the team event at the

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together with Pauline Roussin and

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. She also held the lead in the individual event by one stroke over compatriot

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heading into the last day, but a final round 83 saw her finish in a tie for 28th.

Amateur wins

*2012 Madrid Ladies Championship *2013 Campeonato de Madrid *2014 Copa Andalucia, Spanish International Stroke Play *2015 Internationaux de France U21 – Trophée Esmond, Campeonato de Espana Amateur Source:

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour wins (4)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (2)

*2019

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*2023 Santander Golf Tour Cádiz

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Spain): 2012, 2013 *

(representing Spain):

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* Vagliano Trophy (representing Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners) Professional * The Queens (representing Europe): 2016

References

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