Olivia Cowan (born 9 April 1996) is a German

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and member of the

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. She won the 2022

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and captained the winning team at the 2021 at the

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Personal life

Cowan's father, Andrew, is an English-born teaching professional in Germany. He taught her golf from the age of three.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Cowan played for the German National Team from 2011 to 2015. She won the 2010 U14 German Girls' National Championship, the 2011 Luxembourg Ladies International Amateur Championship, the 2013 German Ladies National Championship, and in 2015 both the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship and the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, the Copa de S.M. la Reina. Cowan represented

Germany at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Germany competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014. Medalists Medals awarded to participants of Mixed-NOCs participation at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represen ...

in China and finished fourth. She was a member of the winning European

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Team in 2015. She turned professional in July 2015 with a handicap of +4, ranked seventh in the

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Professional career

Cowan won three times on the 2015 LET Access Series. First the ASGI Ladies Open in Switzerland and the Borås Ladies Open in Sweden while still an amateur. Then, after turning professional in July, she collected her third win at the Norrporten Ladies Open in Sweden in August. Her other notable LETAS finishes include runner-up at the CreditGate24 Trophy in Germany and the Citizenguard Trophy in Belgium. She also received invitations to play on the

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in the

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in Sweden, where she finished T12, and the

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, where she missed the cut. Cowan qualified for the

after winning the 2015 LET Access Series Order of Merit. She qualified for her first major championship, the

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, at the

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sectional qualifying tournament in

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. On the

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. In

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she finished seventh on the LET Order of Merit, after recording four top-10 finishes in 12 events, including a best finish of T4 in the

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. She also started four events and made three cuts on the

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, recording a top finish of T7 at the

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. On the

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, Cowan again ended seventh on the Order of Merit, for the second year in a row, after posting seven top-10 finishes in 16 starts. She also recorded a career best finish of T2 in the

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, one stroke behind

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. In July 2021, Cowan earned her first win on the Ladies European Tour, a team win at the

with Sarina Schmidt, Diksha Dagar and amateur Andrew Kelsey. Cowan earned her card for the 2022

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through

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. In October 2022, Cowan won the

at the DLF Golf and Country Club to claim her maiden LET win in her 96th event. She shot a 13-under 275 to win by three shots over Amandeep Drall and

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Amateur wins

*2010 U14 German Girls' National Championship *2011 Luxembourg Ladies International Amateur Championship *2013 German Ladies National Championship *2015 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship,

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Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

LET Access Series wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

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

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 Germany):

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(representing Germany):

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(representing Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners) Professional *

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(representing Germany):

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, Olivia German female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics German people of English descent People from Worms, Germany 1996 births Living people 21st-century German women