Patricia Sanz Barrio (born 9 September 1990) is a

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from Spain. She has played on the

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(LET) and the U.S-based

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Early life and amateur career

Sanz was born in Madrid to Carmelo Sanz and Marina Barrio, who introduced her to golf at age 7. Her younger sister, Marta Sanz Barrio, is also an LET player and played golf at

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from 2010 to 2014. As a junior golfer, she was the 2009 Spanish National Champion at the Spanish Amateur Women's Doubles, playing alongside her sister, Marta. She was runner-up at the 2010 Madrid Championship, defeated by Marta on the final hole. Sanz was a member of the Spanish National Team that won the 2013 European Ladies' Team Championship, alongside

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, Camilla Hedberg, Luna Sobrón, Natalia Escuriola and her sister Marta. Sanz played golf at

in Alabama from 2008 to 2012 and majored in microbiology. With the

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in the Southeast Conference, she was SEC Individual Champion (2012) and SEC Team Champion (2009, 2011, 2012). She won the individual title at the 2013

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7 strokes ahead of runner-up Chloe Williams.

Professional career

Sanz joined the

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in 2013 and was runner-up at

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, the Fourqueux Ladies Open and the HLR Golf Academy Open, before winning the Grecotel Amirandes Ladies Open on the Greek island of Crete in October. She finished second on the 2013 LETAS Order of Merit behind Mireia Prat, earning a full card for the LET. In 2014, her rookie year on the LET, Sanz played in 18 tournaments and kept her card with a best performance of T12 at the

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. She won the women's team gold at the

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with Natalia Escuriola and Marta Sanz Barrio. Between 2017 and 2019, Sanz played mainly on the

, but did not place high enough on the money list to advance to the LPGA Tour. In 2019, she returned to LET Qualifying School where she finished 27th, and in 2020, 2021 and 2022 she played on the LET, where she missed a majority of the cuts. Along with her sister, she received a sponsor's invite to compete in the 2023 Aramco Saudi Ladies International which featured a record $5 million purse, but did not make the cut.

Amateur wins

*2009 Spanish Amateur Women's Doubles Championship (with Marta Sanz Barrio) *2012 SEC Championship *2013

Source:

Professional wins (2)

LET Access Series wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (1)

*2017 Santander Golf Tour Zaragoza

Team appearances

Amateur * European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain):

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(winners) Professional *

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(representing Spain):

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(winners)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanz Barrio, Patricia Spanish female golfers Auburn Tigers women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Golfers from Madrid 1990 births Living people 21st-century Spanish women 21st-century Spanish people