Sára Kousková (born 2 July 1999) is a

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and

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player. In 2021 she won the

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to become the first Czech amateur to win a professional event. In October 2022 she continued creating Czech golf history with first ever Czech female win of the

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Order of Merit.

Early life and amateur career

Kousková was born in

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and began playing golf when she was five years old. At six, she won her first tournament at a pitch and putt course. She became a member of the Czech National Team in 2013, and became the top-ranked U18 golfer in the Czech Republic. She has represented her country at the

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four times, securing a fourth-place finish in 2016. She has also played in four

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s, and at the

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in Ireland. In 2015, she won the Austrian International Ladies Amateur and was runner-up at the Czech International Ladies Amateur Championship. She finished in the top-10 at the

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in 2017, 2018 and 2020, and she advanced to the quarterfinals at the

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in 2017, 2018 and 2019. She competed at the 2022

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. In 2018, Kousková enrolled at the

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and joined the

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team. As a junior, she won the Arizona Wildcat Invitational and helped the Longhorns advance to the quarterfinals and a tie for fifth place at the

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. In 2021, Kousková won the

. She made history as she became the first ever Czech player to win a

event and the first Czech amateur to win a professional event. Kousková finished sixth at the

Q-School to earn a full card for 2022. However, despite securing status on the LET, Kousková decided not to take up membership and instead finish her education in Texas and complete her final NCAA season.

Professional career

Kousková turned professional in May 2022 and almost defended her title at the

in her first professional start, finishing runner up behind

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. At the

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in July 2022, she started the final day four shots behind the leader

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of Italy and produced a final score of 67 to win by one stroke over Carta, and seal her second victory on the

. In September 2022, she won two

tournaments back-to-back in Sweden (

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) and Switzerland (

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). In October 2022, she became a first ever Czech female golfer to win the Order of Merit title of one of the world's professional tours. In addition to winning the LETAS Order of Merit, she was also named Rookie of the Year, and topped the LETAS Money List.

Amateur wins

*2014 Czech Amateur Tour 1 *2015 Austrian International Amateur *2016 IMG Academy Junior World Championship, Slovak Amateur Championship *2018 Czech International Junior U18 & 21 Championship *2020 Czech Amateur Tour 2, Czech International Junior U18 and 21 Championship *2021 Arizona Wildcat Invitational Source:

Professional wins (4)

LET Access Series wins (4)

Team appearances

;Amateur *

(representing Czech Republic): 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 *

(representing Czech Republic):

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(representing Czech Republic): 2017 *

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(representing Czech Republic):

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kouskova, Sara Czech female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Texas Longhorns women's golfers Sportspeople from Prague 1999 births Living people