Tania Abitbol (born 21 January 1965) is a

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

from

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, who competed on the

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and

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekl ...

Career

As an amateur, Abitol won the 1985

Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship The Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in Portugal for women. It is an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The tournament is a qualifying event for the European teams in t ...

. She competed internationally on the Spanish National Team, and finish 3rd at the 1987 European Ladies' Team Championship. On the

, she won the 1989 Danish Ladies Open and the 1990 WPG European Tour Classic. She was runner-up at the 1991

Valextra Classic The Rome Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place at the Olgiata Golf Club in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Sou ...

and the 1992

Ladies English Open The Ladies English Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour. It was first held between 1991 and 1996, when it was dominated by Laura Davies who won four of the five tournaments played. It was re-established in 20 ...

, both times beaten by

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. She also won the 1990 Benson & Hedges Trophy with

José María Cañizares José María Cañizares (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish golfer. Cañizares was born in Madrid. He turned professional in 1967 and made the top hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from its first season in 1972 through to 19 ...

, a mixed pairs event that was an unofficial money event on both the

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and Ladies European Tour. On the

, Abitbol earned a total of $140,000 in 49 starts. She finished fourth at the 1994 U.S. Women's Open and was in second place after the first round of the

1995 U.S. Women's Open The 1995 U.S. Women's Open was the 50th U.S. Women's Open, held July 13–16 at the East Course of Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Annika Sörenstam shot a final round 68 (−2) to win the first of her three U.S. Women's Ope ...

, but finished outside the top-10. In 1995, she was the LPGA Tour's longest driver, averaging about 267 yards, slightly longer than

, at 265 yards.

Amateur wins

*1985

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

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Danish Ladies Open *

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WPG European Tour Classic

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

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Singapore Ladies Open The Singapore Women's Open is a professional golf tournament held in Singapore. It was first played in 1987 as the Singapore Ladies Open, and is from 2022 part of the Ladies Asian Tour and LPGA of Korea Tour. History The Singapore Ladies Open w ...

Other wins (1)

Benson & Hedges Trophy (with

)

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Lady Junior's Team Championship The European Lady Junior's Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for women under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1968. It was played every year until 1984, then every second ye ...

(representing Spain): 1986 *

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

(representing Spain):

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abitbol, Tania Spanish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Madrid 1965 births Living people