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María Hernández (golfer)
María Hernández Muñoz (born 24 March 1986) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She won the 2010 Ladies Slovak Open and while at Purdue, she was the NCAA Individual Champion and won the Honda Sports Award. Amateur career Hernández started playing golf at 12 and had a successful amateur career. An eight-year member of the Spanish National Team, Hernández is a five-time European Team Championship gold medalist, and earned a gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games both individually and as a team. She won the 2003 Junior Solheim Cup and was runner-up at the 2004 European Ladies Amateur Championship and again in 2008, losing a playoff to Carlota Ciganda. She was a semi-finalist at The Womens Amateur Championship 2005 and 2006. Hernández turned in a strong collegiate career at Purdue University, which was capped off with the 2009 NCAA Division I Individual Champion and NCAA Player of the Year award. She won 13 times while w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacoste Ladies Open De France
The Open de France Dames is a women's professional golf tournament in France on the Ladies European Tour. It has been played annually since 1987, with four exceptions: 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1998. Since the 2011 edition, Lacoste has been the title sponsor of the event. Between 2012 and 2017 the tournament was held at Golf de Chantaco, near Saint-Jean-de-Luz in the Basque Country, which belongs to the Lacoste family. As Chantaco underwent construction works after the 2017 event, the tournament was moved to the Golf du Médoc Resort. Winners References External links *Ladies European Tour {{coord, 49.34001, N, 0.07780, E, display=t, type:event French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... Golf tournaments in France Recurring sporting events established in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamplona
Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood plain of the Arga river, a second-order tributary of the Ebro. Precipitation-wise, it is located in a transitional location between the rainy Atlantic northern façade of the Iberian Peninsula and its drier inland. Early population in the settlement traces back to the late Bronze to early Iron Age, even if the traditional inception date refers to the foundation of by Pompey during the Sertorian Wars circa 75 BCE. During Visigothic rule Pamplona became an episcopal see, serving as a staging ground for the Christianization of the area. It later became one of the capitals of the Kingdom of Pamplona/Navarre. The city is famous worldwide for the running of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Womens Amateur Championship
The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of the professional era in 1976, it was the most important golf tournament for women in Great Britain, and attracted players from continental Europe, North America, and the rest of the world. Along with the U.S. Women's Amateur, it is considered the highest honour in women's amateur golf. The first tournament was played at the Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, England and was won by Lady Margaret Scott, who also won the following two years; her feat of three straight titles remains the record, matched by Cecil Leitch and Enid Wilson. In 1927, Simone de la Chaume of France, who had won the 1924 British Girls Amateur Golf Championship, became the first golfer from outside the British Isles to win the Ladies Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euro
The euro (symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . The euro is divided into 100 cents. The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the European Union, by four European microstates that are not EU members, the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, as well as unilaterally by Montenegro and Kosovo. Outside Europe, a number of special territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency. Additionally, over 200 million people worldwide use currencies pegged to the euro. As of 2013, the euro is the second-largest reserve currency as well as the second-most traded currency in the world after the United States dollar. , with more than €1.3 trillion in circulation, the euro has one of the highest combined values of banknotes and coins in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain At The 2005 Mediterranean Games
Spain competed at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain. The home nation had a total number of 463 participants (289 men and 174 women). Medals Gold Athletics *Men's 800 metres: Antonio Manuel Reina *Men's 1.500 metres: Arturo Casado *Men's 110 m hurdles: Felipe Vivancos *Men's 4 × 400 m relay: David Canal, David Testa, Eugenio Barrios and Antonio Manuel Reina *Men's discus throw: Mario Pestano *Men's 20 km walk: Paquillo Fernández *Women's 100 m hurdles: Glory Alozie *Women's 4 × 400 m relay: Julia María Alba, Belén Recio, Miriam Bravo, Daisy Antonio, María Teresa Martínez and Cora Daniela Olivero *Women's high jump: Ruth Beitia Canoeing *Men's K-2 1000 m: Javier Hernanz and Pablo Enrique Baños Football *Men's team competition: Ángel Javier Arizmendi, Kepa Blanco, Iván Cuéllar, Manu del Moral, Javier Flaño, Miguel Flaño, Javi Fuego, Jesús Gámez, Carlos García, Gorka Larrea, Rubén Iván Martínez, Miki Martínez, Francisco Montañé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Isabel Schmidt
Patricia Isabel Schmidt (born 1 September 1995) is a German professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She won the 2023 Belgian Ladies Open. Amateur career Schmidt won the 2017 Hetzenhof Open in Baden-Württemberg. In 2018, she finished 3rd at the Luxembourg International Amateur Championship. Professional career Schmidt turned professional in 2021 and joined the LET Access Series. In 2022, she had two runner-up finishes at the Flumserberg Ladies Open and at the Trust Golf Links Series – Musselburgh, before winning the Big Green Egg Swedish Matchplay Championship. She also won the Nordic Golf Tour Order of Merit on the basis of her win and two further top-10 finishes. Schmidt finished fourth on the 2022 LET Access Series Order of Merit to secure her LET card for the 2023 Ladies European Tour. In 2023, Schmidt was runner-up in the team event at Aramco Team Series – Singapore playing with Pauline Roussin and Nuria Iturrioz. In May, she won the Belgian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgian Ladies Open
The Belgian Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Belgium. The tournament was played annually 1985–1995. It was known as the Godiva Ladies European Masters 1988–1989 and the BMW European Masters 1990–1994. The tournament was slated to return to the LET schedule in 2020 but was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identified .... Starting in 2014 Belgium has also hosted the Belgian LETAS Trophy on the LET's development tour. Winners Source: See also * Belgian Open References External linksLadies European Tour {{Ladies European Tour Ladies European Tour events Golf tournaments in Belgium Recurring sporting events established in 1985 1985 establishments in Belgium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joburg Ladies Open
The Joburg Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Ladies Tour since 2015 and starting in 2022 co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour. It was played at the Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club until 2017. It moved to Modderfontein in 2018 and on to the refurbished Soweto Country Club for the following three years. Winners See also *Joburg Open The Joburg Open is a men's professional golf tournament that is held in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is an event on the Southern Africa-based Sunshine Tour and co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which attracts a larger prize fund and stronger ... References External linksCoverage on the Sunshine Tour's official site {{Ladies European Tour Ladies European Tour events Sunshine Ladies Tour events Golf tournaments in South Africa Sports competitions in Johannesburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrella Damm Ladies Open
The Estrella Damm Ladies Open is a professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour, first played in 2017. The tournament is played in Spain at Club de Golf Terramar, southwest of Barcelona. It was the first Ladies European Tour event held in Europe in the 2017 season. The primary sponsor is S.A. Damm, brewers of Estrella Damm Estrella Damm is a lager beer brewed in Barcelona, Spain. It has existed since 1876, when August Küntzmann Damm founded his brewery in Barcelona, and is the flagship beer of S.A. Damm, a prominent brewery in the city. The brand is the oldest ... beer. Winners References External links *Ladies European Tour {{DEFAULTSORT:Mediterranean Ladies Open Mediterranean Ladies Open [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azahara Muñoz
Azahara Muñoz Guijarro (born 19 November 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Muñoz was born in Málaga, Andalusia in southern Spain and had a successful amateur career in both Europe and the United States. She won the 2002 Spanish Amateur title at age 14, the 2004 Girls Amateur Championship, and was the 2009 British Ladies Amateur champion. Additionally, she was runner-up to Amanda Blumenherst at the 2008 U.S. Women's Amateur in Eugene, Oregon, and was a member of Europe's Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2002, 2003, and 2005. At Arizona State, she was the 2008 NCAA Individual Champion in her junior year, winning by making a putt at the first hole of a playoff against UCLA's Tiffany Joh in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Surgery on her right wrist in January 2009 sidelined her for over a month during her senior year. In May, Muñoz finished fourth at the NCAA Championships in Maryland to lead the Sun Devils to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's World Golf Rankings
The Women's World Golf Rankings, also known for sponsorship reasons as the Rolex Rankings, were introduced in February 2006. They are sanctioned by eight women's golf tours and the organisations behind them: Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA Tour), Ladies European Tour, Ladies Professional Golfers' Association of Japan (LPGA of Japan Tour), Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA of Korea Tour), Australian Ladies Professional Golf (ALPG Tour), Epson Tour, China Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour, the Ladies European Tour Access Series and also by The R&A, which administers the Women's British Open and the United States Golf Association which conducts the U.S. Women's Open. The idea of introducing a set of women's rankings similar to the Official World Golf Ranking was developed at the May 2004 World Congress of Women's Golf, and was first planned for 2005, but then put back to 2006. Calculation of the rankings The rankings are based on performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Women's British Open
The 2010 Women's British Open was held 29 July to 1 August at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. It was the 34th edition of the Women's British Open, and the tenth as a Women's major golf championships, major championship on the LPGA Tour. This was the fifth time the Women's British Open had been held at Royal Birkdale and the second as an LPGA major, previously in 2005 Women's British Open, 2005. The course had also hosted nine The Open Championship, Open Championships, most recently in 2008 Open Championship, 2008. The par-72 course was set by the Ladies Golf Union at , shorter than the par-70 set-up for The Open Championship in 2008 Open Championship, 2008. The champion was Yani Tseng of Taiwan at 277 (−11), one stroke ahead of runner-up Katherine Hull of Australia. With the victory, the 21-year-old Tseng became the youngest-ever winner of three major championships. Past champions in the field Made the cut Missed the cut Course Source: Previous length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
