Ana Peláez Triviño (born 22 March 1998) is a Spanish professional golfer and

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player. She won the 2022 Madrid Ladies Open.

Amateur career

Peláez was born in

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in 1998 and enjoyed an impressive amateur career, climbing to 11th spot in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. After a runner-up finish in 2014, she won the 2015

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. She reached the semifinals of the 2015

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. Both were qualifying events for the

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, where she made the team and represented Europe in 2015. In 2016, she was runner-up at the

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. With the Spanish National Team, she won 2015

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, and appeared in the

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five years consecutively between 2017 and 2021, with best finish a silver behind Sweden in 2019. She finished 3rd at the

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in Japan together with

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and María Parra Luque. Peláez entered the

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in 2016. She earned two All-America honors as a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team and recorded the fourth best scoring average in program history (73.80). She earned medalist honors at the 2017 NCAA Columbus Regional as a freshman. She crowned her college career with a selection to play in the

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. In 2020, Peláez returned to action following the pandemic with five top-three finishes in amateur events in Spain, including a second place in the Campeonato De Espana Profesionales Femenino. She recorded a T13 finish at the

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in Slovenia and won the Madrid event on the Santander Golf Tour. She finished the year with a solo third in the

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, a

event. Peláez started 2021 with a five-stroke victory at the Copa Andalucia in her native Spain, successfully defending her 2020 title. She finished 12th at the

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and won the sectional qualifying at Druid Hills GC in Atlanta, Georgia for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, her first major.

Professional career

Peláez turned professional on the eve of the

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in July 2021, where she made the cut and finished in a tie for 42nd. She finished in a tie for 83rd at LET Q-School in December, for a very limited status on the LET in 2022. She received an invitation to play in the Madrid Ladies Open, and secured a full LET card through victory. On her way to win in her debut tournament as a member, she shot a course record nine-under-par 63 in the penultimate round. She finished 23-under-par, six strokes clear of

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in second. In her rookie season, Peláez also finished runner-up at the

behind winner

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, and finished 5th in the season ranking. She was runner-up as

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behind

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. In 2023, Peláez recorded runner-up finishes at the

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and

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, to finish the season fifth on the 2023 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit. Peláez finished T27 at LPGA Q-Series to earn

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membership for 2024. In her rookie season, she made 4 cuts in 12 starts. She also made 15 starts on the LET, where she recorded a tie for 3rd at the

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, a tie for 4th at Aramco Team Series – Tampa, and a solo 4th at the

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Amateur wins

*2013 Copa Andalucia *2015

*2016 Campeonato de Madrid *2017 NCAA Columbus Regional *2020 Copa Andalucia *2021 Copa Andalucia Source:

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (2)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Europe): 2015 *

(representing Spain): 2016 *

(representing Spain): 2015 (winners), 2016 *

(representing Spain):

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(representing the International team):

References

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