Chloé Leurquin (born 9 August 1990) is a Belgian

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from

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. She played on the

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from 2014 to 2019.

Career

Leurquin turned professional in 2013 and joined the LET Access Series, where she won the Mineks Ladies Classic in Turkey to finish 4th in the

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and earn membership of the

(LET) in 2014. In her rookie season on the LET, Leurquin shared the lead ahead of the final round of the Xiamen Open International with Ssu-Chia Cheng, ultimately tying for 11th. Leurquin played on the

from 2014 to 2019. Her best finish was an 8th place in the 2016

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at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam. Leurquin represented Belgium at the

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, where she finished 56th. She earned a spot at the

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through being in the top-25 on the LET money list, and made the cut. She was sponsored by

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Amateur wins

*2012 King's Prize, Belgian Stroke Play *2013 Italian Ladies Amateur Source:

Professional wins (1)

LET Access Series (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Belgium): 2007 *

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 pl ...

(representing Belgium):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing Belgium):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Professional *

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(representing Belgium):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leurquin, Chloe Belgian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Olympic golfers for Belgium Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city) Sportspeople from Walloon Brabant 1990 births Living people 21st-century Belgian sportswomen