Dottie Ardina (born December 2, 1993) is a Filipino

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Career

Ardina won numerous amateur tournament in Asia and represented the Philippines at the

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(World Amateur Team Championships) in 2006 and 2010. Her 2006 appearance, at age 12, made her the youngest player ever to compete at the World Amateur Team Championships. Ardina turned professional in 2013. Ardina has played on the

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since 2014. Her best finish on the Symetra Tour was a tie for 2nd at the 2015 Four Winds Invitational. She also played on the

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in 2014. Also in 2014, she won the Thailand Singha-Sat LPGA Championship. Ardina qualified for the

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in Rio de Janeiro. While initially it was thought she would compete, ultimately she declared herself unable to compete due to the

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. She would then qualify for the

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in Paris.

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *2010 Southern Ladies, Karambunai Open *2011 Queen Sirikit Cup, Truevisions International Junior, Philippine Closed Match Play, Malaysian Junior Open, Singha Thailand Open *2012 RSGC AmBank Junior Amateur Open, WWWExpress-DHL National Amateur, Philippine Amateur Championship (Closed), Taiwan Amateur, Penang Amateur, SICC DBS Junior Invitational *2013 Philippine Amateur Open, WWWExpress-DHL Amateur, TrueVisions International Junior # 12 Source:

Professional wins (3)

Epson Tour wins (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

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(1) Ballarat Icons Pro-Am

Thai LPGA Tour wins (1)

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

(1) 3rd Singha-SAT Thai LPGA Championship

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

(representing the Philippines):

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

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 ...

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 ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ardina, Dottie Filipino female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Olympic golfers for the Philippines Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics SEA Games medalists in golf SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games Golfers at the 2006 Asian Games Golfers at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines 1993 births Living people