Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso

Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso (born 7 March 1996) is an Italian professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso
Personal information
Born (1996-03-07) 7 March 1996 (age 28)
Torino, Italy
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sporting nationality Italy
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2020)
Former tour(s)LET Access Series (joined 2017)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2020
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Amateur career

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Colombotto Rosso played for the Italian National Team and won silver at the 2014 European Girls' Team Championship in Slovakia. In 2015, she won the Città di Milano Trophy and won both the Italian Stroke-play and Match-play Championships, the first dual female champion in 26 years.

At the end of her amateur career, she was 48th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, 20th in the European, and 2nd in the Italian.[3]

Professional career

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Colombotto Rosso turned professional in late 2016 and joined the 2017 LET Access Series after playing in the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School in December. She played her first major at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open after she won the European qualifier at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, England.

In 2019, Colombotto Rosso was runner-up at the WPGA International Challenge in England, one stroke behind Manon De Roey and again at the Ribeira Sacra Patrimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open in Spain, two strokes behind Rachael Goodall of England. She finished third in the 2019 LET Access Series Ranking, earning a 2020 LET card.[4]

Colombotto Rosso finished her rookie LET season in 24th place on the 2020 Costa del Sol Order of Merit, with at top finish of 4th at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open, where she shot a career-low 66 in the opening round.[5]

In June 2021, she qualified for the 2020 Olympics, taking place in Tokyo, Japan, in August 2021, along with Giulia Molinaro.[6]

Amateur wins

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  • 2012 GGL International Junior Open
  • 2013 Sanremo Trophy, Pallavicino Trophy
  • 2015 Italian Ladies Stroke Play Championship - Isa Goldschmid Trophy, Città di Milano Trofeo Gianni Albertinim, Italian Ladies Match Play - Giuseppe Silva Trophy

Source:[7][8]

Professional wins

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LET Access Series wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 2 April 2022 Terre Blanche Ladies Open 70-69-70=209 −7 Playoff   Chiara Noja

Team appearances

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Amateur

Source:[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso – Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Golf: Colombotto, Rosso Lucrezia". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Biography". Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Getting to know Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso – Profile". LET Access Series. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso with Super Mario". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso – Profile". Italian Golf Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Lucrezia Colombotto Rosso". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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