Silvia Bañón (born 21 October 1992) is a Spanish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour (LET). She won the 2014 Portuguese Ladies Amateur and finished runner-up in the 2018 New South Wales Women's Open.[1]

Silvia Bañón
Personal information
Full nameSilvia Bañón Ibáñez
Born (1992-10-21) 21 October 1992 (age 32)
Alicante, Spain
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality Spain
ResidenceAlicante, Spain
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour (joined 2018)
Former tour(s)LET Access Series (joined 2016)
Professional wins2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenCUT: 2018
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Amateur career

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In 2012, Bañón won the Campeonato de Alicante and was runner-up at the German Ladies Amateur, behind Céline Boutier. In 2014, she won the Portuguese Ladies Amateur and finished third at the 2014 World University Golf Championship in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, behind Tiffany Chan and Marta Sanz. She won the Campeonato de Espana Universitario de Golf in 2015 and 2016.[2]

Professional career

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Bañón turned professional in 2016 and started playing on the LET Access Series. In 2017, she was third in the Belfius Ladies Open and the Ribeira Sacra Patrimonio de la Humanidad International Ladies Open, and finished 10th on the LETAS Order of Merit.[1]

In 2018, Bañón was runner-up in the New South Wales Women's Open at Coffs Harbour Golf Club, two strokes behind Meghan MacLaren, and finished 26th in the LET Order of Merit. She made her major debut in the 2018 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club where she did not make the cut. In 2019, she was consistent and made 14 cuts in 16 LET starts.[1]

Bañón sustained an injury to her arm and only made three appearances in 2020 but delivered one top-10, a 9th at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open.[3]

Amateur wins

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  • 2012 Campeonato de Alicante
  • 2013 Grand Prix des Landes
  • 2014 Portuguese Ladies Amateur
  • 2015 Campeonato de Espana Universitario de Golf
  • 2016 Campeonato de Espana Universitario de Golf

Source:[2]

Professional wins (2)

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Santander Golf Tour wins (2)

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Source:[4]

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2018
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

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Professional

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Silvia Banon Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Silvia Banon Ibanez". WAGR. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Silvia Bañón: las lecciones de vida de la golfista por sorpresa" (in Spanish). Las Provincias. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Silvia Bañón". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
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