María Parra

María Parra
Personal information
Full nameMaría Parra Luque
Born (1997-12-04) 4 December 1997 (age 27)
Guadiaro, Spain
Sporting nationality Spain
ResidenceGuadiaro, Spain
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2018)
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2017)
LET (joined 2017)
Professional wins3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT35: 2021
Women's British Open73: 2016
Evian ChampionshipDNP
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Parra and the second or maternal family name is Luque.

María Parra Luque (born 4 December 1997) is a professional golfer from Spain who played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour already as a teenager. She won the 2015 European Ladies Amateur and rose to No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[1]

Amateur career

Parra had a successful amateur career. In 2015, she won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Austria and was runner-up at the Annika Invitational Europe in Sweden. She won the 2015 European Girls' Team Championship and was runner-up at the 2016 European Ladies' Team Championship, behind England. She represented Spain in the 2016 Junior Golf World Cup and the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy, and represented Europe in the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup and the 2016 Patsy Hankins Trophy. She rose to No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[2]

As the European Ladies Amateur title holder, Parra played in the 2016 Women's British Open, where she made the cut.

In 2016, while still an amateur, Parra played on the LET Access Series and won two tournaments, the PGA Halmstad Ladies Open at Haverdal in Sweden and the Drøbak Ladies Open in Norway. She finished at number 3 on the Order of Merit and earned full status for the 2017 Ladies European Tour. She also finished T13 at the Final Stage of the 2016 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2017 LPGA Tour.[1]

Professional career

As a teenager on the 2017 LPGA Tour, Parra made three cuts in 18 starts, and on the 2017 Ladies European Tour she made three cuts in 8 starts. She joined the Symetra Tour in 2018, where she recorded three top-10 finishes including a victory at the IOA Invitational in 2019, to finish 17th in the ranking.[3]

Parra made her U.S. Women's Open debut in 2021 after sharing medalist honors with compatriot Azahara Muñoz at the Banyan Cay Resort & Country Club qualifier. She made the cut and finished T35.[2]

Amateur wins

Source:[4]

Professional wins (3)

Symetra Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runners-up Ref
1 11 May 2019 IOA Invitational 72-68-70=210 −6 Playoff Chinese Taipei Ssu-Chia Cheng
Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire
United States Madison Pressel 		[5]

LET Access Series (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Ref
1 21 May 2016 PGA Halmstad Ladies Open at Haverdal
(as an amateur) 		71-67-69=207 −9 2 strokes Scotland Michele Thomson [6]
2 13 Aug 2016 Drøbak Ladies Open
(as an amateur) 		66-71-65=202 −14 Playoff England Charlotte Thompson [7]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order

! Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open T35
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship NT
Women's British Open 73
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "In the Winner's Circle with Maria Parra". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player Bio: Maria Parra". USGA. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Maria Parra Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Player Profile Maria Parra Luque". WAGR. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ "2016 IOA Invitational Results". WWGR. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ "2016 PGA Halmstad Ladies Open at Haverdal Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "2016 Drøbak Ladies Open Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 26 July 2021.