Ana Peláez
| Ana Peláez | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ana Peláez Triviño |
| Born | 22 March 1998 Málaga, Spain |
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) |
| Sporting nationality |  Spain |
| Residence | Málaga, Spain |
| Career | |
| College | University of South Carolina |
| Turned professional | 2021 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour (joined 2022) LPGA Tour (joined 2024) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | DNP |
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2021 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2023, 2024 |
Ana Peláez Triviño (born 22 March 1998) is a Spanish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2022 Madrid Ladies Open.[1]
Amateur career
[edit]Peláez was born in Málaga in 1998 and enjoyed an impressive amateur career, climbing to 11th spot in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.[2]
After a runner-up finish in 2014, she won the 2015 Annika Invitational Europe. She reached the semifinals of the 2015 Girls Amateur Championship. Both were qualifying events for the Junior Solheim Cup, where she made the team and represented Europe in 2015. In 2016, she was runner-up at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship. With the Spanish National Team, she won 2015 European Girls' Team Championship, and appeared in the European Ladies' Team Championship five years consecutively between 2017 and 2021, with best finish a silver behind Sweden in 2019. She finished 3rd at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan together with Marta Pérez Sanmartin and María Parra Luque.
Peláez entered the University of South Carolina in 2016. She earned two All-America honors as a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team and recorded the fourth best scoring average in program history (73.80). She earned medalist honors at the 2017 NCAA Columbus Regional as a freshman. She crowned her college career with a selection to play in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup.[3]
In 2020, Peláez returned to action following the pandemic with five top-three finishes in amateur events in Spain, including a second place in the Campeonato De Espana Profesionales Femenino. She recorded a T13 finish at the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Slovenia and won the Madrid event on the Santander Golf Tour.[4] She finished the year with a solo third in the Open de España Femenino, a Ladies European Tour event.[5]
Peláez started 2021 with a five-stroke victory at the Copa Andalucia in her native Spain, successfully defending her 2020 title. She finished 12th at the Augusta National Women's Amateur and won the sectional qualifying at Druid Hills GC in Atlanta, Georgia for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, her first major.[6]
Professional career
[edit]Peláez turned professional on the eve of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande in July 2021, where she made the cut and finished in a tie for 42nd.[2] She finished in a tie for 83rd at LET Q-School in December, for a very limited status on the LET in 2022. She received an invitation to play in the Madrid Ladies Open, and secured a full LET card through victory. On her way to win in her debut tournament as a member, she shot a course record nine-under-par 63 in the penultimate round. She finished 23-under-par, six strokes clear of Linnea Ström in second.[7]
In her rookie season, Peláez also finished runner-up at the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande behind winner Nelly Korda, and finished 5th in the season ranking. She was runner-up as LET Rookie of the Year behind Linn Grant.
In 2023, Peláez recorded runner-up finishes at the Joburg Ladies Open, Investec South African Women's Open and Helsingborg Open, to finish the season fifth on the 2023 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.
Peláez finished T27 at LPGA Q-Series to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2024. In her rookie season, she made 4 cuts in 12 starts. She also made 15 starts on the LET, where she recorded a tie for 3rd at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, a tie for 4th at Aramco Team Series – Tampa, and a solo 4th at the La Sella Open.
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2013 Copa Andalucia
- 2015 Annika Invitational Europe
- 2016 Campeonato de Madrid
- 2017 NCAA Columbus Regional
- 2020 Copa Andalucia
- 2021 Copa Andalucia
Source:[8]
Professional wins (3)
[edit]Ladies European Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 May 2022 | Madrid Ladies Open | 69-67-63-66=265 | −23 | 6 strokes |  Linnea Ström
|
Santander Golf Tour wins (2)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Oct 2020 | Santander Golf Tour Madrid (as an amateur) |
69-66=135 | −9 | 1 stroke | Carolina López-Chacarra (a)
|
[9] |
| 2 | 4 Dec 2024 | Santander Golf Tour Málaga (Campeonato de España) |
66-69-67=202 | −14 | 6 strokes | Nuria Iturrioz
|
[10] |
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | ||||
| The Evian Championship | CUT | CUT | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2015
- Junior Golf World Cup (representing Spain): 2016
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2015 (winners), 2016
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2021
References
[edit]- ^ "Ana Peláez". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ a b "LET – Ana Pelaez turns professional on the eve of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande". My Golfway. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Ana Peláez". South Carolina Gamecocks. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Ana Pelaez Wins Santander Madrid Tournament". South Carolina Gamecocks. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Ana Peláez Triviño". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "2021 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Ana Peláez: A Star is Born in Madrid". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ "Ana Pelaez". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ "2020 Santander Golf Tour Madrid Results". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "2024 Santander Golf Tour Málaga Results". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Ana Peláez at the LPGA Tour official site
- Ana Peláez at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Ana Peláez at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site