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Azahara Munoz

Spain
Spain

Azahara Munoz

Spain
Spain
World Ranking
107
Age
36
Turned Pro
2010
Hometown
Malaga, Spain
College
Arizona State2009)
Height
5 ft 5 in

Bio

LPGA Tour Victories (1)

  • 2012 Sybase Match Play Championship

LPGA Awards (1)

  • 2010 Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year 

The Solheim Cup (4)

  • 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019

International Crown (1)

  • 2014

Olympics (2)

  • 2016 Rio Olympics (T21)
  • 2020 Tokyo Olympics (T50)

2023 in a Nutshell:

  • 19 events, 10 cuts made, $441,598 (67)
  • Recorded two top-10 finishes including a season-best runner-up result at The ANNIKA

Career Highlights:

2022:

  • Four events, four cuts made, $35,943 (159)

2021:

  • 22 events, 14 cuts made, $141,267 (95)

2020:

  • 14 events, 10 cuts made, $181,537 (64)
  • Had a season-best T2 finish at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open

2019:

  • 26 events, 25 cuts made, $667,184 (30)
  • Crossed the $6 million threshold in career earnings with her tie for 15th at the Cambia Portland Classic
  • Recorded seven top-10 finishes including a season-best T2 finish at the Kia Classic
  • Was 10th on LPGA Tour in birdies with 353
  • Member of the European Solheim Cup team with an overall 4-6-1 record

2018:

  • 26 events, 24 cuts made, $568,975 (38)
  • Recorded two top-10 finishes with a season-best second place result at the LOTTE Championship presented by Hershey, where she crossed the $5 million mark in career earnings
  • Had five additional top-20 finishes in 2018

2017:

  • 26 events, 21 cuts made, $286,417 (63)
  • Recorded a season-best T15 finish at the Indy Women in Tech Championship presented by Guggenheim

2016:

  • 27 events, 215 cuts made, $440,968 (43)
  • Had five top-10 finishes with a season-best T5 finish at Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia

2015:

  • 23 events, 21 cuts made, $504,100 (32)
  • Had five top-10 finishes, including three top-5 finishes
  • Competed on the European Solheim Cup team

2014:

  • 27 events, 26 cuts made, $1,051,332 (9)
  • 10 top-10 finishes, four top-five finishes with season best finishes a runner-up at the HSBC Women's Champions and JTBC Founders Cup
  • Member of the winning Team Spain at the inaugural UL International Crown with a record of 3-1-0

2013:

  • 26 events, 21 cuts made, $257,966 (31), 3 top-10 finishes
  • Recorded season-best runner-up finish at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship
  • Competed on her second European Solheim Cup Team with a 2-2-0 record

2012: 

  • 26 events, 22 cuts made, $1,230,751 (8), 9 top-10 finishes, 4 top-5 finishes
  • Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2012 Sybase Match Play Championship.
  • She was the only Spaniard to finish in the top-20 in the Rolex Rankings, listed at 16th.
  • Crossed the $1 million and $2 million mark in career earnings this year, after a T15 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and T1 at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia. 

2011:

  • Recorded three top-10 finishes including: a season-best tie for second at the Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship; third at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia; and tied for eighth at the Wegmans LPGA Championship.
  • Competed in her first European Solheim Cup Team with a 2-1-1 record. 

2010:

  • Became the first Spaniard to win the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year
  • Recorded a season-best tie for fourth finish at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic
  • Tied for 10th at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational Presented by Banamex and Corona Light.

2009:

  • Turned professional in September. 
  • Finished fifth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she earned Priority List Category 11 or the 2010 LPGA season
  • Competed on the Ladies European Tour (LET), winning the Madrid Masers
  • Finished T40 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship

Amateur Highlights

  • A member of the Spanish National Team, Munoz enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the 2002 Spanish Amateur Championship and finishing runner-up at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. In 2009, she won the British Women’s Amateur Championship. At Arizona State University, Munoz was the 2008 NCAA Individual National champion, and she led the Sun Devils to the Team National Championship in 2009. Munoz represented Europe at the PING Junior Solheim Cup in 2002, 2003, and 2005. 

Personal

  • 5’5”
  • Started playing golf at the age of 8
  • Credits her father as the individual who influenced her career the most
  • Hobbies include playing tennis, shopping and being with her friends.
  • Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.