Marisa Baena

Marisa Baena
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Marisa Isabel Baena
Born 1 June 1977
Pereira, Colombia
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality  Colombia
Spouse Juan Aristizabal (m.2005)
Career
College University of Arizona
Turned professional 1998
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration T23: 1997
Women's PGA C'ship T16: 2005
U.S. Women's Open T19: 2001
du Maurier Classic T55: 2000
Women's British Open T32: 2001

Marisa Isabel Baena (born 1 June 1977) is a Colombian golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour.

Baena was born in Pereira, Colombia. She started playing golf at the age of six. She attended the University of Arizona in the United States and had an outstanding amateur career, the highlights of which were claiming the individual NCAA title in 1996 and finishing at runner up at the U.S. Women's Amateur in the same year. She qualified for the LPGA Tour at her first attempt and had her rookie season in 1999, but she has not so far fully lived up to the promise of her amateur days. Her best finish in a stroke play tournament on the Tour is a tie for second place at the 2003 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic. In July 2005 she was the surprise winner of the first HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, beating South Korea's Meena Lee by one hole in the final. She won $500,000, a three-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, and a gold horseshoe necklace.

She represented Team International in the inaugural Lexus Cup competition in 2005. She and her sister Christina represented Colombia in the 2006 Women's World Cup of Golf.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Jul 2005 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship 1 up South Korea Meena Lee

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T23 CUT DNP DNP
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T56
U.S. Women's Open T54 DNP CUT DNP T54
du Maurier Classic DNP DNP DNP DNP T55
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP T36 DNP T62 DNP T42 T37 T47 CUT CUT
LPGA Championship T54 CUT T46 CUT T16 T34 T69 T18 76 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T19 CUT DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
Women's British Open T32 DNP CUT DNP CUT T50 DNP DNP DNP DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Professional

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