Kylie Walker

Kylie Walker
Personal information
Born (1986-08-30) 30 August 1986
Glasgow, Scotland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Nationality  Scotland
Career
Turned professional 2010
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour 2
ALPG Tour 1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2015
Women's British Open T59: 2011
Evian Championship CUT: 2014

Kylie Walker (born 30 August 1986) is a Scottish professional golfer. She won her first Ladies European Tour title at the Deloitte Ladies Open in Amsterdam in May 2014.

Amateur career

Walker had a successful amateur career, representing Great Britain and Ireland in the 2009 Vagliano Trophy,[1] twice winning the St Rule Trophy and winning the 2008 Scottish Ladies’ Golfing Association Order of Merit. She turned professional at the beginning of 2010 after finishing 9th in the LET Qualifying School at the end of 2009.[2][3]

Professional career

2010 was Walker’s rookie season as a professional on the Ladies European Tour. She had two top-10 finishes, finishing tied for 8th at the Finnair Masters and at the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open.[2] In 2011, she recorded three top-10 finishes including 4th at the Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters[2] and 5th at the Ladies Scottish Open.[4] Walker also appeared at her first Women's British Open, making the cut and finishing tied for 59th.[5][6] In 2012, her best finish was 10th at the Ladies Scottish Open.[7]

In January 2014, Walker won her first professional tournament, on the ALPG Tour at the Renault Ladies Pro-Am in Australia.[8] In May 2014, Walker gained her first victory on the Ladies European Tour at the Dutch Ladies Open in Amsterdam after a play-off.[9] In July 2014, she won her second LET title, the Ladies German Open after a play-off with Charley Hull,[10] having equalled the LET low score record for 36 holes[11] and broken the 54-hole record during the tournament.[12]

Professional wins (3)

Ladies European Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 25 May 2014 Deloitte Ladies Open 69-72-72=213 −6 Playoff Australia Nikki Campbell, Denmark Malene Jørgensen
2 20 Jul 2014 Ladies German Open 64-64-64-71=263 −25 Playoff England Charley Hull

LET playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2014 Deloitte Ladies Open Australia Nikki Campbell, Denmark Malene Jørgensen Won with birdie on first extra hole
1 2014 Ladies German Open England Charley Hull Won with par on first extra hole

ALPG wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ↑ Ladies Golf Union
  2. 1 2 3 "Kylie Walker – Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  3. ↑ Scottish Ladies' Golf Association
  4. ↑ Rodger, Nick (29 April 2012). "Driven to succeed". The Herald. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  5. ↑ Rodger, Nick (6 July 2014). "Women's British Open: Walker into her stride as she takes on big guns". The Herald. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  6. ↑ "Ricoh Women's British Open – Final Result – 2011".
  7. ↑ "Kylie Walker – Player Season Profile – 2012". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  8. ↑ "Scotland's Walker Wins Renault Ladies Pro-Am". Golf Australia. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  9. ↑ "Scotland's Kylie Walker wins Deloitte Ladies Open". BBC Sport. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  10. ↑ "Walker wins play-off against Hull". Ladies European Tour. 20 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-12.
  11. ↑ "German Open: Kylie Walker equals Ladies European Tour record". BBC Sport. 18 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  12. ↑ "German Open: Kylie Walker fires lowest ever three-round total". BBC Sport. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
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