Ana Belac Explained

Ana Belac
Birth Date:28 January 1997
Birth Place:Kranj, Slovenia
Height:5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
College:Duke University
Yearpro:2020
Tour:LPGA Tour (joined 2021)
Extour:Symetra Tour
Prowins:1
Futwins:1
Anainspiration:DNP
Lpga:CUT: 2021, 2022
Wusopen:CUT: 2020
Wbritopen:CUT: 2021
Evian:T50: 2021
Award1:Symetra Tour Player of the Year
Year1:2020
Award2:Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year
Year2:2020

Ana Belac (born 28 January 1997) is a Slovenian professional golfer. She won both the 2020 Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year and the Symetra Tour Player of the Year, and was the first Slovenian to join the LPGA Tour.[1]

Amateur career

Belac was a top-ranked female junior golfer in Slovenia and won the Leone di San Marco in 2013 and 2015. She represented Slovenia in the European Ladies' Team Championship on five occasions and in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2012 and 2014. She competed in the European Young Masters from 2010 to 2013, where she was placed second in 2012.[2]

She finished 17th in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China[2] and at the 2018 Mediterranean Games she won bronze medal with Vida Obersnel and Pia Babnik in the women's team event.[3]

Belac played college golf at Duke University where she was a two-time All-ACC selection and earned co-medalist honors at 2017 Landfall Tradition and 2019 East Lake Cup. She was a member of the victorious International Team at the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup and led the Blue Devils to the 2019 NCAA Championship team title, winning her matches 3–0. She was named a 2020 WGCA First Team All-American.[4]

Professional career

Belac turned pro in the spring of 2020 when her senior season at Duke was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. She won the Symetra Tour's Carolina Golf Classic and secured victory in the Volvik Race For the Card to earn a LPGA Tour card for the 2021 season.[5]

Amateur wins

Source:[6] [7]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

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External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Ana Belac with greatest achievement for Slovenian golf ever . The Slovenia Times . 6 November 2020.
  2. Web site: Duke Women's Golf Roster: Ana Belec . Duke University Athletics . 6 November 2020 .
  3. Web site: Tarragona 2018 – Golf . 29 June 2018.
  4. Web site: Ana Belac Player Profile . Symetra Tour . 6 November 2020.
  5. News: Ana Belac earns LPGA Tour card by winning Symetra Tour's Carolina Golf Classic . ESPN . Associated Press . 31 October 2020 . 6 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Ana Belac . . 6 November 2020.
  7. News: 2019 East Lake Cup - Individual Results . Golf Channel . 7 November 2020.