Fernanda Lira | |
Fullname: | María Fernanda Lira Solis |
Nickname: | Fer |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1995 |
Birth Place: | Mexico City, Mexico |
Residence: | Mexico City, Mexico |
College: | University of Central Arkansas |
Yearpro: | 2018 |
Tour: | Ladies European Tour (joined 2024) Epson Tour (joined 2019) |
Prowins: | 3 |
Futwins: | 1 |
Otherwins: | 2 |
María Fernanda Lira Solis (born 7 April 1995) is a Mexican professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based Epson Tour and Ladies European Tour.[1]
Born in Mexico City, Lira began playing golf at the age of 7.[2] She competed in several American Junior Golf Association events in the U.S., where she was runner-up at the 2013 AJGA Boys & Girls Senior Championship at Las Vegas and won the Oaks Course Classic at TPC San Antonio.[1]
Lira played college golf at the University of Central Arkansas between 2013 and 2018, where she won the 2015 UALR/ASU Women's Golf Classic.[3]
Lira joined the Symetra Tour in 2019. She won her first title at the 2021 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship by 6 strokes ahead of four runners-up led by Lilia Vu, after shooting a final round 62.[4] [5]
In 2020 and 2021, she also played on the Women's All Pro Tour, a Symetra Tour feeder tour based in Texas, where she won two titles.[6]
Lira earned her card for the 2024 Ladies European Tour at Q-School, after shooting an opening round of 62, the lowest round of the tournament.[7]