Gaby López Explained

Gaby López
Fullname:Maria Gabriela López Butron
Birth Date:9 November 1993
Birth Place:Mexico City, Mexico
Height:5 ft 6 in[1]
College:University of Arkansas
Yearpro:2015
Tour:LPGA Tour
Prowins:3
Lpgawins:3
Anainspiration:T25: 2021
Lpga:T9: 2020
Wusopen:T11: 2016
Wbritopen:T29: 2021
Evian:T3: 2023

Maria Gabriela López Butron (9 November 1993) is a Mexican professional golfer.

Amateur career

López played college golf at the University of Arkansas where she won three events and was individual runner-up at the 2015 NCAA Division I Championship for the University of Arkansas.[2] [3]

Professional career

López began playing on the LPGA Tour in 2016 after finishing T-10 at 2015 qualifying school.[4] [5]

López qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics[6] and finished 31st.[7]

On 10 November 2018, López won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA.

López placed 23rd at the women's Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo 2020.[8]

Amateur wins

Source:[3] [9]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
110 Nov 2018Blue Bay LPGA70-71-66-73=280−81 stroke Ariya Jutanugarn315,000
220 Jan 2020Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions65-69-71-66=271−13Playoff Nasa Hataoka
Inbee Park
180,000
34 Sep 2022Dana Open67-70-66-63=266−181 stroke Megan Khang262,500

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTT55T35T59
Women's PGA ChampionshipT58T29T40CUTT9
U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT11CUTCUTT30T46
The Evian Championship ^CUTT18T6161NT
Women's British OpenT37CUTCUTT59
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron ChampionshipT25CUTT28CUT
U.S. Women's OpenT41CUTT27T39
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT40CUTT14
The Evian ChampionshipT27T3T26
T29T58T40
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
0 0 0 0 0 1 9 5
0 0 0 0 0 1 11 6
0 0 0 0 1 2 9 6
0 0 1 1 1 2 7 6
0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5
Totals 0 0 1 1 2 6 43 28

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Source
2014 486 [10]
2015 439 [11]
2016 84 [12]
2017 115 [13]
2018 90 [14]
2019 56 [15]
2020 56 [16]
2021 54 [17]
2022 37 [18]
2023 46 [19]

Team appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Golf: Lopez Gaby . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . 2021-07-23 . 2021-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210811115151/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/golf/athlete-profile-n1303990-lopez-gaby.htm . 2021-08-11 . live.
  2. Web site: Arkansas' Lopez (66) falls one shot short . Golf Channel . 17 July 2016.
  3. Web site: Gabriela Lopez profile . 18 April 2015 . Arkansas Razorbacks . 21 July 2016.
  4. Web site: Stacy Lewis & Gaby Lopez Excited About Being Back In Arkansas . ArkLaTexhomepage.com . 22 June 2016 . 17 July 2016.
  5. Web site: Gaby Lopez bio . LPGA Tour . 21 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Mexico's Gaby Lopez Readies for the Rio Olympics . Golf For Her . Hally . Leadbetter . 25 June 2016 . 17 July 2016.
  7. Web site: Se caen en el último día… . Sportspedia México . 20 August 2016 . 21 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160918050847/http://sportspedia.com.mx/se-caen-en-el-ultimo-dia/ . 18 September 2016 . dead .
  8. Web site: 5 August 2021 . Gaby López and María Fassi debuted at Tokyo 2020 golf: result . 5 August 2021 . Sport-Journal.com.
  9. Web site: Gabriela Lopez . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 21 July 2016.
  10. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 29, 2014.
  11. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2015.
  12. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 26, 2016.
  13. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2017.
  14. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 31, 2018.
  15. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 30, 2019.
  16. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2020.
  17. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 27, 2021.
  18. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 26, 2022.
  19. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2023.