Louise Uma Landgraf | |
Birth Date: | 27 January 2009 |
Birth Place: | Surat Thani, Thailand |
Residence: | Phuket, Thailand |
Status: | Amateur |
Prowins: | 1 |
Louise Uma Landgraf (born 27 January 2009) is a Thai-French amateur golfer. She won the 2024 British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship and the 2023 Terre Blanche Ladies Open, an LET Access Series event, at the record young age of 14 years, 2 months and 18 days.[1] [2]
Landgraf was born in Thailand in 2009 and educated at British International School, Phuket. Her father, Marc, is French. She is affiliated with Kempferhof Golf Club in Plobsheim, France.[3]
In 2022, Landgraf won the U-14 French International Golf Championship at Golf de Chantilly.[3] She also enjoyed success in Asia, winning the Thailand Junior Development Tour Invitational, and finished runner-up at the TrustGolf Singapore Junior Masters and at the Singha Thailand Junior World Championships.
In 2023, Landgraf became the youngest winner on the LET Access Series by winning the Terre Blanche Ladies Open aged 14 years, 2 months and 18 days. She beat the previous record held by fellow Thai Atthaya Thitikul who won the 2017 Ladies European Thailand Championship at age 14 years, 4 months and 19 days.[4] Following this breakthrough, she was invited to play in the Jabra Ladies Open and Lacoste Ladies Open de France, and represented France at the 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy in Abu Dhabi.[5]
In 2024, Landgraf was runner-up at the 2024 Internationaux de France U21 – Trophée Esmond, and won the British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship at The Berkshire and the Annika Invitational Europe in Sweden, two of which are qualifying events for the 2024 Junior Solheim Cup.[6] [7]
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