María Hernández (golfer)

María Hernández Muñoz (born 24 March 1986) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.

María Hernández
Personal information
Full nameMaría Hernández Muñoz
Born (1986-03-24) 24 March 1986
Pamplona, Spain
Height5 ft 3 in (2 m)
Nationality Spain
ResidenceSpain
Career
CollegePurdue University
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2010)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT52: 2011
Women's PGA C'shipCUT: 2010, 2012, 2015
U.S. Women's OpenT41: 2010
Women's British OpenT14: 2010
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2015
Achievements and awards
Honda Sports Award2008–09
Big Ten Female
Athlete of the Year		2009
Big Ten Conference
Player of the Year		2007, 2008
Purdue Female Athlete
of the Year		2008
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Hernández and the second or maternal family name is Muñoz.

Amateur career

An eight year member of the Spanish National Team, Hernández is a five-time European Team Championship gold medalist, and earned a gold medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games both individually and as a team. She won the 2003 Junior Solheim Cup and was runner up at the 2004 European Ladies Amateur Championship and again in 2008, losing a playoff to Carlota Ciganda. She was a semi-finalist at The Womens Amateur Championship.[1]

Hernández turned in a strong collegiate career at Purdue University, which was capped off with the 2009 NCAA Division I Individual Champion and NCAA Player of the Year award.[2] She won 13 times while with the Purdue Boilermakers, and in 2008, she won the Big Ten Conference Championship and was named the Purdue Female Athlete of the Year. She is a two-time Big Ten Conference Player of the Year, both in 2007 and 2008, and a two-time Duramed National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) All-American First Team selection.[3]

Professional career

Hernández turned professional in June 2009. She finished sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, earning her card for the 2010 LPGA Tour with ease. Her rookie season were also to be her most successful season. She won the Ladies Slovak Open on the Ladies European Tour and finished tied 14th in the 2010 Women's British Open, reaching a career peak of 112th place in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[4] She was runner up in the 2014 Lacoste Ladies Open de France, losing by one stroke to fellow Spanish professional Azahara Muñoz.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning
score		 To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up Winner's
share (€)
1 30 May 2010 Ladies Slovak Open 72-69-69-70=280 −8 1 stroke Kristie Smith 52,500

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Maria Hernandez Bio". LET. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. "Roster: Maria Hernandez". Purdue University. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. "María Hernández Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  4. "Maria Hernandez". WWGR. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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