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Gaby López
López in 2021
Personal information
Full nameMaria Gabriela López Butron
Born (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 31)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Sporting nationality Mexico
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT25: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT9: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT11: 2016
Women's British OpenT29: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT3: 2023

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

Amateur career

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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

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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

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  • 2010 Callaway Junior World (Girls 15–17), Mayakoba Junior Classic
  • 2011 Campeonato Nacional Infantil/Juvenil
  • 2012 Copa Yucatan Ladies, Campeonato Nacional Interzonas LII
  • 2013 Westbrook Invitational
  • 2014 Mexican Amateur, LSU Tiger Classic, Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic

Source:[3][9]

Professional wins (3)

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LPGA Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 10 Nov 2018 Blue Bay LPGA 70-71-66-73=280 −8 1 stroke Thailand Ariya Jutanugarn 315,000
2 20 Jan 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions 65-69-71-66=271 −13 Playoff Japan Nasa Hataoka
South Korea Inbee Park
180,000
3 4 Sep 2022 Dana Open 67-70-66-63=266 −18 1 stroke United States Megan Khang 262,500

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Japan Nasa Hataoka
South Korea Inbee Park
Won with birdie on seventh extra hole
Park eliminated by par on third hole

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship CUT CUT T55 T35 T59
Women's PGA Championship T58 T29 T40 CUT T9
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T11 CUT CUT T30 T46
The Evian Championship ^ CUT T18 T61 61 NT
Women's British Open T37 CUT CUT T59
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship T25 CUT T28 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T41 CUT T27 T39
Women's PGA Championship CUT T40 CUT T14
The Evian Championship T27 T3 T26
Women's British Open T29 T58 T40 T49

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 5
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 6
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 1 2 9 6
The Evian Championship 0 0 1 1 1 2 7 6
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 6
Totals 0 0 1 1 2 6 44 29

World ranking

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Golf: Lopez Gaby". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Arkansas' Lopez (66) falls one shot short". Golf Channel. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Gabriela Lopez profile". Arkansas Razorbacks. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Stacy Lewis & Gaby Lopez Excited About Being Back In Arkansas". ArkLaTexhomepage.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Gaby Lopez bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. ^ Leadbetter, Hally (25 June 2016). "Mexico's Gaby Lopez Readies for the Rio Olympics". Golf For Her. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Se caen en el último día…". Sportspedia México. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Gaby López and María Fassi debuted at Tokyo 2020 golf: result". Sport-Journal.com. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Gabriela Lopez". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 29 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2015.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 31 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 30 December 2019.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 28 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 27 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 26 December 2022.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". 25 December 2023.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Mexico
(with Rommel Pacheco)
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by