Nataliya Guseva
| Nataliya Guseva | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Nickname | The Goose[1] | ||
| Born | 6 March 2003 Moscow, Russia | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Russia | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of Miami | ||
| Turned professional | 2022 | ||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2024) Ladies European Tour (joined 2024) | ||
| Former tour(s) | Epson Tour (joined 2023) | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Epson Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | CUT: 2024 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | DNP | ||
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2024 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Nataliya Guseva (Russian: Наталия Гусева, born 6 March 2003) is a Russian professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour (LET).[2]
Career
[edit]Guseva had a successful amateur career and won international tournaments across Europe. In 2019, she won the Junior Vagliano Trophy with the European team, and was runner-up at the French International Ladies Amateur Championship, four strokes behind Virginia Elena Carta.[3]
She enrolled at the University of Miami in January 2021 and started playing with the Miami Hurricanes women's golf team. Four months later, she was named ACC Freshman of the Year.[4]
Guseva joined the 2023 Epson Tour, and won her maiden professional title at the Black Desert Resort Championship in her rookie year.[5]
She became the first player from Russia to earn a card for the LPGA Tour when she secured one for 2024 at qualifying school, where she tied for 23rd.[6] Two weeks later, she was the medalist at LET Q-School in Morocco by four shots, to also earn a Ladies European Tour card.[7]
In her rookie LPGA Tour season, she was runner-up at the Portland Classic and Lotte Championship to finish 26th in the season rankings.[8][2] She also tied for third at the 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open on the LET.[9] She rose to 78th in the Women's World Golf Rankings by year end.[1]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2017 Evolve Spanish Junior Championship
- 2018 Zavidovo Juniors International, Bulgarian Amateur Open Championship, Turkish International Amateur Open Championship, Evolve Spanish Junior Championship
- 2019 Austrian International Amateur, Turkish International Amateur Open Championship, Spanish International Stroke Play
- 2020 Campeonato Internacional de Andalucia Sub-18, PGA Catalunya Amateur Cup
- 2022 Women's Eastern Amateur Championship
Source:[10]
Professional wins (1)
[edit]Epson Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Year | Tournament | Score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Black Desert Resort Championship | −18 (66-67-65=198) | 2 strokes |  Jenny Coleman, Mariel Galdiano Agathe Laisné,  Roberta Liti
|
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]| Tournament | 2024 |
|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | |
| U.S. Women's Open | |
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT |
| The Evian Championship | CUT |
| Women's British Open |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing the Continent of Europe): 2019 (winners)
- European Young Masters: (representing Russia): 2019
- European Ladies' Team Championship: (representing Russia): 2019
- European Girls' Team Championship: (representing Russia): 2020
Source:[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rolex Rankings: The Biggest Movers of 2024". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Nataliya Guseva". LPGA. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "2019 Internationaux de France – Trophee Cecile de Rothschild". WAGR. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Nataliya Guseva Named ACC Freshman of the Year". University of Miami. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "Nataliya Guseva won the Black Desert Resort". Tennis World. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
- ^ "2023 LPGA Q-Series: Meet the Top 45 and Ties". LPGA. 7 December 2023.
- ^ "Two weeks after earning LPGA card, Russia's Nataliya Guseva wins LET Q-School". Golfweek. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
- ^ "Guseva's shot at LPGA Tour history falls just short". Golf Australia. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ "Nataliya Guseva Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Nataliya Guseva". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Nataliya Guseva at the LPGA Tour official site
- Nataliya Guseva at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site