Albane Valenzuela

Albane Ines Marie Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a three-time Olympian. She was born in New York City to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14. She also made the cut at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open. She had two top-5 finishes on the Ladies European Tour in 2016 and a top-10 finish in the 2014 Lacoste Ladies French Open with a tournament low round of 64.

Valenzuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the number one ranked golfer in Switzerland and reached number two in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Valenzuela also won the European Golf Association European Order of Merit in 2018.

Valenzuela reached the final of the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, losing to Sophia Schubert, 6 and 5. In 2019, she again reached the finals, losing to Gabriela Ruffels, 1 up. Valenzuela was also runner-up in the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2017.

Valenzuela played college golf at Stanford University before turning professional in late 2019.

Professional career Valenzuela turned professional after earning her LPGA Tour card by finishing T-6 at Q Series in November 2019. She represented Switzerland at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics.

Amateur wins 2013 Swiss National Match Play Championship (with Rachel Rossel), Bulgarian Amateur Open 2014 Swiss International Championship 2015 Spanish International Stroke Play, Doral Publix Junior Classic, Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship 2017 NCAA Albuquerque Regional 2018 East Lake Cup 2019 Pac-12 Championship

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Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order.

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

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2022 Evian – 2023 Evian) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)

Team appearances Amateur Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 (winners) Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Switzerland): 2014, 2018 Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2015 Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners) Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2018 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Switzerland): 2014, 2015, 2017 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Switzerland): 2012, 2013

Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2024

Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career20–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 0.525.0202420–1–10–0–1 tied w/ L. Vu0–1–0 lost w/ C. Boutier 3&20–0–0 0.525.0