Ana Peláez

Ana Peláez Triviño (born 22 March 1998) is a Spanish professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2022 Madrid Ladies Open.

Amateur career Peláez was born in Málaga in 1998 and enjoyed an impressive amateur career, climbing to 11th spot in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

After a runner-up finish in 2014, she won the 2015 Annika Invitational Europe. She reached the semifinals of the 2015 Girls Amateur Championship. Both were qualifying events for the Junior Solheim Cup, where she made the team and represented Europe in 2015. In 2016, she was runner-up at the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship. With the Spanish National Team, she won 2015 European Girls' Team Championship, and appeared in the European Ladies' Team Championship five years consecutively between 2017 and 2021, with best finish a silver behind Sweden in 2019. She finished 3rd at the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan together with Marta Pérez Sanmartin and María Parra Luque.

Peláez entered the University of South Carolina in 2016. She earned two All-America honors as a member of the South Carolina Gamecocks women's golf team and recorded the fourth best scoring average in program history (73.80). She earned medalist honors at the 2017 NCAA Columbus Regional as a freshman. She crowned her college career with a selection to play in the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup.

In 2020, Peláez returned to action following the pandemic with five top-three finishes in amateur events in Spain, including a second place in the Campeonato De Espana Profesionales Femenino. She recorded a T13 finish at the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Slovenia and won the Madrid event on the Santander Golf Tour. She finished the year with a solo third in the Open de España Femenino, a Ladies European Tour event.

Peláez started 2021 with a five-stroke victory at the Copa Andalucia in her native Spain, successfully defending her 2020 title. She finished 12th at the Augusta National Women's Amateur and won the sectional qualifying at Druid Hills GC in Atlanta, Georgia for the 2021 U.S. Women's Open, her first major.

Professional career Peláez turned professional on the eve of the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande in July 2021, where she made the cut and finished in a tie for 42nd.

In her rookie season, Peláez also finished runner-up at the Aramco Team Series – Sotogrande behind winner Nelly Korda, and finished 5th in the season ranking. She was runner-up as LET Rookie of the Year behind Linn Grant.

In 2023, Peláez recorded runner-up finishes at the Joburg Ladies Open, Investec South African Women's Open and Helsingborg Open, to finish the season fifth on the 2023 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.

Peláez finished T27 at LPGA Q-Series to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2024. In her rookie season, she made 4 cuts in 12 starts. She also made 15 starts on the LET, where she recorded a tie for 3rd at the Magical Kenya Ladies Open, a tie for 4th at Aramco Team Series – Tampa, and a solo 4th at the La Sella Open.

In 2025, her best finish was a tie for 3rd at the Tenerife Women's Open, before defending her title at the Santander Campeonato de España de Profesionales Femenino.

Professional wins (4) Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Santander Golf Tour wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipThe Evian ChampionshipCUTCUTWomen's British Open CUTCUTCUTCUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances Amateur Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2015 Junior Golf World Cup (representing Spain): 2016 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2015 (winners), 2016 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2021