Cara Gainer

Cara Gainer (born 20 August 1995) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2022 Belgian Ladies Open, the 2023 Amundi German Masters and won the 2025 Lalla Meryem Cup.

Early life and amateur career Gainer hails from Oxford and started playing golf relatively late, when she was 14-years-old, and became a scratch golfer at 17. Throughout that time she was a member at Frilford Heath Golf Club, along with Eddie Pepperell.

Gainer won the 2017 English Women's Open Match Play Championship at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, and was in the England squad her final year as an amateur, competing internationally.

Professional career Gainer turned professional in January 2020 after the LET Q-School, and joined the LET Access Series.

In 2020, she recorded four top-20 finishes in five starts including a runner-up finish at the Czech Ladies Challenge in Prague. She ended the year in second place on the Order of Merit behind Tiia Koivisto, earning promotion to the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was also crowned LETAS Rookie of the Year.

In 2023, Gainer finished 3rd at the La Sella Open and lost a playoff at the Amundi German Masters to Kristýna Napoleaová to finish the season 16th in the Order of Merit. She captured her maiden LET title at the 2025 Lalla Meryem Cup by birdying the first hole in a playoff against Diksha Dagar.

Amateur wins 2017 English Women's Open Match Play Championship

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

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–1)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut T = tied