Carolina López-Chacarra

Carolina López-Chacarra Coto (born in 2003) is a Spanish professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. As an amateur she won the 2019 Junior Vagliano Trophy, the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup, the 2023 World University Golf Championships, 2023 European Ladies' Team Championship, and the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship.

Early life Chacarra was born in Madrid and comes from a golfing family, her older brother Eugenio Chacarra is a European Tour player. Their home course is Golf La Moraleja, and their respective first collegiate wins came within three days of each other.

Amateur career In 2020, she was runner-up at the Portuguese Ladies Amateur behind Alessia Nobilio and semi-finalist at the Spanish Ladies Amateur. She was runner-up at the 2022 World University Golf Championships in Italy behind Carla Tejedo Mulet. She made five consecutive appearances at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.

Chacarra had success with the National Team. She placed 5th at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy with Cayetana Fernández and Paula Martín Sampedro, and played on the winning Spanish team at the 2022 World University Golf Championships in Italy and the 2023 European Ladies' Team Championship in Finland.

In her senior year, she was Annika Award finalist and received the Inkster Award as the top-ranked NCAA senior, earning her starts at the Meijer LPGA Classic and Portland Classic, plus automatic advance to second stage of LPGA Q-School.

Professional career Chacarra turned professional in 2025 ahead of securing her card for the 2026 LPGA Tour at Q-Series. She earned her card for the 2026 Ladies European Tour at Q-School.

Amateur wins 2017 Campeonato Junior de Madrid 2018 Copa Federacion Vasca 2021 Campeonato de Madrid 2022 UCF Challenge, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 2024 Jackson T. Stephens Cup 2025 NCAA Lubbock Regional

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Professional wins (1) Ladies European Tour wins (1) 2026 Hulencourt Women's Open

Results in LPGA majors

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Team appearances Amateur Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing Europe): 2019 (winners) European Young Masters (representing Spain): 2019 World Junior Girls Championship (representing Spain): 2019 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2019, 2020 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (winners), 2025 Spirit International Amateur (representing Spain): 2021 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Spain): 2022, 2025 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing International team): 2022 (winners), 2025 (winners) Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2025 Vagliano Trophy (representing Europe): 2025

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