Gabriella Cowley

Gabriella Cowley (born 10 March 1996) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2021 Ladies Italian Open and the 2023 ISPS Handa World Invitational, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career Cowley, with home club West Essex Golf Club and later Hanbury Manor, only started playing golf at the age of 13 but was soon a member of the England Golf National Girl's squad, and represented England at the Girls Home Internationals, Women's Home Internationals and the European Girls' Team Championship. At the 2014 European Ladies' Team Championship at Linköping Golf Club, her team finished fourth after losing the semi-final to France.

She also played in the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy together with Hayley Davis and Bronte Law, finishing tied 8th, and represented and Great Britain and Ireland against Europe in the 2013 Vagliano Trophy and against the United States in the 2014 Curtis Cup.

Individually, she won the 2011 English Girls Under 15 Championship and the 2012 North of England Under 16 Stroke Play Championship. She finished 5th at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and was runner-up at the 2014 Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, a stroke behind Silvia Banon Ibanez.

She made her major debut at the 2013 Women's British Open held at the Old Course at St Andrews, where she did not make the cut.

Professional career Cowley turned professional in October 2014 and joined the LET Access Series in 2015, where she only made two cuts her first season. In 2016, her rookie season on the LET, she made three cuts in four starts and finished 16th in the Rookie of the Year ranking. In 2019, she recorded her first top-10 finish at the Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic. Returning to play in Europe, she was runner-up 2021 Ladies Italian Open, a stroke behind Lucie Malchirand, and finished the season 33rd in the Race to Costa Del Sol.

In 2022, she was the next best-placed female at the Scandinavian Mixed, a joint European Tour and LET event, 14 strokes behind winner Linn Grant. She also finished in a tie for 8th at the KPMG Women's Irish Open and ended the season 24th in the rankings. In August, she lost a playoff to Alexa Pano at the ISPS Handa World Invitational, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour.

Amateur wins 2011 English Girls Under 15 Championship 2012 North of England Under 16 Stroke Play Championship

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