Laura Gonzales-Escallon

Laura Gonzalez Escallon (born 6 October 1990) is a retired Belgian professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour and the Symetra Tour.

Early life and amateur career Gonzalez was born in Bogotá, Colombia and holds Belgian and Colombian citizenship. She moved to La Hulpe near Brussels and took up golf at the age of 8. A member of the Belgium National Team, she represented Belgium at the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2008 and 2010. Representing Europe she won the 2006 Junior Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor Resort, and the 2009 Vagliano Trophy in Hamburg.

Gonzalez won the 2008 Girls Amateur Championship, reached the quarterfinals of the 2012 U.S. Women's Amateur, eliminated by eventual champion and world's top-ranked amateur, Lydia Ko. She was runner-up at the 2013 European Ladies Amateur Championship in Finland, three strokes behind Emily Kristine Pedersen.

Collegiate career Gonzalez attended Purdue University from 2009 to 2013, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics. She played for the Purdue Boilermakers women's golf team where she helped win the NCAA Division I women's golf championship in 2010, and to a runner-up finish in 2011, and a 3rd-place finish in 2013. She placed 3rd individually in both 2011 and 2012.

In 2024, she was inducted into the Purdue Athletics Hall of Fame.

Professional career Gonzalez joined the Symetra Tour in 2014 and finished 23rd on the money list, falling to 35th in 2015. In 2016, she picked up her first two professional wins, first at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship in July, then at the PHC Classic in August. She finished fifth on the Symetra Tour money list to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2017 season. She finished sixth in the Rookie of the Year standings and 73rd on the money list.

Amateur wins 2008 Girls Amateur Championship, Belgian Girls' Championship 2009 German International Amateur Championship 2009 Doral Junior Championship 2010 Big Ten Championship 2012 Battle At Rancho Bernardo 2012 Big Ten Championship 2013 Belgian International Amateur Championship

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Professional wins (2) Symetra Tour (2)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

Team appearances Amateur European Girls' Team Championship (representing Belgium): 2004, 2006 Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2006 (winners) European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Belgium): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2009 (winners) Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Belgium): 2008, 2010