Lauren Walsh

Lauren Walsh (born 11 September 2000) is an Irish professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She won the 2023 NCAA Division I women's golf championship with Wake Forest.

Early life and amateur career Walsh was born in Dublin and grew up in Kill, County Kildare. She started playing golf at age 10 together with her older sister at their local club Castlewarden. At 16, she joined Irish Girls National team and represented Ireland at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada.

Walsh attended Wake Forest University 2019–2023 and played with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's golf team. As a senior, she was First Team All-American, named to the All-ACC Team, and Wake Forest Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was the best performer on the winning 2023 NCAA Division I women's golf championship team, where she was undefeated in match play and finished tied seventh in stroke play, four strokes behind winner Rose Zhang. After the Atlantic Coast Conference canceled the 2020 college golf season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Walsh signed up for the Women's Griffin Amateur and the Sunshine State Amateur, and won both back-to-back.

Walsh represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 2021 and 2022 Curtis Cup.

Professional career Walsh graduated from university in May 2023 and turned professional in July. She competed in five LET Access Series events and recorded four top-10 finishes, including a runner-up finish in the Trust Golf Links Series event at Ramside Hall.

She joined the 2024 Ladies European Tour (LET) after earning category 16 status at LET Q-School in December 2023. After a good start, she was able to improve to category 10 at the first reshuffle.

In her rookie LET season, Walsh tied for third at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open and Aramco Team Series - London, to finish 18th in the Order of Merit and 4th in the Rookie of the Year rankings.

In 2025, Walsh was ranked 10th in the LET, and in December 2025, she secured her card for the 2026 LPGA Tour at Q-Series.

In May 2026, Walsh was third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Amateur wins 2017 East Leinster Girls Championship, Connacht Girls Open Championship 2018 Connacht Women & Girls Senior Championship 2020 Women's Griffin Amateur, Sunshine State Amateur

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Results in LPGA majors

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

Team appearances Amateur Girls Home Internationals (representing Ireland): 2017 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Ireland): 2017 World Junior Girls Championship (representing Ireland): 2017, 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (representing Ireland): 2018 Women's Home Internationals (representing Ireland): 2018, 2019, 2021 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Ireland): 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2021, 2023 Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2021, 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Ireland): 2022 Women's and Men's Home Internationals (representing Ireland): 2022 Source: