Lily May Humphreys

Lily May Humphreys (born 14 March 2002) is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2017 Girls Amateur Championship and the 2023 Joburg Ladies Open.

Amateur career Humphreys had a successful amateur career. She won the Fairhaven Trophy in 2016 and the Girls Amateur Championship, English Women's Amateur Championship, and the Junior Orange Bowl International in 2017. In 2018 she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and in 2019 she won the Irish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship and the Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship back to back. The following year she was runner-up in the English Women's Amateur Championship and finished third in the English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship.

Professional career Humphreys turned professional at the start of June 2021, at 19 years old, having had to postpone it a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic as the LPGA and LET Q-schools were cancelled.

After two starts on the Ladies European Tour she sealed her maiden professional win in just her third professional start and first on the LET Access Series, securing a six-shot victory at the Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy. She continued to win the 2021 LETAS Order of Merit, securing a Ladies European Tour card for 2022.

In August 2021, Humphreys played four weeks in a row on the Nordic Golf Tour in Sweden as part of the LETAS' Nordic Swing, finishing second in the last three of the events, which earned her the 2021 season Order of Merit win.

In March 2023, Humphreys began the final day six shots behind overnight leader Moa Folke at the Joburg Ladies Open, but fired a final round of 67 (–6) to secure a two-shot victory and her maiden LET title.

Amateur wins 2016 Fairhaven Trophy 2017 Girls Amateur Championship, The Comboy Leveret, Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters, English Women's Amateur Championship, Junior Orange Bowl International, European Young Masters (individual champion) 2018 Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship 2019 Annika Invitational Europe, Irish Women's Open Stroke Play Championship, Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Championship

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Professional wins (2) Ladies European Tour wins (1) Date Tournament Score Margin ofvictoryRunners-up4 Mar 2023 Joburg Ladies Open^ −12 (70-70-73-67=280) 2 strokes Moa Folke Ana Peláez ^Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour

LET Access Series wins (1) Date Tournament Score Margin ofvictoryRunners-upRef26 Jun 2021 Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy −10 (70-67-66=203) 6 strokes Chiara Noja (a) Nina Pegova

Team appearances Amateur European Young Masters: (representing England): 2017 Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2017 Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Mixed team event (representing Great Britain): 2018 European Girls' Team Championship (representing England): 2016, 2017 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2018, 2019 Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2019 Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2019 Astor Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2019

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