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.[1]
| Lily May Humphreys | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Born | 14 March 2002 Chelmsford, England | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 2021 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | LET Access Series | ||||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| Ladies European Tour | 1 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2020 | ||||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2023 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Amateur career edit
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.[2]
Humphreys was a member of the 2018 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Team and she represented Europe in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup. She representing Great Britain & Ireland at the 2017 Junior Vagliano Trophy and 2019 Vagliano Trophy, and played in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
She made her major debut at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open thanks to being number 17 in the Women's World Amateur Golf Ranking.[3]
Professional career edit
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.[4]
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.[5][6] 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.[7]
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.[8]
Amateur wins edit
- 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
Source:[2]
Professional wins (2) edit
Ladies European Tour wins (1) edit
| Date | Tournament | Score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2023 | Joburg Ladies Open^ | −12 (70-70-73-67=280) | 2 strokes |  Moa Folke Ana Peláez
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^Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour
LET Access Series wins (1) edit
| Date | Tournament | Score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2021 | Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy | −10 (70-67-66=203) | 6 strokes |  Chiara Noja (a) Nina Pegova |
[5] |
Team appearances edit
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 (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
Source:[2]
References edit
- ^ "Player Profile Lily May Humphreys". LET Access Series. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Lily May Humphrey Player Profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Player Bio: Lily May Humphreys". USGA. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Lily May Humphreys has to wait another year to turn professional". Suffolk News. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Humphreys Triumphs At Golf Flanders LETAS Trophy". LET Access Series. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "Humphreys Buoyant Heading Into Big Green Egg Open". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Lily May Humphrey Results 2021". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Lily May Humphreys wins first LET title in Joburg". Gulf News. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
External links edit
- Lily May Humphreys at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Lily May Humphreys at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site