Hannah Darling (golfer)

Hannah Darling (born July 2003) is a Scottish amateur golfer. She played in the Curtis Cup in 2021 and 2022. Since 2021, she has attended the University of South Carolina.

Hannah Darling
Darling with Nicola Sturgeon in 2019.
Personal information
Born2003 (age 19–20)
Scotland
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
CollegeUniversity of South Carolina
StatusAmateur

Golf career

In July 2017, Darling became the youngest winner of the Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship, aged 13, and she played for Scotland in the Girls Home Internationals the following month.[1][2] In 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship, finishing two strokes ahead of Beth Coulter.[3] She also repeated her success in the Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship, beating Louise Duncan, 4 and 3, in the final.[4] In April 2019, she won the Scottish Girls' Open Championship with a score of 209, six strokes ahead of the runner-up.[5] Later in 2019, she competed for Great Britain & Ireland in the Junior Vagliano Trophy, for Scotland in the European Ladies' Team Championship and the Women's Home Internationals and for Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup.[6]

Darling had a good run of results in 2021. Between the end of May to early July, she won the St Rule Trophy, was a semi-finalist in the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship and the Women's Amateur Championship, and was a runner-up in the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship.[7][8][9][6] In August, she won the Girls Amateur Championship beating Beth Coulter in the final.[6] She also played in the 2021 Curtis Cup.[6] Darling also had the lowest individual score in the qualifying stage of the 2021 European Ladies' Team Championship.[10]

Since the autumn of 2021, she has attended the University of South Carolina.[11] In 2022, she competed in the Curtis Cup for the second time, and again reached the semi-finals of the Women's Amateur Championship.[12] She again led the individual scoring in the qualifying stage of the European Ladies' Team Championship.[6]

Amateur wins

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Team appearances

Amateur

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References
  1. Farquharson, Colin (5 July 2017). "Hannah Darling, only 13, is youngest ever winner of Scottish girls' Under-18 title". Kirkwood Golf. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. "Girls Home Internationals 2017". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  3. "Past Winners Girls U16 Amateur Championship". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. "Past Champions". Scottish Golf. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  5. "Hannah Darling wins Scottish Girls' Open as Boys' title goes to Welshman". The Herald (Glasgow). 12 April 2019. p. 15.
  6. "Hannah Darling". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. "St Rule Trophy Triumph Huge Thrill for Darling". St Andrews Links. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. "Goadby crowned 2021 Scottish women's amateur champion". Scottish Golf. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. "The Women's Amateur Championship 2021". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  10. "Hannah Darling Medals at European Team Championship". South Carolina Gamecocks. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  11. "Women's Golf Roster: Hannah Darling". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  12. "The Women's Amateur Championship 2022". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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