María Fassi

María José Fassi Álvarez (born 25 March 1998) is a Mexican professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

María Fassi
Personal information
Born (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998
Pachuca, Mexico
Sporting nationality Mexico
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2019)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship71st: 2020
Women's PGA C'shipT48: 2019
U.S. Women's OpenT12: 2019
Women's British OpenCUT: 2019, 2020, 2023
Evian ChampionshipT15: 2021
Achievements and awards
Honda Sports Award2019

Amateur career

Fassi represented Mexico at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and won the Mexican Women's Amateur in 2015, 2016 and 2018. In 2015, she won the Spirit International Amateur in Trinity, Texas,[1] and was runner-up in the South American Women's Amateur.[2] She played college golf at the University of Arkansas where she was 2018 WGCA First-Team All-American, SEC Golfer of the Year and ANNIKA Award winner, in addition to winning the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Championship individual title and receiving the Honda Sports Award. She received sponsor's exemption to the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship in 2016 and 2018 and in total made six starts on the LPGA Tour as an amateur, including a T15 finish at the 2016 Lorena Ochoa Invitational.[3]

In April 2019, she finished runner-up behind Jennifer Kupcho at the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur.[4][5]

Professional career

Fassi, who earned her LPGA Tour card in December 2018 deferred membership until she was done with college, and competed as an amateur and turned professional in May 2019, making her professional debut at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open where she finished T12.[6]

Waiting for the 2020 LPGA Tour to resume following the coronavirus pandemic break, Fassi decided to keep her game sharp by entering the Cooper Communities NWA Classic, a Women's All Pro Tour event in Arkansas. She claimed a wire-to-wire, four-shot victory, her first as a professional.[7]

Amateur wins
  • 2015 Mexican Women's Amateur, Spirit International Amateur
  • 2016 Mexican Women's Amateur, Lady Puerto Rico Classic
  • 2017 ANNIKA Intercollegiate, Mason Rudolph Women's Championship
  • 2018 NCAA Women's South Regional, Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Lady Puerto Rico Classic, Mexican Women's Amateur
  • 2019 SEC Individual Champion, NCAA Women's Division I Individual Champion

Source:[1][2]

Professional wins (1)

Other wins (1)
  • 2020 Cooper Communities NWA Classic (Women's All Pro Tour)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship CUT 71 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T48 T54 CUT CUT T61
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T12 CUT CUT
The Evian Championship CUT NT T15
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T= tied

Team appearances

Collegiate honors
  • 2018 WGCA First-team All-American
  • 2018 First-team All-SEC
  • 2018 SEC Women's Golf Player of the Year
  • 2018 ANNIKA Award winner
  • 2019 Honda Sport Award for Golf winner
  • 2019 ANNIKA Award winner
  • 2019 Ping WGCA Player of the Year
  • 2019 SEC Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2019 WGCA First-team All-American
  • 2019 Golfweek First-team All-American
  • 2019 SEC Women's Golf Player of the Year
  • 2019 First-team All-SEC
  • 2019 WGCA All-American Scholar

Source:[4]

References
  1. "Spirit Women's 2015". Golfstat. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. "Maria Fassi". Amateur Golf. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. "Player Profile María Fassi". LPGA. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. "Maria Fassi". Arkansas Razorbacks. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. "Maria Fassi to make history at 2019 Augusta National Women's Amateur". NBC News. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. Paisley, Kent (2 June 2019). "Maria Fassi Takes Second Lesson Away from the Country Club of Charleston". LPGA. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. Levins, Keely (29 June 2020). "Maria Fassi celebrates first professional win while waiting for the LPGA season to resume". Golf Digest. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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