Fátima Fernández Cano

Fátima Fernández Cano (born 23 October 1995) is a Spanish professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour.[1]

Fátima Fernández Cano
Personal information
NicknameFati
Born (1995-10-23) 23 October 1995
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality Spain
Career
CollegeTroy University
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2021)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour (joined 2018)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2019, 2020
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year2014
Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Year2016

Early life, amateur and college career

Cano was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. As a junior player, Cano won the Galicia Championships in 2005. She played college golf at Troy University between 2013 and 2017. While at Troy, she was the Sun Belt Conference individual champion her freshman year. During her junior season in 2016, she finished the season ranked as the #5 player in the NCAA, receiving an at-large bid to the NCAA Regional Qualifier. That same year, she was named Sun Belt Conference Golfer of the Year.[2]

She graduated from Troy with a bachelor's degree in business, as one of the best players in Troy and Sun Belt Conference history.[3]

Professional career

In 2018, Cano turned professional and joined the Symetra Tour.[4] In August 2020, she won her first professional event, the IOA Championship in California.[5] She finished second in the Race for the Card behind Ana Belac to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2021 season.[3]

In 2021, she was only able to start in one LPGA Tour event, the Volunteers of America Classic where she finished T32, as COVID-19 froze the priority list.[3] Instead she kept playing on the Symetra Tour, where she recorded 10 top-10 finishes including runner-up results at the Symetra Classic, Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout and the Carolina Golf Classic. She again finished second in the Race for the Card, this time behind Lilia Vu, to earn LPGA Tour membership for the 2022 season.[4]

On her way to win the Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic in March 2022, she carded a 61 in round three, to tied the lowest score in Epson Tour history.[6]

Amateur wins
  • 2014 Sun Belt Conference Tournament, Chris Banister Classic
  • 2015 John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate, Chris Banister Classic
  • 2016 Kiawah Island Intercollegiate, Samford Intercollegiate, Henssler Financial Intercollegiate, Rebel Intercollegiate

Source:[7]

Professional wins (2)

Epson Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 1 May 2020 IOA Championship −6 (70-65-69=204) 2 strokes United States Anna Redding
2 20 Mar 2022 Carlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic −17 (70-70-61-70=271) 3 strokes Paraguay Sofia Garcia
Sweden Dani Holmqvist
Dominican Republic Laura Restrepo

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "Fátima Fernández Cano Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  2. "Women's Golf Roster: Fátima Fernández Cano". Troy Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. "Former Troy Standout Fatima Fernandez Cano Earns LPGA Card". Troy Athletics. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  4. "Fátima Fernández Cano Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  5. "Former Troy Golfer Fátima Fernández Cano Earns First Professional Victory". Troy Trojans. 25 August 2020.
  6. Kelly, Todd (19 March 2022). "Fatima Fernandez Cano shoots a 61, ties mark for lowest score in Epson Tour history". Golfweek. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  7. "Fatima Fernandez Cano Player Profile". WAGR. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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