Natalia Escuriola Martinez (born 1 August 1994) is a

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

from

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. She won the 2013

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pl ...

and has played on the

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Amateur career

Escuriola was born in

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in 1994 and was introduced to golf at age five. She had a successful amateur career and won the 2014 Campeonato de Espana Intercubes. In 2015, she won the Campeonato de Alicante and the Campeonato de Madrid, ahead of

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. She was also runner-up at the 2013 Spanish International Stroke Play behind

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. In 2014, she was runner-up at the Copa Andalucia behind

, and runner-up at the same event again in 2015, this time behind María Parra Luque. In 2014, she finished third at the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship. As part of the National Team, Escuriola represented Spain at the

European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...

and the

, winning the event in 2013. She represented Europe in the 2013

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...

Professional career

Escuriola joined the

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in 2015 and started the season as an amateur, opting to turn pro in September ahead of the last two tournaments of the season. She had two victories, the first in the CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy in Belgium while still an amateur, and her second in the season finale, the WPGA International Challenge in England, after she turned professional. She finished in the top-3 in four other tournaments and finished second in the LETAS Order of Merit, earning a full card for the 2016

season. In 2016, her rookie year on the LET, Escuriola played in 11 tournaments and made two cuts. In 2017, her best finish was 5th at the

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, six strokes behind winner

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. In 2018, she finished tied 4th at the same event. She won gold at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games (, ), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (, ) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Tarragona was ...

in the women's team event with Marta Sanz and Patricia Sanz. Escuriola also play on the Santander Golf Tour in her native Spain, where she has won several tournaments, and also the season ranking in 2018, 2019 and 2022.

Amateur wins

*2014 Campeonato de Espana Intercubes *2015 Campeonato de Madrid, Campeonato de Alicante Source:

Professional wins (8)

LET Access Series wins (2)

Santander Golf Tour wins (5)

Other wins (1)

*2015 Disa Campeonato de España Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Spain): 2011, 2012 *

(representing Spain):

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(winners),

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

(representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 (winners) Professional *

Mediterranean Games The Mediterranean Games is a multi-sport event organised by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM). It is held every four years among athletes from countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea in Africa, Asia and Europe. The fi ...

(representing Spain):

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

(winners)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Escuriola, Natalia Spanish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Mediterranean Games medalists in golf Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Castellón de la Plana 1994 births Living people 21st-century Spanish people 21st-century Spanish sportswomen