Bronte May Law (born 12 March 1995) is an English

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. Her maiden

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly ...

victory, her first win as a professional, came in May 2019 at the Pure Silk Championship in Virginia. Her second professional victory occurred in October 2021 in Dubai; this was her first win on the

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Early life and amateur career

Law was born in Stockport and attended Cheadle Hulme School and the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

(UCLA). Law played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2012, 2014 and 2016

Curtis Cup The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match. It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and The R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and " ...

matches. In 2016, she became the second player, and the first from Great Britain and Ireland, to get a perfect 5–0 record. Also in 2016 she won the

European Ladies Amateur Championship The European Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament. It is organized by the European Golf Association and is one of the "elite" tournaments recognized by the World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for ...

, becoming the world number 2 ranked player in the

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Professional career

Law turned professional late in 2016. She competed in the

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, earning full status on the

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and partial status on the

for 2017. In December 2018, Law won through the Lalla Aicha Tour School with an all-time record score of twenty six-under-par to gain membership of the

. Law shot nine consecutive birdies during her third round, a record on the Ladies European Tour. In early May 2019, Law lost to

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in a playoff for the

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. Three weeks later she won the Pure Silk Championship for her first victory on the LPGA Tour. Law made her first

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appearance in 2019 at

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. Law finished the tournament with a 112 (winlosstie) record as Europe sealed a 14.5-13.5 victory over the United States. Law defeated Ally McDonald 2 and 1 in the singles. Speaking about the Cup, Law said "I've never experienced anything like this in my life and I don't know whether I ever will again." Law won her first Ladies European Tour title at the 2021 Dubai Moonlight Classic, finishing one-stroke clear of Maria Fassi at Emirates Golf Club. She won her second LET title the following year, when she made an eagle on the final hole to beat

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to the title of the Aramco Team Series-London at the Centurion Club. In February 2024, Law won the Lalla Meryem Cup, securing a three-stroke victory. She finished third at the Aramco Team Series-Tampa in March, four-strokes behind champion

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Personal life

Law is the daughter of Morven and Timothy Law. She has a younger sister named Isabella. Law studied sociology at UCLA, where she met one of her best friends, teammate Alison Lee. The two have each led solid careers early on the LPGA Tour. She grew up an avid competitor in all sports, and is a big football fan, holding allegiances to

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Amateur wins

*2013 Nanea Pac-12 Preview *2014 Stanford Intercollegiate, English Women's Amateur Championship *2015 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge, English Women's Amateur Championship, Stanford Intercollegiate *2016 PING ASU Invitational, NCAA Bryan Regional,

, Stanford Intercollegiate Source:

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 5 (2017 Evian – 2018 Evian) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Team appearances

Amateur * European Girls' Team Championship (representing the England): 2011, 2012 * Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2011 *

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

(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 ...

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

(winners) * Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2012 *

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 ...

(representing England):

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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 ...

(winners) *

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 ...

(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2013, 2015 * Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013 *

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

(representing England):

* Astor Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2015 Source: Professional *

International Crown The Hanwha LifePlus International Crown is a biennial women's professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. Beginning in 2025, the field ...

(representing England):

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 ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

(representing Europe):

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

(winners)

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Bronte English female golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers English expatriate golfers in the United States Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Sportspeople from Stockport 1995 births Living people 21st-century English sportswomen