Bronte May Law (born 12 March 1995) is an English
professional golfer
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. Her maiden
LPGA Tour
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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
Ladies European Tour
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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
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(UCLA).
[
Law played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2012, 2014 and 2016 ]Curtis Cup
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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
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, becoming the world number 2 ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking
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.
Professional career
Law turned professional late in 2016. She competed in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
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, earning full status on the Symetra Tour
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and partial status on the LPGA Tour
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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 Ladies European Tour
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. Law shot nine consecutive birdies during her third round, a record on the Ladies European Tour.
In early May 2019, Law lost to Kim Sei-young
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in a playoff for the LPGA Mediheal Championship
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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 Solheim Cup
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appearance in 2019 at Gleneagles Hotel
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, Scotland
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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 Georgia Hall
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Hall won the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship ...
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 Alexandra Försterling
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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 Manchester United
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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, European Ladies Amateur Championship
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, 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
*Curtis Cup
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(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
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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 ...
, 2014
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, 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 ...
, 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)
*Vagliano Trophy
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(representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2013, 2015
* Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2013
*Espirito Santo Trophy
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The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...
(representing England): 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 ...
* Astor Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 2015
Source:
Professional
*International Crown
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(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
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*Solheim Cup
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(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
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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