Cayetana Fernández García-Poggio (born 2005) is a Spanish amateur golfer. In 2022, she won the Spanish Ladies Amateur, the World Junior Girls Championship and the Junior Golf World Cup.

Amateur career

Fernández was born in

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in 2005 and enjoyed an impressive amateur career, winning the European Girls' Team Championship, the Junior Vagliano Trophy and the Junior Solheim Cup in 2021. In 2022, she won the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, and was runner-up at the

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, behind Lottie Woad. She won the Junior Golf World Cup in Japan both with Spain and individually, and repeated the performance at the World Junior Girls Championship in Canada. Fernández made two appearances on the 2022

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, and tied for 3rd at the Madrid Ladies Open behind

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. In 2023, she lost a playoff to Rocío Tejedo at the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, and recorded the second best individual score at the 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy in Abu Dhabi. Fernández enrolled at

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in 2023 and started playing with the Texas A&M Aggies women's golf team, where she produced the second-lowest stroke average for a freshman in program history and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team.

Personal life

Fernández has two sisters that are also accomplished golfers. Her older sister Blanca is a member of the

and played college golf with the Texas A&M Aggies women's golf team 2019–2024.

Amateur wins

*2019 Campeonato Norte Sub 25 *2021 Copa Federacion Riojana de Golf, Campeonato de Espana Amateur III Memorial Emma Villacieros *2022 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship, Junior Golf World Cup (individual), World Junior Girls Championship (individual) *2024 Charles Schwab Women's Collegiate Source:

Team appearances

Amateur * Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing Europe): 2021 (winners) * Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2021 (winners) * European Girls' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2021 (winners), 2022 *

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 Spain):

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* World Junior Girls Championship (representing Spain): 2022 (winners) * Junior Golf World Cup (representing Spain): 2022 (winners) *

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 Spain):

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* Spirit International Amateur (representing Spain): 2024

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernandez, Cayetana Spanish female golfers Amateur golfers Texas A&M Aggies women's golfers Golfers from Madrid 2005 births Living people 21st-century Spanish sportswomen