Haley Nicole Moore (born November 24, 1998) is an American

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Early life and junior golf

Moore was born in

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and attended San Pasqual High School in

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where she was a member of the golf team. She graduated in June 2016. Moore qualified for the

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by winning the ANA Inspiration Champions Junior Challenge. She was the only amateur to make the cut and finished tied for 67th place.

College golf

As a junior, Moore won the deciding match in the 2018

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, to give Arizona the title over the

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. After her junior and senior seasons at

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, Moore attained the position of #21 on the World Amateur Golf Rankings. As a result, she was invited by The Board of Governors of

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to participate in the inaugural

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as one of the top-30 ranked amateurs in the world. The first two rounds were held at nearby Champions Retreat in

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. The field was cut to the low 30 players with the final round being held at Augusta National. By virtue of her scores of 71-73 in the first two rounds, Moore qualified for that final round. In her final round, she made par on her first 15 holes. She shot 71-73-72=216 for the event and finish in a tie for 7th place. Moore said, "I was just grateful and blessed to be out there, just knowing that Augusta was really strictly only open to men at one point. And for them to now have women be able to go out there and play, and the top amateurs out there it was just amazing. I just enjoyed the experience while I was there."

Professional career

Upon graduation from the University of Arizona in May 2019, Moore turned professional in June 2019. She played on the Cactus Tour, winning twice. Moore competed in the California State Women's Open contested at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in

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, in July 2019. Moore posted a career low round of 64. She then followed it up on the second day with a 73 to post a 3 shot victory and her second professional title. In August 2019, Moore began her quest to become a full time member of the LPGA Tour by competing in

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. On November 2, 2019 Moore earned her LPGA Tour card for the 2020 season at

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in Pinehurst, North Carolina, finishing in 11th place.

Amateur wins

*2011 Omni Tucson National 13-18 *2012 Las Vegas Junior Girls *2014 ClubCorp Mission Hills Desert Junior *2017 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, Golfweek Conference Challenge *2018 Hawkeye El Tigre Invitational Source:

Professional wins

Cactus Tour wins

*2019 Cactus Tour @ Stallion Mountain, Cactus Tour @ Morongo

Other wins

*2019 California State Women's Open

Team appearances

Amateur * Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2015 (winners)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Haley American female golfers Arizona Wildcats women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Illinois Golfers from California Sportspeople from Crystal Lake, Illinois Sportspeople from Escondido, California 1998 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen