Laura Beveridge (born 8 August 1988) is a Scottish

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 ...

who plays on the

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. She competed as Laura Murray until she married PGA Golf Professional Keil Beveridge in October 2021. She was runner-up at the 2022

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Early life and amateur career

Beveridge grew up in

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, and has been playing golf since she was ten years old. She attended

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, where she studied Sport and Exercise Science. Beveridge had a successful amateur career and won the

St Rule Trophy The St Rule Trophy is an international women's amateur golf tournament contested on the St Andrews Links St Andrews Links in the town of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, is regarded as the "Home of Golf". It has one of the oldest courses in the w ...

in 2010 and 2012, and the

Scottish Women's Amateur Championship The Scottish Women’s Amateur Championship is the women's national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It was first played in 1903 and is currently organised by Scottish Golf. The Scottish Women's Amateur Championship is contested ...

in 2012. She accumulated 32 caps for Scotland, including playing in the

Women's Home Internationals The Women's Home Internationals were an amateur team golf championship for women contested between the four Home Nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, where Ireland was represented by the whole island of Ireland on an All-Ireland basi ...

, the

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 representing Scotland at the

2012 Espirito Santo Trophy The 2012 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 27–30 September at the Gloria Golf Club, on its New Course and Old Course in Antalya, Turkey. It was the 25th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament ...

Professional career

Beveridge turned professional in 2013 and joined the

LET Access Series The LET Access Series (LETAS) is a professional golf tour for women and the official development tour to the Ladies European Tour. Launched in 2010, the LET Access Series provides players with an opportunity to compete and progress on to the Ladi ...

, where her best finish in her rookie season was a T10 at the Norrporten Ladies Open in Sweden. In 2014 she was T3 at the Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open, and secured an LET card at Q-School. In her rookie season on the LET she finished 87th in the Order of Merit. Beveridge shared her time between LET and LETAS from 2015 and 2020. She lost a playoff to Ariane Provot at the 2015

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, but secured her first LETAS title at the 2016 Elisefarm Ladies Open. She finished T13 at the 2016

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in China. In 2019, Beveridge played in five LET events with a season-best T7 in the

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, and claimed her second LETAS title in the Rügenwalder Mühle Ladies Open at Golf am Meer, near Bremen. She finished fourth on the LETAS Order of Merit to earn full LET playing rights for 2020. In 2020, Beveridge played in nine events with a season-best T10 at the

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. In 2021 she headed to Q-School in December and finished in the top-20 to secure her full playing rights for 2022, where she was T4 at the

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and solo second behind

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at the 2022

Amateur wins

*2010

*2012

Professional wins (3)

LET Access Series wins (2)

Santander Golf Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur *

: (representing Scotland): 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 *

(representing Scotland):

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

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 Scotland):

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 ...

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