Rianne Mikhaela Malixi (born 10 March 2007) is a Filipina amateur golfer. In 2024, she won both the
U.S. Girls' Junior
The U.S. Girls' Junior is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 o ...
and the
U.S. Women's Amateur
The U.S. Women's Amateur, also known as the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship, is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf ch ...
in the same year, only accomplished once before.
Amateur career
Malixi won the 2019 Philippine Junior Amateur Open and the 2020 Philippine National Stroke Play Championship. In 2022, she finished runner-up in the Girls' Junior PGA Championship and tied for 3rd in the
Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific.
In 2023, Malixi lost the final of the
U.S. Girls' Junior
The U.S. Girls' Junior is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 o ...
to Kiara Romero, 1 up. She finished 3rd in both the
Queen Sirikit Cup on home turf in the Philippines and at the Royal Junior in Japan. She represented the Philippines in both the
Asian Games
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in China and the Women's World Amateur Team Championship for the
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 ...
in Abu Dhabi.
In 2024, Malixi was runner-up at the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley in South Carolina. She secured the
U.S. Girls' Junior
The U.S. Girls' Junior is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 o ...
with an 8 and 7 victory over Asterisk Talley in the 36-hole final match. Malixi became the second player in
USGA
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history to win the U.S. Girls' Junior and U.S. Women's Amateur titles in the same year, only accomplished by
Seong Eun-jeong
Seong Eun-jeong (born 31 October 1999) is a South Korean professional golfer. Before turning professional, she won the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur. Her win granted her exemptions into several majors on the LPGA Tour from 2016 to 2017. At the 2017 ...
in 2016.
Malixi finished 5th in the 2024
Korea Women's Open
The Korea Women's Open is a women's professional golf tournament in South Korea, sanctioned by the LPGA of Korea Tour
The LPGA of Korea Tour is a South Korean professional golf tour for Women's sports, women. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional G ...
and is a commit for
Duke University
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for the 2025 school year.
Amateur wins
*2019 Philippine Junior Amateur Open Championship, Northern Luzon Regional Amateur Championship
*2020 Philippine National Stroke Play Championship
*2021 Se Ri Pak Desert Junior
*2022 SEA Games Qualifying - Stage 2, Singha Thailand Junior World Championship
*2024 Australian Master of the Amateurs
The Australian Master of the Amateurs is an amateur golf tournament. It is a four-day 72-hole stroke play event held in early January. The men's event started in 1997 with the women's event added in 2018.
The event was originally called the Master ...
, U.S. Girls' Junior
The U.S. Girls' Junior is one of the fifteen U.S. national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association. It is open to amateur girls who are under 19 on the last day of the competition and have a USGA handicap index of 9.4 o ...
, U.S. Women's Amateur
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Results in LPGA majors
''Results not in chronological order.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
Amateur
*South East Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games, commonly known as SEA Games is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...
(representing the Philippines): 2021
* Queen Sirikit Cup (representing the Philippines): 2023
*Asian Games
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...
(representing the Philippines): 2023
*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 the Philippines): 2023
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References
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Filipino female golfers
Amateur golfers
Sportspeople from Quezon City
2007 births
Living people