Savannah De Bock (born 20 October 2005) is an amateur golfer from

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. She won the 2022 European Ladies Amateur and the

Junior Solheim Cup The Junior Solheim Cup is a version of the Solheim Cup for girls aged 12 to 18. It was inaugurated in 2002. It is currently officially called the Ping (golf), PING Junior Solheim Cup. The Junior Solheim Cup follows a similar format to The Solheim ...

with Europe in 2021 and 2023.

Amateur career

De Bock has enjoyed a successful amateur career. She won her first international championship, the 2017 Orange Bowl Doral-Publix Junior Golf Classic in Miami, when she was only 12. In 2018 and 2019, she was runner-up at the Belgian National Juniors Championship, and won the event in 2021. In 2020, she was runner-up at the CJGA World Junior Challenge, run by the Canadian Junior Golf Association, behind Chloe Chan of Hong Kong. In 2021, she was runner-up at the

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in Finland, 2 strokes behind

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. She won the Belgian International Amateur Championship & National Stroke Play Championship back-to-back in 2021 and 2022. In 2022, only 16 years old, she triumphed at the European Ladies Amateur, winning in a playoff against

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of England, becoming just the second Belgian to win the title after Florence Descampe in 1988. The win earned her a place in the field at the

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, where she did not make the cut. She finished tied 14th and low amateur at The Mithra Belgian Ladies Open on the

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. In 2023, she was runner-up at the Junior Orange Bowl International behind Anna Davis, and again at the

Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship The Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship (Copa S.M. la Reina) is an annual amateur golf tournament in Spain for women. It is an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking The World Amateur Golf Ranking for men was intr ...

losing 2 & 1 to Nora Sundberg of Sweden. She accepted a golf scholarship to the

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and started playing with the Georgia Bulldogs women's golf team in the spring of 2024 and was named to the SEC's All-Freshman team.

Amateur wins

*2017 Orange Bowl Doral-Publix Junior Golf Classic (U-13), Belgian National Juniors Championship (U-12) *2018 Rigenee Junior Open, Grand Prix Adult Morma *2019 Omnium Classic of Belgium, Thomas Pieters Open *2020 Rigenee Junior Open *2021 Belgian International Amateur Championship & National Stroke Play Championship, Belgian National Juniors Championship *2022 King's Prize, Belgian International Amateur Championship & National Stroke Play Championship, European Ladies Amateur *2024 Red Sky Classic Source:

Team appearances

Amateur *Holland-Belgium: 2016, 2017 *

(representing Belgium): 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 *

European Girls' Team Championship The European Girls' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women up to 18 organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1991. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1991 to 1999 and has bee ...

(representing Belgium): 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 *

(representing Europe): 2021 (winners), 2023 (winners) *

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 Belgium):

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

World Junior Girls Championship The World Junior Girls Golf Championship () is an annual world amateur team golf championship for women under 18 organized in Canada. History The inaugural event was held in 2014. Medalists who have gone on to win on the LPGA Tour include Brooke ...

(representing Belgium): 2022, 2023 *

Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in o ...

(representing Europe): 2023 (winners) *

Patsy Hankins Trophy The Patsy Hankins Trophy is a women's amateur golf competition on the model of the Ryder Cup, corresponding to the men's Bonallack Trophy. The competition opposes every two years a European team and a team representing Asia/Pacific, and the venue a ...

(representing Europe): 2023 (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 Belgium):

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

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