Tania Abitbol (born 21 January 1965) is a

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 ...

from

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, who competed on the

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and

LPGA Tour The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is an American organization for female golfers. The organization is headquartered at the LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of wee ...

Career

As an amateur, Abitol won the 1985

Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship The Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship is an annual amateur golf tournament in Portugal for women. It is an "A" rated tournament in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. The tournament is a qualifying event for the European teams in t ...

. She competed internationally on the Spanish National Team, and finish 3rd at the

1987 European Ladies' Team Championship The 1987 European Ladies' Team Championship took place 8–12 July at Turnberry Golf Resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. It was the 15th women's golf amateur European Ladies' Team Championship. Venue The Ailsa Course, situat ...

. On the

, she won the 1989

Danish Ladies Open The Danish Ladies Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour played between 1988 and 1997, the national open golf championship of Denmark. The tournament also featured on the Swedish Golf Tour in 1988, 1989, and 2 ...

and the 1990

WPG European Tour Classic The Tour Player's Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place in England. It was only held in 1990 and 1997 in Tytherington, Cheshire Tytherington is an area in the north of Macclesfield in ...

. She was runner-up at the 1991 Valextra Classic and the 1992

Ladies English Open The Ladies English Open was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in En ...

, both times beaten by

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. She also won the 1990 Benson & Hedges Trophy with

José María Cañizares José María Cañizares (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish golfer. Cañizares was born in Madrid. He turned professional in 1967 and made the top hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from its first season in 1972 through to 19 ...

, a mixed pairs event that was an unofficial money event on both the

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and Ladies European Tour. On the

, Abitbol earned a total of $140,000 in 49 starts. She finished fourth at the

1994 U.S. Women's Open The 1994 U.S. Women's Open was the 49th U.S. Women's Open, held July 21–24 at the Old Course of Indianwood Golf and Country Club in Lake Orion, Michigan, north of Detroit. Patty Sheehan, the 1992 U.S. Women's Open, 1992 champion, won her second ...

and was in second place after the first round of the

1995 U.S. Women's Open The 1995 U.S. Women's Open was the 50th U.S. Women's Open, held July 13–16 at the East Course of Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Annika Sörenstam shot a final round 68 (−2) to win the first of her three U.S. Women's ...

, but finished outside the top-10. In 1995, she was the LPGA Tour's longest driver, averaging about 267 yards, slightly longer than

, at 265 yards.

Amateur wins

*1985

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

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Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

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Singapore Ladies Open

Other wins (1)

Benson & Hedges Trophy (with

)

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Lady Junior's Team Championship The European Lady Junior's Team Championship was a European amateur team golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike mos ...

(representing Spain): 1986 *

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):

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airpor ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abitbol, Tania Spanish female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from Madrid 1965 births Living people