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Caley McGinty
Caley McGinty (born 25 September 2000) is an English professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2021 and 2022. Early lifeMcGinty was born in Bristol in 2000 and she started playing golf at 7 years old, when she picked up a set of clubs at the encouragement of her brother.[1] She was educated at Oasis Academy Brislington.[2] Amateur careerMcGinty represented England in amateur golf between 2019 and 2024, including playing in the Curtis Cup and Espirito Santo Trophy twice, and winning the European Ladies' Team Championship twice, in 2021 and 2022.[1] She won her singles match against Beatrice Wallin in the 2021 final by 6 and 5.[3] McGinty played college golf for two years at Kent State University from 2019 to 2021. In 2021, she won the Mid-American Conference Championship and was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year.[2] She transferred to Oklahoma State University for the 2021–22 season and took Maja Stark's place on the team after the coach that recruited her to Kent State became the new head coach at Oklahoma State.[1][4] She then spent the next two seasons at Ohio State University where she was named All-American and 2024 OSU Scholar Athlete.[5] McGinty made her major debut at the 2022 Women's British Open as the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland.[6] Professional careerMcGinty turned professional after graduation in mid-2024.[7] In December 2024, she earned her LPGA Tour card for 2025 by finishing T-21 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[8] Amateur wins
Source:[9] Results in LPGA majors
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut Team appearances
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