Nataliya Guseva

Nataliya Guseva
Personal information
NicknameThe Goose[1]
Born (2003-03-06) 6 March 2003 (age 21)
Moscow, Russia
Sporting nationality Russia
Career
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2024)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2024)
Former tour(s)Epson Tour (joined 2023)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipCUT: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenDNP
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2024
Achievements and awards
ACC Freshman of the Year2021

Nataliya Guseva (Russian: Наталия Гусева, born 6 March 2003) is a Russian professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour (LET).[2]

Career

Guseva had a successful amateur career and won international tournaments across Europe. In 2019, she won the Junior Vagliano Trophy with the European team, and was runner-up at the French International Ladies Amateur Championship, four strokes behind Virginia Elena Carta.[3]

She enrolled at the University of Miami in January 2021 and started playing with the Miami Hurricanes women's golf team. Four months later, she was named ACC Freshman of the Year.[4]

Guseva joined the 2023 Epson Tour, and won her maiden professional title at the Black Desert Resort Championship in her rookie year.[5]

She became the first player from Russia to earn a card for the LPGA Tour when she secured one for 2024 at qualifying school, where she tied for 23rd.[6] Two weeks later, she was the medalist at LET Q-School in Morocco by four shots, to also earn a Ladies European Tour card.[7]

In her rookie LPGA Tour season, she was runner-up at the Portland Classic and Lotte Championship to finish 26th in the season rankings.[8][2] She also tied for third at the 2024 Magical Kenya Ladies Open on the LET.[9] She rose to 78th in the Women's World Golf Rankings by year end.[1]

Amateur wins

  • 2017 Evolve Spanish Junior Championship
  • 2018 Zavidovo Juniors International, Bulgarian Amateur Open Championship, Turkish International Amateur Open Championship, Evolve Spanish Junior Championship
  • 2019 Austrian International Amateur, Turkish International Amateur Open Championship, Spanish International Stroke Play
  • 2020 Campeonato Internacional de Andalucia Sub-18, PGA Catalunya Amateur Cup
  • 2022 Women's Eastern Amateur Championship

Source:[10]

Professional wins (1)

Epson Tour wins (1)

No. Year Tournament Score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 2023 Black Desert Resort Championship −18 (66-67-65=198) 2 strokes United States Jenny Coleman, United States Mariel Galdiano
France Agathe Laisné, Italy Roberta Liti

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2024
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rolex Rankings: The Biggest Movers of 2024". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Nataliya Guseva". LPGA. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ "2019 Internationaux de France – Trophee Cecile de Rothschild". WAGR. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Nataliya Guseva Named ACC Freshman of the Year". University of Miami. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Nataliya Guseva won the Black Desert Resort". Tennis World. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  6. ^ "2023 LPGA Q-Series: Meet the Top 45 and Ties". LPGA. 7 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Two weeks after earning LPGA card, Russia's Nataliya Guseva wins LET Q-School". Golfweek. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Guseva's shot at LPGA Tour history falls just short". Golf Australia. 10 November 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Nataliya Guseva Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Nataliya Guseva". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 September 2023.