Xonia Wunsch-Ruiz

Xonia Wünsch
Personal information
Full name	Xonia Wünsch-Ruiz
Born	(1965-06-05) 5 June 1965 (age 59) Madrid, Spain
Sporting nationality	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Career
Turned professional	1987
Former tour(s)	Ladies European Tour
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour	1
Other	1

Xonia Wünsch (born 5 June 1965) is a Spanish former professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. In 1989, she won the Italian Ladies' Open and the Benson & Hedges Trophy with Miguel Ángel Jiménez.[1]

Golf career

Wünsch was born in Madrid in 1965 and reached the final of the 1984 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship and the 1987 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship.[2]

She turned professional on 13 December 1987 and joined the Ladies European Tour.[3] In 1989, she won the Italian Ladies' Open at Olgiata Golf Club in Rome and the Benson & Hedges Trophy with Miguel Ángel Jiménez at Aloha Golf Club in Puerto Banús, Spain.[1]

In 2002, she became a golf commentator for Canal+.

Wünsch later regained her amateur status and competed in senior (50+) events.[4] She won the 2020 Spanish International Senior Women's Championship at El Salar,[5] and the 2021 European Senior Ladies' Team Championship with the Spanish team.[6]

Artist career

Wünsch received her first painting lessons from Luis de la Cámara when she was 9 years old, and won several youth prizes. After 2005 she concentrated on painting again.[7]

Amateur wins

• 2020 Spanish International Senior Ladies' Championship
• 2021 Campeonato de Espana Senior

Source:[4]

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour (1)

• 1989 Italian Ladies' Open

Other wins (1)

• 1989 Benson & Hedges Trophy (with Miguel Ángel Jiménez)

Team appearances

Amateur

• European Senior Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2021 (winners)

References

1. "2013 LET Tour Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
2. "Campeonato Internacional de España Femenino 1911–2017" (PDF). Real Federación Española de Golf. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
3. "Xonia Wunsch". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
4. "Xonia Wunsch". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
5. "Xonia Wünsch la "reina" en el Internacional de España Individual Senior Femenino" (in Spanish). Federación de Golf de Madrid. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
6. "Victoria de España en el Europeo Senior Femenino por Equipos" (in Spanish). Ladies in Golf. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
7. "Xonia Wünsch" (in Spanish). Artist Informado. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

External links

• Official website