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Amaia Arruti

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Amaia Arruti
Personal information
Born (1970-08-30) 30 August 1970 (age 54)
San Sebastián, Spain
Sporting nationality Spain
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
(1993–2002)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Other1
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens Women's team

Amaia Arruti (born 8 August 1970) is a Spanish professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour 1993–2002, and won the Ladies Italian Open in 1993.[1]

Early life and family

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Arruti was born in San Sebastián in 1970 and started playing golf at the age of seven, as her father José Arruti Lizaso was a club pro at Real Golf Club de San Sebastián.[2]

Her sister Marina also played on the Ladies European Tour, and her father's twin brother Jesús Arruti Lizaso's son Jesús María has played on the European Tour.[3][4]

Arruti plays right-handed, but switches to left-handed for putting.[2]

Amateur career

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In 1990, Arruti lost the final of the Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship to Delphine Bourson, 4 and 3, and was runner-up at the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Switzerland a stroke behind Martina Koch.[5]

Arruti won bronze at the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens, Greece in the team event together with Esther Valera and Macarena Campomanes.[6]

Professional career

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Arruti turned professional on 1 December 1992 and joined the Ladies European Tour.[2]

In 1993, her rookie season, she beat Annika Sörenstam by two strokes to win the Ladies Italian Open at Golf Club Lignano near Venice. However, at the end of the season she lost out on the LET Rookie of the Year award to Sörenstam.[1]

In 1995, she won the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco, and was runner-up at the Italian Ladies' Open, held at Il Picciolo Golf Club in Sicily, a stroke behind Denise Booker.[7]

Professional wins (2)

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Ladies European Tour (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning
score
To par Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 19 Sep 1993 BMW Ladies Italian Open 270 −18 2 strokes Sweden Annika Sörenstam

Other wins (1)

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2013 LET Tour Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Amaia Arruti". Santander Golf Tour. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Player profile: Jesus Maria Arruti". European Tour. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Fallece Jesús Arruti Lizaso, gran referente de la enseñanza del golf en nuestro país" (in Spanish). Ten Golf. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Sieger und Platzierte" (PDF) (in German). German Golf Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Mediterranean Games 1991 Results" (PDF). CIJM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Winners – Lalla Meryem Cup". Hassan II Golf Trophy Association. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
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