Blue Bay LPGA

Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Club | Hainan Island, Ppls. Rep. of China | Nov. 7-10, 2018

Nov. 10, 2018

Hometown/Resides: Mexico City, Mexico

Birthdate: Nov. 9, 1993; currently 25 years and 1 day

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for tied for 10th at the 2015 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2015/2016

With her win, Lopez becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour

With her win, Lopez earns 500 points and is projected to move from 43rd to 69th in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,095 points

With her win, Lopez earns $315,000; she has earned $491,342 this season and $1,101,942 for her career

2017 – 24; 2016 – T18

23 events played, 14 cuts made, $491,342, one victory, one additional top-10 finish

Lopez joins the legendary Lorena Ochoa as the only LPGA winners from Mexico; Ochoa last won at the 2009 Navistar LPGA Classic before retiring in April 2010 with 27 LPGA Tour victories
Lopez is the 10th Rolex First-Time Winner of 2018, joining Jin Young Ko, Pernilla Lindberg, Moriya Jutanugarn, Annie Park, Nasa Hataoka, Thidapa Suwannapura, Georgia Hall, Marina Alex and Nelly Korda
With the $315,000 winner’s check, Lopez moves to 255th on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,101,942
Prior to today, Lopez’s best LPGA finish was a tie for seventh at the 2017 ShopRite LPGA Classic
In the third round, Lopez had a hole-in-one at No. 17, from 181 yards with a 7-iron.
Lopez represented Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing 31st
Lopez is a 2016 graduate of the University of Arkansas, with a degree in communications
Lopez now qualifies for the 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Championship presented by Insurance Office of America

In the Winner’s Circle with Gaby Lopez

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