Player Bio: Azahara Munoz2020 U.S. Women's Open
Age: 33
Country: Spain
College: Arizona State
Worldwide professional victories: 6 (1 on LPGA Tour)
Exempt status: Top 30 points leader on LPGA Tour’s 2019 Race to the CME Globe; top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of March 16
Munoz, who is making her 12th consecutive start in the U.S. Women’s Open, owns six worldwide victories. Her lone LPGA Tour triumph came in the Sybase Match Play Championship over Candie Kung, 2 and 1. Her other five victories have come on the Ladies European Tour. Munoz enjoyed a stellar amateur/college career that saw her claim the 2008 NCAA Division I title in a playoff over UCLA’s Tiffany Joh. Her bid for that year’s U.S. Women’s Amateur crown ended in the 36-hole final to Amanda Blumenherst at Eugene (Ore.) Country Club. She also represented Spain in the 2008 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship. In 2014, she tied for fourth in the KPGM Women’s PGA Championship and shared seventh in the ANA Inspiration. She is a four-time European Solheim Cup competitor.
U.S. Women's Open Playing Record
YEAR |
SITE |
SCORES |
TO PAR |
FINISH |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Champions Golf Club | 71-70-78-78—297 | +13 | T-54 |
2019 |
Country Club of Charleston |
68-72-75-76—291 |
+7 |
T-55 |
2018 |
Shoal Creek |
74-73-72-77—296 |
+8 |
T-41 |
2017 |
Trump National Golf Club (Old Course) |
73-73-80-76—302 |
+14 |
62nd |
2016 |
CordeValle |
73-77 |
+6 |
MC |
2015 |
Lancaster Country Club |
69-72-71-72—284 |
+4 |
T-32 |
2014 |
Pinehurst Resort & C.C. (Course No. 2) |
73-71-74-70—288 |
+8 |
22nd |
2013 |
Sebonack Golf Club |
73-74-73-82—302 |
+14 |
T-48 |
2012 |
Blackwolf Run |
73-73-73-76—295 |
+7 |
T-21 |
2011 |
The Broadmoor (East Course) |
74-71-79-73—297 |
+13 |
T-45 |
2010 |
Oakmont Country Club |
75-74-71-74—294 |
+10 |
T-19 |
2009 |
Saucon Valley C.C. (Old Course) |
72-76-74-74—296 |
+12 |
T-40 |