Ana Belac

Ana Belac (born 28 January 1997) is a Slovenian professional golfer. She won both the 2020 Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year and Symetra Tour Player of the Year and was the first Slovenian to join the LPGA Tour.[1]

Ana Belac
Personal information
Born (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997
Kranj, Slovenia
Height5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
Nationality Slovenia
ResidencePortorož, Slovenia
Career
CollegeDuke University
Turned professional2020
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2021)
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Symetra Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2020
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
Symetra Tour Player of the Year2020
Symetra Tour Rookie of the Year2020

Amateur career

Belac was the top-ranked female junior golfer in Slovenia and won the Leone di San Marco in 2013 and 2015. She represented Slovenia in the European Ladies' Team Championship on five occasions and in the Espirito Santo Trophy in 2012 and 2014. She competed in the European Young Masters from 2010–13, where she placed second in 2012.[2]

She finished 17th in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China[2] and at the 2018 Mediterranean Games she won bronze medal with Vida Obersnel and Pia Babnik in the women's team event.[3]

Belac played college golf at Duke University where she was a two-time All-ACC selection and earned co-medalist honors at 2017 Landfall Tradition and 2019 East Lake Cup. She was a member of victorious International Team at the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup and led the Blue Devils to the 2019 NCAA Championship team title, winning her matches 3–0. She was named a 2020 WGCA First Team All-American.[4]

Professional career

Belac turned pro in the spring of 2020 when her senior season at Duke was cut short by the coronavirus pandemic. She won the Symetra Tour's Carolina Golf Classic and secured victory in the Volvik Race For the Card to earn a LPGA Tour card for the 2021 season.[5]

Amateur wins
  • 2013 Leone di San Marco
  • 2015 Leone di San Marco
  • 2017 The Landfall Tradition
  • 2019 East Lake Cup

Source:[6][7]

Professional wins (1)

Symetra Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 31 Oct 2020 Carolina Golf Classic 66-71-70-74=281 −7 4 strokes Allison Emrey

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[6]

References
  1. "Ana Belac with greatest achievement for Slovenian golf ever". The Slovenia Times. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  2. "Duke Women's Golf Roster: Ana Belec". Duke University Athletics. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  3. "Tarragona 2018 – Golf". Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. "Ana Belac Player Profile". Symetra Tour. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. "Ana Belac earns LPGA Tour card by winning Symetra Tour's Carolina Golf Classic". ESPN. Associated Press. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "Ana Belac". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  7. "2019 East Lake Cup - Individual Results". Golf Channel. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
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