Hannah Darling (golfer)
Hannah Darling | |
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![]() Darling with Nicola Sturgeon in 2019. | |
Personal information | |
Born | 2003 (age 20–21) Scotland |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | University of South Carolina |
Status | Amateur |
Hannah Darling (born July 2003) is a Scottish amateur golfer. She played in the Curtis Cup in 2021 and 2022. Since 2021, she has attended the University of South Carolina.
Golf career
[edit]In July 2017, Darling became the youngest winner of the Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship, aged 13, and she played for Scotland in the Girls Home Internationals the following month.[1][2] In 2018, she was the inaugural winner of the British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship, finishing two strokes ahead of Beth Coulter.[3] She also repeated her success in the Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship, beating Louise Duncan, 4 and 3, in the final.[4] In April 2019, she won the Scottish Girls' Open Championship with a score of 209, six strokes ahead of the runner-up.[5] Later in 2019, she competed for Great Britain & Ireland in the Junior Vagliano Trophy, for Scotland in the European Ladies' Team Championship and the Women's Home Internationals and for Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup.[6]
Darling had a good run of results in 2021. Between the end of May to early July, she won the St Rule Trophy, was a semi-finalist in the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship and the Women's Amateur Championship, and was a runner-up in the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship.[7][8][9][6] In August, she won the Girls Amateur Championship beating Beth Coulter in the final.[6] She also played in the 2021 Curtis Cup.[6] Darling also had the lowest individual score in the qualifying stage of the 2021 European Ladies' Team Championship.[10]
Since the autumn of 2021, she has attended the University of South Carolina.[11] In 2022, she competed in the Curtis Cup for the second time, and again reached the semi-finals of the Women's Amateur Championship.[12] She again led the individual scoring in the qualifying stage of the European Ladies' Team Championship.[6]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2017 Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship
- 2018 Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship, British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship
- 2019 Scottish Girls' Open Championship
- 2021 St Rule Trophy, Girls Amateur Championship
- 2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
Source:[6]
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Girls Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 2017, 2018
- European Girls' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 2018
- Junior Vagliano Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2019
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
- Women's Home Internationals (representing Scotland): 2019, 2021
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2019
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2021, 2022
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Scotland): 2022, 2023
- Arnold Palmer Cup (representing International team): 2024
- Women's and Men's Home Internationals (representing Ireland): 2024
Source:[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Farquharson, Colin (5 July 2017). "Hannah Darling, only 13, is youngest ever winner of Scottish girls' Under-18 title". Kirkwood Golf. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Girls Home Internationals 2017". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Past Winners Girls U16 Amateur Championship". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Past Champions". Scottish Golf. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Hannah Darling wins Scottish Girls' Open as Boys' title goes to Welshman". The Herald (Glasgow). 12 April 2019. p. 15.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Hannah Darling". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ^ "St Rule Trophy Triumph Huge Thrill for Darling". St Andrews Links. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Goadby crowned 2021 Scottish women's amateur champion". Scottish Golf. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "The Women's Amateur Championship 2021". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Hannah Darling Medals at European Team Championship". South Carolina Gamecocks. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "Women's Golf Roster: Hannah Darling". South Carolina Gamecocks. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ^ "The Women's Amateur Championship 2022". The R&A. Retrieved 21 July 2022.