IOA Golf Classic
Alaqua Country Club | Longwood, Fla. | September 27-29
Hometown/Resides: Madrid, Spain
Birthdate: August 27, 1992; currently 27 years, 1 month and 2 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T43 at Final Stage of the 2014 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 status for the 2015 LPGA Tour season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: October 2014
VICTORIES
Epson Tour: Second career victory
LPGA Tour: N/A
PREVIOUS WIN: 2018 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD
With her win, Sanz Barrio jumps to No. 13 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $66,383 in total season earnings.
MONEY
With her win, Sanz Barrio collects a winner’s check of $26,250; she has earned $66,383 this season and $107,861 for her Epson Tour career (2019 is her fourth season on the “Road to the LPGA”)
PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES
Epson Tour: 1st at 2018 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
LPGA Tour: 74th in the 2016 Ricoh Women’s British Open
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE EPSON TOUR
Twenty events played and fifteen cuts made; $66,383 with one victory and four total top-5s
OF NOTE
- Sanz Barrio, 27, is from Madrid, Spain
- Three-time All-SEC Second Team selection for Auburn University was also named to the 2011 SEC All-Freshman Team
- Won the 2014 Ingaro Ladies Open on the Ladies European Tour (LET) Access Series
- Finished T43 at the Final Stage of the 2014 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 status for the 2015 LPGA Tour season
- Ladies European Tour (LET) member with more than 40 career starts, including a career-best showing of T6 at the 2015 ISPS Handa New Zealand Women’s Open
- Represented native country at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, leading Spain to the team title and capturing individual gold medalist honors
- Total of 34 career starts on the Epson Tour entering 2019 and became a first-time champion at the 2018 FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship
- Really big soccer fan and especially huge supporter of Real Madrid CF