Garden City Charity Classic
Buffalo Dunes Golf Course | Garden City, Kan. | September 6-8
Hometown/Resides: Mexico City, Mexico
Birthdate: May 31, 1988; currently 31 years, 3 months and 8 days
Qualified for Epson Tour: Finished T88 at the Final Stage of the 2011 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2012 Epson Tour season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2012 on Epson Tour and 2013 on LPGA Tour
VICTORIES
Epson Tour: Second career victory
LPGA Tour: N/A
Previous Wins: 2015 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic
VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD
With her win, Llaneza jumps to No. 29 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $37,059 in total season earnings.
MONEY
With her win, Llaneza collects a winner’s check of $26,250; she has earned $37,059 this season and $167,557 for her Epson Tour career (2019 is eighth season competing on the “Road to the LPGA”)
PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES
Epson Tour: 1st in the 2015 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic
LPGA Tour: T12 at 2014 Kingsmill Championship presented by JTBC
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE EPSON TOUR
Eighteen events played and seven cuts made; $37,059 with one victory and one top-10
OF NOTE
- Llaneza, 31, is a native of Mexico City, Mexico
- Eight starts on the LPGA Tour from 2005-2012 as a non-member
- Part of Mexican National squad at 2008 World Amateur Team Championships
- Alumna of the University of Arizona and All-Pac 10 Second Team selection in 2009
- Finished T88 at the Final Stage of the 2011 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2012 Epson Tour season
- Ended T32 at the Final Stage of the 2012 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 membership for the 2013 LPGA Tour season
- Epson Tour graduate in 2015 thanks to six top-10 finishes including win at the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic to finish at No. 7 in Volvik Race for the Card
- Represented her native country at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and ended tied for 44th
- Winner of the 2017 Pennsylvania Women’s Open at Valley Country Club in Sugarloaf, Pa.
- Total of 52 starts on the LPGA Tour from rookie year in 2013 through 2017 with a career-best tied for 12th showing at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship presented bay JTBC