Magdalena Simmermacher
Magdalena Simmermacher (born 23 March 1996) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2020 Ladies Open de France, 2021 Skaftö Open and 2022 South African Women's Open. She represented Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Amateur career. Simmermacher was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the third of four siblings, and played golf from the age of four. She played field hockey for a well-known club in Buenos Aires and represented Argentina at the ADE in South Africa in 2011, until she at the  age of 13 decided to focus on golf. She won several National Championships between 2012 and 2017, including the Argentine National Ranking 2013–14. She represented Argentina at three World Amateur Team Championships, four South American Individual Championships and five 'Copa los Andes', being champions in 2017. Simmermacher played college golf at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated in 2018 with a Degree in International Business and a minor in Economics. She played on the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs team all four years, earning Freshman of the Year 2014–15 and Conference USA Player of the Year 2017–18. Her team  claimed the Conference USA Championships in 2017. Professional career. In March 2019, Simmermacher turned professional and joined the LET Access Series. She played in both of the season's dual LET/LETAS events and received an invitation for the LET event Estrella Damm Mediterranean Ladies Open, where she finished tied 17th. The week after, she came close to securing her first professional victory at the LETAS season finale, the Road To La Largue Final, where she lost a playoff to Niina Liias of Finland. She ended 2019 ranked 585 on the Women's World Golf Rankings as the best Argentine  professional golfer and ninth in Latin America. Simmermacher finished second at Q-School to earn full status for the 2020 Ladies European Tour. At the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, she recorded a bogey-free and career-low round of 66 to finish a career high of T2, one stroke behind Julia Engström. She finished 2020 ranked 30th on the Costa del Sol Order of Merit and third in the LET Rookie of the Year ranking, behind Stephanie Kyriacou and Alice Hewson. Simmermacher qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In 2021, she recorded a season best of runner -up at the Skaftö Open in Sweden and she tied for third at the Lacoste Ladies Open de France, to finish 12th on the Costa del Sol Order of Merit and rise to 258th in the world ranking. Simmermacher led after the first round of the 2022 Investec South African Women's Open in Cape Town, but eventually lost a six-hole playoff battle to Lee-Anne Pace. Amateur wins (3). Source: Playoff record. Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1) Team appearances. Amateur