Laura Fünfstück
Laura Fünfstück (born 21 December 1994) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career. Fünfstück started playing golf at the age of three when her parents bought her first set of plastic clubs. She won the Internationaux de France (Trophee Esmond) in 2013 and finished her amateur career with a win at the German National Amateur in 2017. Fünfstück was part of the German National Team, representing her country four times in the European Ladies' Team Championship and the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy, the World Team Championship. She represented Europe at the  Patsy Hankins Trophy in 2016. Before turning pro in January 2018, Fünfstück played college golf and studied finance at the College of Charleston from 2013 to 2017. Three out of her four years, she was named Player of the Year in the Colonial Athletic Association conference, finishing top-25 in the 2017 NCAA Championship. She was the first College of Charleston female golfer to advance to Nationals and with five wins holds the school record for most college tournament wins. Fünfstück won the Kiawah Island Classic at the largest collegiate tournament in the country with a field of 232 players. Professional  career. In 2018, her rookie year on the Ladies European Tour, Fünfstück made five starts and recorded a best finish of T8 in the Lalla Meryem Cup. In 2019, she played in 19 tournaments, posted six top-10 finishes, and ended the season in ninth place on the Order of Merit. Source: Team appearances. Amateur Source: