Brianna Navarrosa
Brianna Navarrosa | |
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Personal information | |
Born | San Diego, California, U.S. | June 23, 2002
Height | 157 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Paris, France |
Career | |
College | University of Southern California |
Turned professional | 2024 |
Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Brianna Navarrosa (born June 23, 2002) is an American professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. In 2025, she won the Aramco Korea Championship team event and was runner-up at the Dutch Ladies Open.[1]
Early life and amateur career
Navarrosa was born in San Diego and began playing golf at the age of six or seven, introduced to the game by her father.[1] She was runner-up at the 2016 U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball with Angelina Kim, behind Hailee Cooper and Kaitlyn Papp.[2]
In 2019, she won the Canadian Women's Amateur, and in a match with Mimi Rhodes holed the winning putt for the United States at the Junior Solheim Cup at Gleneagles in Scotland.[3] She reached the 2022 U.S. Women's Amateur quarterfinals, falling on the first hole of a playoff.[1]
Navarrosa attended University of Southern California between 2020 and 2024, and played with the USC Trojans women's golf team, reaching the 2023 NCAA Division I women's golf championship final against Wake Forest.[4]
Professional career
Navarrosa turned professional in 2024, and was runner-up at the Destination Gotland Ladies Open, two strokes behind Kajsa Arwefjäll.[5]
In 2025, she joined the Ladies European Tour after gaining status at Q-School. In her first start, she held the lead after day one with a six-under round of 67 at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco.[6] She won the team event at the Aramco Korea Championship together with Sára Kousková, Patricia Isabel Schmidt and Lee-Anne Pace, and the following week was runner-up at the Dutch Ladies Open, two strokes behind Mimi Rhodes.[7]
Personal life
Navarrosa's parents, former tennis player Ringo Navarrosa and Anchie Alcantara, were both born in the Philippines.[4]
Amateur wins
- 2016 Junior America's Cup
- 2019 Buick Shanshan Feng AJGA Girls Invitational, Canadian Women's Amateur
Source:[8]
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Junior Solheim Cup: 2019 (winners)
Source:[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Brianna Navarrosa – Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "Hailee Cooper, Kaitlyn Papp claim U.S. Women's Amateur 4-Ball title". ESPN. Associated Press. May 25, 2016.
- ^ "Getting To Know… Brianna Navarrosa". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved May 30, 2025.
- ^ a b "Women's Golf Roster: Brianna Navarrosa". USC Trojans. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ Gustafsson, Peter (August 17, 2024). "Ny tourseger för Arwefjäll: "Väldigt speciellt"". Tranås Tidning (in Swedish). Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ Grimshaw, Harry (February 7, 2025). "Ines Laklalech leading the home contingent as one of five Moroccans in the field in Rabat". Golf Digest Middle East. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ "Team Kouskova Triumph In Korea As Kim Leads Individual". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
- ^ a b "Brianna Navarrosa". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
External links
- Brianna Navarrosa at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Brianna Navarrosa at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site