Gaby López

Maria Gabriela López Butron (9 November 1993) is a Mexican professional golfer.

Gaby López
López in 2021
Personal information
Full nameMaria Gabriela López Butron
Born (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993
Mexico City, Mexico
Height5 ft 5.5 in (166 cm)[1]
Sporting nationality Mexico
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT25: 2021
Women's PGA C'shipT9: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT11: 2016
Women's British OpenT29: 2021
Evian ChampionshipT18: 2017
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Butron.

Amateur career

López played college golf at the University of Arkansas where she won three events and was individual runner-up at the 2015 NCAA Division I Championship for the University of Arkansas.[2][3]

Professional career

López began playing on the LPGA Tour in 2016 after finishing T-10 at 2015 qualifying school.[4][5]

López qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics[6] and finished 31st.[7]

On 10 November 2018, López won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA.

López placed 23rd at the women's Olympic golf tournament in Tokyo 2020.[8]

Amateur wins
  • 2010 Callaway Junior World (Girls 15–17), Mayakoba Junior Classic
  • 2011 Campeonato Nacional Infantil/Juvenil
  • 2012 Copa Yucatan Ladies, Campeonato Nacional Interzonas LII
  • 2013 Westbrook Invitational
  • 2014 Mexican Amateur, LSU Tiger Classic, Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic

Source:[3][9]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 10 Nov 2018 Blue Bay LPGA 70-71-66-73=280 −8 1 stroke Ariya Jutanugarn 315,000
2 20 Jan 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions 65-69-71-66=271 −13 Playoff Nasa Hataoka
Inbee Park		 180,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions Nasa Hataoka
Inbee Park		 Won with birdie on seventh extra hole
Park eliminated by par on third hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2019 or in 2020.

Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
The Chevron Championship CUT CUT T55 T35 T59
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T11 CUT CUT T30 T46
Women's PGA Championship T58 T29 T40 CUT T9
The Evian Championship ^ CUT T18 T61 61 NT
Women's British Open T37 CUT CUT T59
Tournament20212022
The Chevron Championship T25 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T41
Women's PGA Championship CUT
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open T29

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

References
  1. "Golf: Lopez Gaby". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. 23 July 2021. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. "Arkansas' Lopez (66) falls one shot short". Golf Channel. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  3. "Gabriela Lopez profile". Arkansas Razorbacks. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. "Stacy Lewis & Gaby Lopez Excited About Being Back In Arkansas". ArkLaTexhomepage.com. 22 June 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. "Gaby Lopez bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. Leadbetter, Hally (25 June 2016). "Mexico's Gaby Lopez Readies for the Rio Olympics". Golf For Her. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. "Se caen en el último día…". Sportspedia México. 20 August 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  8. "Gaby López and María Fassi debuted at Tokyo 2020 golf: result". Sport-Journal.com. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  9. "Gabriela Lopez". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
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