Blue Bay LPGA
Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Club | Hainan Island, Ppls. Rep. of China | Nov. 7-10, 2018
Nov. 10, 2018
Hometown/Resides: Mexico City, Mexico
Birthdate: Nov. 9, 1993; currently 25 years and 1 day
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for tied for 10th at the 2015 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2015/2016
VICTORIES
With her win, Lopez becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Lopez earns 500 points and is projected to move from 43rd to 69th in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,095 points
MONEY
With her win, Lopez earns $315,000; she has earned $491,342 this season and $1,101,942 for her career
PREVIOUS BLUE BAY LPGA RESULTS
2017 – 24; 2016 – T18
2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
23 events played, 14 cuts made, $491,342, one victory, one additional top-10 finish
OF NOTE
- Lopez joins the legendary Lorena Ochoa as the only LPGA winners from Mexico; Ochoa last won at the 2009 Navistar LPGA Classic before retiring in April 2010 with 27 LPGA Tour victories
- Lopez is the 10th Rolex First-Time Winner of 2018, joining Jin Young Ko, Pernilla Lindberg, Moriya Jutanugarn, Annie Park, Nasa Hataoka, Thidapa Suwannapura, Georgia Hall, Marina Alex and Nelly Korda
- With the $315,000 winner’s check, Lopez moves to 255th on the LPGA Career Money List with $1,101,942
- Prior to today, Lopez’s best LPGA finish was a tie for seventh at the 2017 ShopRite LPGA Classic
- In the third round, Lopez had a hole-in-one at No. 17, from 181 yards with a 7-iron.
- Lopez represented Mexico at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, finishing 31st
- Lopez is a 2016 graduate of the University of Arkansas, with a degree in communications
- Lopez now qualifies for the 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Championship presented by Insurance Office of America