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Lauren Taylor - Golf

Lauren Abbie Taylor “Lozza” (born 26 August 1994 in Coventry) is an English golfer who became the youngest ever player to win the prestigious amateur “major” The British Ladies Amateur Open at Royal Portrush in 2011 where she broke a 112 year old record held previously by May Hazlett. Lauren started playing golf at the age of 10 after several years playing tennis on the LTA Futures Program. Lauren works and trains hard with her coach Andy Dunbar. Lauren who is a member and enjoys playing at Woburn Golf Club has represented England at national and international events, European Championships, Home Internationals and The Spirit and has also represented Europe at the Ping Junior Solheim Cup in 2011 where they drew with the USA. At the end of 2011 Taylor was number 20 in the World Ladies Amateur Rankings. In 2011 she was named as the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year which capped a fantastic year for Taylor where she also made her debut on the LET Allianz Slovak Ladies Open with a hole in one, played in the Ricoh British Ladies Open at Carnoustie with Melissa Reid and Sherri Stienhauer. She won the Ian Poulter (IJP) Invitational event and the Riverside Dutch Junior Ladies Open where she received a wild card into the LET Dutch Ladies Open. Taylor goes to Baylor University in Texas in August 2012.

Career 2011 Personal life Taylor lives in Rugby, Warwickshire with her parents Martin and Jackie and her younger sister Charlotte who also plays golf and is a member of English Women’s Golf Association Squads. Education Taylor attended Ashlawn School in Rugby where she studied History, French, English, Mathematics, Physical Education and Science – she worked hard to fit in her studies and her golf and was very pleased with her GCSE results. She now studies Sports Science at Moulton College in Northampton – where she also represents the college in golf competitions. Honours and Awards

Named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Named Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Young Sports Personality of the year Named Daventry Young Sports Personality of the Year Shortlisted for the Sports Aid “One to Watch” – one of top 13 References http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_personality/16272595.stm http://www.lgu.org/championships/amateur_2011/ http://www.junioropen.nl/index.php/news/latest-news/192-lauren-taylor-uk-wins-wildcard-to-deloitte-ladies-open.

Pint14 (talk) 17:48, 31 December 2011 (UTC)