Albane Ines Marie Valenzuela (born 17 December 1997) is a Swiss professional golfer and a three-time Olympian. She was born in New York City to a Mexican father and French mother. She became a Swiss citizen at age 14.
Amateur career Valenzuela took low amateur honors at the 2016 ANA Inspiration. She also made the cut at the 2016 U.S. Women's Open. She had two top-5 finishes on the Ladies European Tour in 2016 and a top-10 finish in the 2014 Lacoste Ladies French Open with a tournament low round of 64.
Valenzuela qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was the number one ranked golfer in Switzerland and reached number two in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Valenzuela also won the European Golf Association European Order of Merit in 2018.
Valenzuela reached the final of the 2017 U.S. Women's Amateur, losing to Sophia Schubert, 6 and 5. In 2019, she again reached the finals, losing to Gabriela Ruffels, 1 up. Valenzuela was also runner-up in the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2017.
Valenzuela played college golf at Stanford University before turning professional in late 2019. Valenzuela was named Pac-12 Player of the Year in 2019 and was a Ping/WGCA First Team All-American. She was a recipient of the WGCA's Edith Cummings Munson Award which is given to one of the top collegiate female golfers who excels in academics. She was also named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA first team Academic All-American. She graduated in 2020 with a degree in political science and was awarded Phi Beta Kappa.
Professional career Valenzuela turned professional after earning her LPGA Tour card by finishing T-6 at Q Series in November 2019. She represented Switzerland at the 2016 Rio Olympics, 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2024 Paris Olympics.
Amateur wins 2013 Swiss National Match Play Championship (with Rachel Rossel), Bulgarian Amateur Open 2014 Swiss International Championship 2015 Spanish International Stroke Play, Doral Publix Junior Classic, Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship 2017 NCAA Albuquerque Regional 2018 East Lake Cup 2019 Pac-12 Championship
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Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipT6559T66CUTT53T4CUTT4472U.S. Women's OpenT6724CUTT59T29CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTT46CUTT61CUTCUTThe Evian ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUTT37NTCUTT27T42T22CUTWomen's British Open T29T54CUTT20CUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 4Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3Totals 0 0 0 1 1 4 36 20 Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2022 Evian – 2023 Evian) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)
Team appearances Amateur Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2013 (winners) Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Switzerland): 2014, 2018 Junior Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2015 Vagliano Trophy (representing the Continent of Europe): 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners), 2019 (winners) Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2016 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2018 European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Switzerland): 2014, 2015, 2017 European Girls' Team Championship (representing Switzerland): 2012, 2013
Professional Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2024
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career20–1–1 0–0–1 0–1–0 0–0–0 0.525.0202420–1–10–0–1 tied w/ L. Vu0–1–0 lost w/ C. Boutier 3&20–0–0 0.525.0
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