Samantha Giles (golfer)

Samantha Giles
— Golfer —

Giles at the 2013 English Women's Mid-Am
Personal information
Full name Samantha Jo Giles
Nickname Sammie
Born (1994-10-28) 28 October 1994
Plymouth, England
Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Nationality  England
Residence Saltash, England
Career
Status Amateur

Samantha Jo Giles (born 28 October 1994) is a Cornish amateur golfer who has represented England[1] at the highest amateur level and who has also been Cornwall's women's county champion as recently as 2015. Giles is the first female amateur golfer to hold all three major English women's amateur titles, English Women's Mid-Amateur, English Women's Open Stroke Play and the English Women's Amateur Championship.

Born in Plymouth to parents Paul and Carol, both of whom had represented England at table tennis, Carol at the Commonwealth games and Paul as national champion, Giles started creating her early sporting history from a young age with interest in swimming, dancing and golf. Through her parents, Giles knows leading sports agent Sky Andrew.

Taking up her chosen career from the age of 11, Giles has been competing in regional, national and European events for the past 10 years. Since the completion of her GCSEs at the age 16, she has been training full-time in the pursuit of turning professional and joining the LPGA Tour.[2]

To date the Saltash-based player's major successes have been joining the England Women's team, winning the 2014 English women's mid-amateur championship,[3] 2015 Cornish Women's Championship, 2015 English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship,[2] the Royal Birkdale Golf Club Ladies Scratch Trophy, the 2016 English Women's Amateur Championship and the 2015 & 2016 Home International tournaments with England.

Amateur wins

Source:[8]

Notes

As of August 2015, Giles is still classed as an amateur athlete. She will be looking to move to professional golfer status in the next 12 to 24 months.[9]

Giles plays out of the St. Mellion International Resort in Cornwall.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.englandgolf.org/playerprofile.aspx?sitesectionid=989&sitesectiontitle=England+Golf+Women&pref=40648
  2. 1 2 "Sammie Giles: Cornish golfer wins English strokeplay title". BBC Sport. 7 August 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Cornwall-s-Sammie-Giles-tees-English-women-8217-s/story-21338436-detail/story.html
  4. ↑ http://golforganiser.com/tournament_history.php
  5. ↑ http://www.royalbirkdale.com/images/Ladies_Scratch_Trophy_Results_2015.pdf
  6. ↑ http://ercn86.gilliankirkwood.co.uk/2015/09/england-bounce-back-from-defeat-by.html
  7. ↑ http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/sammie-giles-completes-full-set-of-national-titles-with-victory-at-women-s-amateur-championship/story-29515941-detail/story.html
  8. ↑ "Samantha Giles". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  9. ↑ https://audioboom.com/boos/3446933-cornish-golfer-sammie-giles-on-winning-the-english-women-s-open-stroke-play-championship
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