Gabriela Ruffels

Hometown: Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
College: University of Southern California

2024 Cognizant Founders Cup (3rd)

 

Rolex Ranking 48
Rookie Year 2024
Scoring Average 72.42

Personal
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2024

  • 25 events, 20 cuts made, $920,679 (41)

  • Recorded four top-10 finishes, including three third-place results at the FIR HILLS SERI PAK Championship, Cognizant Founders Cup and Mizuho Americas Open

  • Finished third in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings with 571 points

2023

  • Made 12 cuts in 13 starts on the Epson Tour

  • Recorded six top-10 finishes, including three wins at the arlisle Arizona Women's Golf Classic, Garden City Charity Classic and Four Winds Invitational

  • Finished first on the Epson Tour's Race for the Card, earning Player of the Year honors and LPGA Tour Membership for 2024

Notable Highlights

  • Played in 22 LPGA Tour events since 2019, making 14 cuts and earning a career-best finish before joining the Tour of T13 at the 2020 U.S. Women's Open

  • In those 22 events, she recorded 16 rounds in the 60s

Amateur Highlights

  • Switched from Tennis to golf in 2015

  • Won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2019, becoming the first Australian player to do so; she was also runner-up at the 2020 U.S. Women's Am

  • Played for the University of Southern California, earning two wins

  • Was a member of the 2019 Arnold Palmer Cup International Team