Julia Lopez Ramirez

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Julia Lopez Ramirez - NCAA Championship 2024

Julia Lopez Ramirez 2024 SEC Championship

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - May 22, 2023 - Mississippi State's Julia Lopez Ramirez during the day four of the 2023 NCAA Division I Women?s Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ. Photo By Tim Cowie/Todd Drexler

Photo by: Tim Cowie/Todd Drexler Photos

Julia Lopez Ramirez NCAA Championship 2023

Photo by: Kevin Snyder/MSU Athletics

Women's Golf Advances to 2023 SEC Match Play Championship

WEST POINT, MS - October 17, 2022 - Mississippi State's Julia Lopez Ramirez during the Ally at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, MS. Photo By Kevin Snyder

Photo by: Mississippi State Athletics

WEST POINT, MS - October 17, 2022 - \wg during the Ally at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, MS. Photo By Kevin Snyder

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Women's Golf 2023 Blessings Collegiate Champions

Julia Lopez Ramirez and William Wann at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 after both players won the best ball event.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - May 21, 2022 - Mississippi State's Julia Lopez Ramirez during the second round of the 2022 NCAA Women?s Golf Championships at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ.Photo By Tim Cowie/Todd Drexler Photos

Photo by: Tim Cowie/Todd Drexler Photos

TALLAHASSEE, FL - May 10, 2022 - Mississippi State Assistant Coach Lauren Whyte and Julia Lopez Ramirez during the second round of the NCAA Regional Championships at Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, FL.Photo By Colin Hackley

Photo by: COLIN HACKLEY

Photo by: Tim Cowie/Todd Drexler Photos

SCOTTSDALE, AZ - 2022.05.21 - NCAA Women?s Golf Championships - Round 2

TALLAHASSEE, FL - 2022.05.09 - Women?s Golf NCAA Regional Championships

Photo by: COLIN HACKLEY

Photo by: COLIN HACKLEY

Photo by: Mississippi State Athletics

Photo by: Austin Perryman/Mississippi State Athletics

Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School/Previous School:
Escuela de Alto Rendimiento Blume
Hometown:
Malaga, Spain

Career Honors
2024 Ranked No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2024 WGCA All-American (First Team)
2024 Golfweek All-American (First Team)
2024 SEC Golfer of the Year
2024 SEC Individual Champion
2024 First Team All-SEC
2023 SEC Golfer of the Year
2023 SEC Individual Champion
2023 First Team All-SEC
2023 WGCA All-American (First Team)
2023 Golfweek All-American (First Team)
2023 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 ANNIKA Award Finalist
2022 WGCA All-American (Honorable Mention)
2022 Golfweek All-American (Third Team)
2022 SEC Freshman of the Year
2022 First Team All-SEC
2022 SEC All-Freshman Team
2022 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2022 WGCA National Freshman of the Year Watch List
6x SEC Golfer of the Week (2 in 2021-22, 3 in 2022-23, 1 in 2023-24)
2x SEC Freshman of the Week (2021-22)

Career Bests
Best Finish: 1 (x8), Last: 2024 SEC Championship (10-under par, 200)
Lowest Round: 63 (-9) - Sam Golden Invitational (2021-22)
Lowest Tournament Score: 197 (-19) - UCF Challenge (2022-23)

Career Highlights
• First Career Event: Sam Golden Invitational (2021-2022) (First Bulldog to win debut.)
• Ranks First All-Time in Rounds in the 60s (41).
• Lowest Career Scoring Average (Min. 45 Rounds) (70.63)
• Lowest Season Scoring Average (Min. 15 Rounds) (70.10).
• Most Rounds in the 60s in a Season (14).
• Most Par or Better Rounds in a Season (25).
• Ranked First All-Time in Par or Better Rounds (71).
• Top 5 Finishes: 22
• Top 10 Finishes: 4
• Top 20 Finishes: 2

2024-25 (Senior)
• Played in three events before turning professional and earning her LPGA Tour Card.
• Shot par or better in six of nine rounds played, including four rounds in the 60s.
• Collected two top three finishes, including a season-best second place in the Blessings Collegiate Invitational at 5-under par.
• Finished under-par in all three tournaments played.
• Carded a season-best 6-under round in her season-debut at the Carmel Cup (66) and in the final round of her collegiate career at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (66).

2023-24 (Junior)
• Appeared in ten events.
• Became the fourth golfer ever to win back-to-back individual SEC Championships after carding three rounds in the 60s to finish 10-under par (200).
• Went an undefeated 2-0-1 in the match play portion of the SEC Championship to help guide the program to their first conference title.
• Picked up a second victory at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate by setting an event record for lowest round (64, -7).
• Surpassed Ally McDonald (Ewing) during the SEC Championship for the most par or better rounds in program history.
• Earned top-five finishes at the Blessings Collegiate Invitational (2nd), Carmel Cup (3rd) and the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional (T3rd).
• Shot par or better in 17 of 24 rounds played in, including 10 rounds in the 60s.
• Shot 14-under versus par on the fall slate, improving her career total versus par to 74-under.
• Appeared in the 2023 Women's World Amateur Team Championship, earning a third place team finish with Team Spain.
• Named to the Final ANNIKA Award Watch List, along with being named to the preseason watch list.

2022-23 (Sophomore)
• Appeared in all twelve events.
• 2023 SEC Individual Champion
• 2023 NCAA Westfield Regional Champion
• 2023 Blessings Collegiate Invitational Champion
• Broke the women's records for Blessings Golf Club Course Record and Blessings Collegiate Invitational's lowest round (65, 7-under par).
• SEC Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of October 13th).
• SEC Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of February 9th).
• SEC Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of March 29th).
• Secured Eight Top-5 finishes in 12 Events.
• Recorded 14 Rounds in the 60s.
• Recorded 25 Par or Better Rounds.
• Led the SEC with a 70.10 Scoring Average.

2021-22 (Freshman)
• One of three Bulldogs to appear in all twelve events
• Shattered the Wildhorse Golf Club course record, carding a 63 (9-under par) third round to tie for first in her collegiate debut at the Sam Golden Invitational.
• Secured her best finish of the season with a tied-for seventh performance at the Paradise Invitational.
• Set three new Bulldog records in her debut, posting the lowest individual round (9-under par), lowest score after 54 holes (14-under par), and lowest third-round individual score (9-under par).
• Broke the record for the lowest opening (second-lowest individual) round in school history with an 8-under par performance in route to winning the Paradise Invitational.
• Broke the school record for the lowest score after two rounds (13-under par) and broke the lowest score after 54 holes with a score of 16-under par in the Paradise Invitational.
• Won her second-straight, third overall crown in the Westbrook Invitational where she carded three rounds in the 60s and shot 11-under par.
• Led the SEC in Weekly honors throughout the season
• SEC Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of March 3rd).
• SEC Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of February 10th).
• SEC Freshman Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of March 31st).
• SEC Freshman Women's Golfer of the Week (Week of March 11th).
• Led all SEC freshmen in wins (3) and stroke average (70.59).

Personal
• Born on February 11, 2003, in Benahavis, Malaga/Spain.
• Daughter of Eva María and Jose Antonio.
• She enjoys riding motorbikes with her father when not golfing.
• Major is currently undecided.

Pro Tournaments
• La Sella Open (2023)
• AIG Women's Open (2023)

Amateur Tournaments
• Augusta National Women's Amateur (2024, 2023)
• Women's World Team Amateur Championship (2023)
• European Ladies' Championship (2023) (1st place)
• British Ladies (2022)
• World College Championship (2022)
• Arnold Palmer Cup (2022, 2023, 2024)
• European Ladies Team (2022)
• Spanish National (2022)
• Copa la Reina (2021)
• Copa Andalucía (2021)
• Spanish Championship (2021)
• European Team Girls Championship (2021)
• Copa Andalucía (2021)
• CBA (2021)