Zimmer Biomet Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez

Lake Course at Grand National on the RTJ Golf Trail | Opelika, Ala. | May 23-26

In the Winner’s Circle with Nuria Iturrios

May 26, 2019

Hometown/Resides: Mallorca, Spain

Birthdate: December 16, 1995; currently 23 years, 5 months and 10 days

Qualified for Symetra Tour: Finished T72 at the Final Stage of the 2017 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2018 Symetra Tour season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: September 15, 2015

            

VICTORIES

Symetra Tour: First career victory 

LPGA Tour: N/A

PREVIOUS WIN: 2019 Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic on the Ladies European Tour

VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD

With her win, Iturrios jumps to No. 3 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $53,508 total season earnings.

MONEY

With her win, Iturrios collects a winner’s check of $45,000; she has earned $53,508 this season and $70,957 for her Symetra Tour career (2019 is second season on the “Road to the LPGA”)

PREVIOUS SYMETRA TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES

Symetra Tour: T5 in the 2018 Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic

LPGA Tour: T57 at 2018 AIG Women’s British Open

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE SYMETRA TOUR

Seven events played and six cuts made; $53,508 with one victory

OF NOTE

• Iturrios, 23, is a native of Mallorca, Spain
• Member of the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2016 with total of 36 starts
• Stepped into winner’s circle for the first time as a professional at the 2016 Lalla Meryem Cup
• Rookie on the Symetra Tour in 2018 competed in 19 events and made 11 cuts with season-best T5 result at Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic
• Captured back-to-back LET tournament titles between late April and early May of 2019 at the Lalla Meryem Cup and Omega Dubai Moonlight Classic
• Played the weekend six times in seven starts on the “Road to the LPGA” this year and stepped into the winner’s circle for first time in her Symetra Tour career at the inaugural Zimmer Biomet Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez

ABOUT SYMETRA TOUR 

The Symetra Tour is the official qualifying tour of the LPGA Tour and enters its 39th competitive season in 2019. With the support of its entitlement partner Symetra, the Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. Since Symetra’s inaugural sponsorship year in 2012, the Symetra Tour has grown from 16 tournaments and $1.7 million in prize money to $4.0 million in prize money awarded over the course of 24 events. With more than 600 alumnae moving on to the LPGA, former Symetra Tour players have won a total of 437 LPGA titles. Follow the Symetra Tour on the web at www.SymetraTour.com, Facebook.com/Road2LPGA, Twitter.com/Road2LPGA, and YouTube.com/Road2LPGA.

ABOUT SYMETRA
Symetra Life Insurance Company is a subsidiary of Symetra Financial Corporation, a diversified financial services company based in Bellevue, Washington. In business since 1957, Symetra provides employee benefits, annuities and life insurance through a national network of benefit consultants, financial institutions and independent agents and advisors. Symetra began its partnership with the Road to the LPGA in 2010 as the title sponsor of the Symetra Classic. It secured naming rights for the Symetra Tour in November 2011. In addition to its title sponsorship of the Tour, which runs through 2021, Symetra sponsors two events on the tournament schedule—the Symetra Classic and the season-ending Symetra Tour Championship. For more information about Symetra, visit www.symetra.com.