Garden City Charity Classic

Buffalo Dunes Golf Course | Garden City, Kan. | September 6-8

In the Winner’s Circle with Alejandra Llaneza

September 8, 2019

Hometown/Resides: Mexico City, Mexico

Birthdate: May 31, 1988; currently 31 years, 3 months and 8 days

Qualified for Symetra Tour: Finished T88 at the Final Stage of the 2011 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2012 Symetra Tour season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2012 on Symetra Tour and 2013 on LPGA Tour

            

VICTORIES

Symetra Tour: Second career victory 

LPGA Tour: N/A

Previous Wins: 2015 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic

VOLVIK RACE FOR THE CARD

With her win, Llaneza jumps to No. 29 in the Volvik Race for the Card with $37,059 in total season earnings.

MONEY

With her win, Llaneza collects a winner’s check of $26,250; she has earned $37,059 this season and $167,557 for her Symetra Tour career (2019 is eighth season competing on the “Road to the LPGA”)

PREVIOUS SYMETRA TOUR AND LPGA TOUR FINISHES

Symetra Tour: 1st in the 2015 Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic

LPGA Tour: T12 at 2014 Kingsmill Championship presented by JTBC

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE SYMETRA TOUR

Eighteen events played and seven cuts made; $37,059 with one victory and one top-10

OF NOTE

• Llaneza, 31, is a native of Mexico City, Mexico
• Eight starts on the LPGA Tour from 2005-2012 as a non-member
• Part of Mexican National squad at 2008 World Amateur Team Championships
• Alumna of the University of Arizona and All-Pac 10 Second Team selection in 2009
• Finished T88 at the Final Stage of the 2011 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership for the 2012 Symetra Tour season
• Ended T32 at the Final Stage of the 2012 LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 membership for the 2013 LPGA Tour season
• Symetra Tour graduate in 2015 thanks to six top-10 finishes including win at the Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women’s Health Classic to finish at No. 7 in Volvik Race for the Card
• Represented her native country at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games and ended tied for 44^th
• Winner of the 2017 Pennsylvania Women’s Open at Valley Country Club in Sugarloaf, Pa.
• Total of 52 starts on the LPGA Tour from rookie year in 2013 through 2017 with a career-best tied for 12th showing at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship presented bay JTBC

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 23 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.