Louise Duncan

Duncan started playing golf at 10. She learned to play at West Kilbride Golf Club on Scotland's west coast, where she has been coached by club professional Iain Darroch. An R&A Scholar and University of Stirling student, Duncan has benefited from coaching by former European Tour winner Dean Robertson, who also served as her caddie during the 2021 Women's British Open.
In 2018, she won the Fairhaven Trophy and was runner-up at the Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship. In 2019, she was 3rd at the Scottish Women's Amateur Championship held at Kilmarnock (Barassie) Golf Club. In 2021, she triumphed at the Womens Amateur Championship, the first Scot to win the Women's Amateur since Alison Rose in 1997. Her win was also notable as she recorded the largest winning margin in the championship's history, beating Johanna Lea Ludviksdottir, 9 and 8.
Duncan has represented Scotland at the Girls Home Internationals, Women's Home Internationals, European Girls' Team Championship and the European Ladies' Team Championship. She was part of Great Britain and Ireland's 2021 Curtis Cup team at Conwy Golf Club and in 2022 at Merion.
Duncan's Women's Amateur win qualified her for the 2021 Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links, where she was the breakout star of the week. After rounds of 68, 73 and 68 she was T-4th, only two shots behind joint leaders Nanna Koerstz Madsen and Anna Nordqvist. She had a final round 72, to finish T-10th. She joined winner Anna Nordqvist at the trophy presentation to accept the Smyth Salver for low amateur. She played in the Augusta National Women's Amateur and missed the cut with scores of 79-80. She turned professional after missing the cut in defending her Woman's Amateur title, she will make her professional debut at the Women's Scottish Open.