Pia Babnik

Babnik started to play golf at age three and joined her first junior golf competition at age four, where she made her first birdie. She won all age groups' national titles in Slovenia and won many international junior competitions.
Babnik played her first professional tournament at age 12 in the 2016 LET Access Series, the CitizenGuard LETAS Trophy in Belgium, and made the cut. She represented Slovenia at the 2017 European Girls' Team Championship and would do so again at the 2018 and 2019 European Ladies' Team Championship.
Babnik scored a record low in the 2018 Trnovo Masters with 58 strokes. At the 2018 Mediterranean Games, she won the bronze medal with Vida Obersnel and Ana Belac in the women's team event.
At 15 years old, Babnik played her first LET tournament, the 2019 Czech Ladies Open, and again made the cut. The same year, she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship by seven shots at Royal Troon. Only Ireland's Leona Maguire had been a younger champion at 14 in 2009. Babnik returned to Scotland to take home the centenary Girls Amateur Championship at Panmure Golf Club, defeating Austria's Isabella Holpfer in the 18-hole final, 4 and 3. Through her victory, she earned exemptions into Final Qualifying for the 2020 Women's British Open, as well as the Women's Amateur Championship and the Augusta National Women's Amateur Championship.
Babnik qualified for the Junior Solheim Cup and represented Europe in the competition at Gleneagles and the continent's Junior Vagliano Trophy team, which triumphed at Royal St George's Golf Club.
2020 Notes: Babnik illustrated her talent by securing a card at the final stage of LET Qualifying School at age 16, the youngest in the field at the La Manga Club in Spain. She finished 11th to earn her playing rights on the 2020 Ladies European Tour. She played in 8 events her best finish was T-2nd at the Saudi Ladies Team International. Babnik was 49th on the LET money list and was fourth in the Rookie of the Year standings. Babnik was 2nd in the Lavaux Ladies Open on the LET Access Series, losing in a playoff to Agathe Laisne.
2021 Notes: Played in 17 LET events making 15 cuts with six top-ten finishes. Pia finished second in the Race to Costa del Sol and earned euro130,957. In her first event of the year was 5th at the Investec SA Women's Open, in her third start of the year won the Jabra Ladies Open beating Annabel Dimmock in a playoff. Babnik qualified for the Tokyo Olympics as a Slovenia's golf team member, finishing T-34th. She is the youngest player to qualify for the Olympics. She was 2nd in the Estrella Damm Ladies Open, two shots back of winner Maja Stark. She was T-4th at the Aramco Team Series, five back of winner Charley Hull. Shot a final round 65 to win the Aramco Team Series - Jeddah (Individual) by a shot over Olivia Cowan.