Cara Gainer
| Cara Gainer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 20 August 1995 | ||
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of England.svg England | ||
| Residence | Oxford, England | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Cardiff University | ||
| Turned professional | 2020 | ||
| Current tour | Ladies European Tour (joined 2021) | ||
| Former tour | LET Access Series (joined 2020) | ||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Ladies European Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | T61: 2023 | ||
| Evian Championship | T14: 2025 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Cara Gainer (born 20 August 1995) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2022 Belgian Ladies Open, the 2023 Amundi German Masters and won the 2025 Lalla Meryem Cup.[1]
Early life and amateur career
[edit | edit source]Gainer hails from Oxford and started playing golf relatively late, when she was 14-years-old, and became a scratch golfer at 17.[2] Throughout that time she was a member at Frilford Heath Golf Club, along with Eddie Pepperell.[3]
She was part of the Castle Royle High Performance Academy and was Castle Royle Ladies Champion in 2015, 2016, and 2017, and was Ladies' Amateur Champion of Oxfordshire County in 2016.[4]
Gainer won the 2017 English Women's Open Match Play Championship at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, and was in the England squad her final year as an amateur, competing internationally.[2]
She graduated with a geography degree from Cardiff University in 2016.[3]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]Gainer turned professional in January 2020 after the LET Q-School, and joined the LET Access Series.
In 2020, she recorded four top-20 finishes in five starts including a runner-up finish at the Czech Ladies Challenge in Prague. She ended the year in second place on the Order of Merit behind Tiia Koivisto, earning promotion to the Ladies European Tour (LET). She was also crowned LETAS Rookie of the Year.[1]
In her rookie LET season, Gainer finished 90th in the Race to Costa del Sol. In 2022 she ended the season 41st, after she recorded a second place finish at the Belgian Ladies Open, one stroke behind Linn Grant.[1] She held the overnight lead at the season finale, the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, after a 7-under 66 in the opening round, but then produced three rounds of 72 to finish tied 14th.[5][6]
In 2023, Gainer finished 3rd at the La Sella Open and lost a playoff at the Amundi German Masters to Kristýna Napoleaová to finish the season 16th in the Order of Merit. She captured her maiden LET title at the 2025 Lalla Meryem Cup by birdying the first hole in a playoff against Diksha Dagar.[7]
Amateur wins
[edit | edit source]- 2017 English Women's Open Match Play Championship
Source:[8]
Professional wins (1)
[edit | edit source]Ladies European Tour wins (1)
[edit | edit source]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 Feb 2025 | Lalla Meryem Cup | 71-70-69=216 | −9 | Playoff | India Diksha Dagar |
Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 | Amundi German Masters | Czech Republic Kristýna Napoleaová | Lost to birdie on the first extra hole |
| 1 | 2025 | Lalla Meryem Cup | India Diksha Dagar | Won with birdie on the first extra hole |
Results in LPGA majors
[edit | edit source]| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | |||
| The Evian Championship | T14 | ||
| Women's British Open | T61 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Cara Gainer at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Cara Gainer at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site