Aline Krauter Explained

Aline Krauter
Birth Date:30 December 1999
Birth Place:Stuttgart, Germany
Height:5ft 3in
Residence:Palo Alto, California, U.S.
College:Stanford University
Yearpro:2022
Tour:LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
Ladies European Tour (joined 2023)
Prowins:1
Letwins:1
Anainspiration:CUT: 2021, 2023
Lpga:T66: 2024
Wusopen:CUT: 2021, 2023
Wbritopen:CUT: 2021
Evian:CUT: 2021, 2022
Award1:Dinah Shore Trophy Award
Year1:2022

Aline Krauter (born 30 December 1999) is a German professional golfer. She won The Women's Amateur Championship in 2020, and the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships with Stanford in 2022.[1]

Early life and education

Krauter hails from Stuttgart and was educated at Saddlebrook Prep in Florida.

Amateur career

Krauter won the 2016 German Girls Open and finished third at the 2018 Portuguese Ladies Amateur. She won the 2020 Women's Amateur Championship at West Lancashire Golf Club in England, 1 up, over home player Annabell Fuller.[2] She became only the second German to do so, following Leonie Harm in 2018.[3]

Krauter represented Germany at the 2016 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada and at seven European Team Championships between 2016 and 2022, winning silver at the 2020 European Ladies' Team Championship in Uppsala, Sweden alongside Alexandra Försterling and Paula Schulz-Hanssen.

Krauter accepted a golf scholarship to Stanford University and played with the Stanford Cardinal women's golf team between 2018 and 2022, and was a four-time All-American.[4] In 2020, her fall semester of college golf was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While other conferences forged on, the Pac-12 Conference did not compete.[5] Krauter was in the original 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup team announced in March 2020, but was dropped when the new lineups were presented for the postponed event in December.[6]

As the reigning Women's Amateur champion, Krauter was invited to both the 2021 Augusta National Women's Amateur and the 2021 ANA Inspiration. The tournaments were played on the same dates so she chose to play the ANA Inspiration, where she was the only amateur in the field.[7] She finished 3rd in the 2021 U.S. Open Collegiate Invitational.

In 2022, Krauter graduated with a degree in International Relations and received the Dinah Shore Trophy Award. She ended her amateur career a key player on the Stanford team triumphing in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, and won the Arnold Palmer Cup.

Professional career

Krauter turned professional in August 2022. She made her professional debut in September at the LPGA Tour's Dana Open, where she finished tied 29th.[8]

She earned her 2023 cards for the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour via Q-School.[9]

Krauter earned her first professional tournament win at the 2023 Hero Women's Indian Open on the Ladies European Tour.[10]

Amateur wins

Source:[11]

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

Team appearances

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Bio: Aline Krauter . USGA . 17 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Krauter Wins Women's Amateur . The R&A . 17 August 2021.
  3. Germany's Aline Krauter follows countrywoman Sophia Popov's lead, wins Women's British Amateur title . Golf Digest . 17 August 2021 . 30 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Women's Golf Roster: Aline Krauter . Stanford Cardinal . 17 August 2021.
  5. Making up for lost time: Stanford teammates talk detours and silver linings ahead of NCAA postseason . Golfweek . 17 August 2021.
  6. Web site: 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup Teams Named . Arnold Palmer Cup . March 27, 2020.
  7. Stanford's Aline Krauter will play ANA Inspiration rather than tee it up at Augusta National Women's Amateur . Golfweek . 17 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Making pro debut, Aline Krauter fires 66 on sponsor's exemption at Dana Open . 2 September 2022 . Golf Channel . 17 March 2023.
  9. Web site: 2023 LPGA Tour Rookies . LPGA . 12 December 2022.
  10. News: Aline Krauter wins Hero Women's Indian Open title . The Statesman . Harpal . Singh Bedi . October 22, 2023.
  11. Web site: Aline Krauter . WAGR . 12 December 2022.