Becky Brewerton

{{short description|Welsh professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Becky Brewerton | image = 2009 Women's British Open - Becky Brewerton (3).jpg | imagesize = 225px | caption = Brewerton after the 2009 Women's British Open | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1982|10|20}} | birth_place = St Asaph, Wales | death_date =  | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}} | weight = | nationality = {{WAL}} | residence = Abergele, Wales | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2003 | retired =  | tour = Ladies European Tour (joined 2004) LPGA Tour (joined 2011) | extour =  | prowins = 4 | lpgawins =  | letwins = 2 | jlpgawins =  | klpgawins =  | lagtwins =  | alpgwins =  | futwins =  | otherwins =  | majorwins =  | nabisco = T72: 2010 | lpga = DNP | wusopen = 70th: 2014 | wbritopen = T16: 2007 | evian = DNP | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 =  | year1 =  | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''Rebecca Dawn Brewerton''' (born 20 October 1982) is a Welsh professional golfer. She is a member of the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour.

==Early life and amateur career== Brewerton was born in St Asaph, Wales. She had a successful amateur career. She was Welsh Girls Champion in 1997 and 1998 and Welsh Ladies' Amateur Champion in 1999<ref name="LETBio"> {{cite web | title = Becky Brewerton Player Profile | publisher = LET | url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101182.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181339/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101182.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 30 September 2007 | accessdate = 27 March 2007 }}</ref> and 2001.<ref name="BBC1"> {{cite web | title = Brewerton triumphs at St David's | publisher = BBC | date = 23 May 2001 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/1347179.stm | access-date = 27 March 2007 }}</ref> She won the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship in 1999 and 2002,<ref name="Ten1"> {{cite web |title=Brewerton makes her point known |publisher=LET |date=4 May 2003 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=4122 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025093753/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_interview.php?Id=4122 |archivedate=25 October 2006 }}</ref> a year she also won the European Ladies Amateur Championship<ref name="UKSport"> {{cite web |title=The British sport weekly digest |publisher=UK Sport |date=6 September 2002 |url=http://ftp.uksport.gov.uk/template.asp?id=1134 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928023749/http://ftp.uksport.gov.uk/template.asp?id=1134 |archivedate=28 September 2007 }}</ref>

Brewerton represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Curtis Cup in 2000,<ref name="Curtis2000"> {{cite web | title = The 2000 Curtis Cup | publisher = USGA | url = http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/us_teams/2000.html | accessdate = 27 March 2007 }}</ref> and the Vagliano Trophy in 2001<ref name="RTE1"> {{cite web |title=Coffey selected for Vagliano trophy team |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2001/0618/coffeya.html |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040910084033/http://www.rte.ie/sport/2001/0618/coffeya.html |archivedate=10 September 2004 }}</ref> and 2003.<ref name="Irish"> {{cite web |title=Irish and British ladies win out on final green |work=Irish Examiner |date=28 July 2003 |url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/07/28/story683126233.asp |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929152728/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/07/28/story683126233.asp |archivedate=29 September 2007 }}</ref> She was in line to be selected to the 2002 Curtis Cup squad<ref name="Curt1"> {{cite web | title = Brewerton targets Curtis Cup | publisher = BBC News | date = 2 October 2001 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/wales/1574694.stm | access-date = 27 March 2007 }}</ref> but was not selected for the final team. She played in the 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships<ref name="IGF"> {{cite web | title = 2002 World Amateur Team Championaships | publisher = IGF | url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wtc_photos/2002/2002-womens.pdf | accessdate = 27 March 2007 }}</ref><ref name="IGF2"> {{cite web | title = Women's World Amateur Team Championship | publisher = Golf Stat Results | url = http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/players.cfm?tournament_id=199&tournament_team_id=28 | accessdate = 27 March 2007 }}</ref> and was named as the Daily Telegraph Golfer of the year.<ref name="Ten1"/>

Brewerton received two invitations to play on the Ladies European Tour in 2003. She held the halfway lead at the Tenerife Ladies Open in May<ref name="Tenerife1"> {{cite web |title=Brewerton hijacks the Pros in Tenerife |publisher=LET |date=2 May 2003 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4118&page=115 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184640/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4118&page=115 |archivedate=30 September 2007 }}</ref> finally finishing the tournament in second place<ref name="Tenerife2"> {{cite web |title=Esterl clinches win in Tenerife |publisher=LET |date=4 May 2003 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4121&page=114 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184440/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4121&page=114 |archivedate=30 September 2007 }}</ref> and was beaten into second place again at the Wales WPGA Championship by a 74-foot birdie putt on the final green by Shani Waugh.<ref name="LET2"> {{cite web |title=It's Waugh on the shores of Porthcawl |publisher=LET |date=25 August 2003 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4248 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927235835/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4248 |archivedate=27 September 2007 }}</ref><ref name="GolfT1">{{cite web | title = Becky Brewerton aiming to breakthrough in 2005 | work = Golf Today | url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/brewerton.html | accessdate = 27 March 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050920103222/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news05/brewerton.html | archive-date = 20 September 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Professional career== In 2003, Brewerton turned professional after she finished 13th at the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School.<ref name="LETQ"> {{cite web |title=Hauert wins LET Q School |publisher=LET |date=3 November 2003 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4349 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025085131/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4349 |archivedate=25 October 2006 }}</ref>

In her 2004, rookie season, Brewerton was second in the Ryder Cup Wales Rookie of the Year competition<ref name="Rookie">{{cite web | title = Blomqvist wins LET Rookie of the Year | work = Golf Today | url = http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news04/let4.html | accessdate = 27 March 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060507235949/http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news04/let4.html | archive-date = 7 May 2006 | url-status = dead }}</ref> and finished eighth on the LET Order of Merit with four top ten finishes. She had four more top tens in 2005 which gave her a 19th-place finish on the money list. In 2006, she had five top tens and finished 15th on the New Star Money List.<ref name="LETBio" />

In 2005, together with Becky Morgan,<ref name="WWCG2005"> {{cite web |title=Australia, England and Sweden favourites |publisher=LET |date=10 February 2005 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3694&page=62 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184518/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3694&page=62 |archivedate=30 September 2007 }}</ref> Brewerton finished sixth in the Women's World Cup of Golf in South Africa. The pair improved on that performance in 2006 finishing third, added an eighth-place finish in 2007 and a sixth place in 2008.<ref name="WWCG2007"> {{cite web |title=Women's World Cup of Golf 2007 |publisher=LPGA |date=21 January 2007 |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/wwcdts012107.pdf |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127142634/http://www.lpga.com/content/wwcdts012107.pdf |archivedate=27 January 2007 }}</ref><ref name="WWCG2007a"> {{cite web |title=Women's World Cup of Golf kicks off 2007 LET season |publisher=LET |date=17 January 2007 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8239&page=3 |accessdate=27 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000054/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8239&page=3 |archivedate=28 September 2007 }}</ref>

Brewerton's maiden professional victory was a three stroke win at the 2007 Ladies English Open. This, plus four other top ten finishes, earned her a place on the 2007 European Solheim Cup Team, the first Welsh golfer to play on a Solheim Cup team.<ref name="Sol2007"> {{cite web | title = Brewerton delight at Solheim spot | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 21 August 2007 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/6954254.stm | access-date = 21 August 2007}}</ref> She placed second in the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 2007, and was voted The Towergate Professional Player of the Year.<ref name="BBC2007"> {{cite web | title = Profile: Becky Brewerton | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 26 November 2007 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/wales/7102463.stm | access-date = 30 January 2008}}</ref><ref name="Award2007"> {{cite web |title = Brewerton scoops award as The Towergate Professional Player of the Year |publisher = Ladies European Tour |date = 29 October 2007 |url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11477 |accessdate = 30 January 2008 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080103121705/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=11477 |archivedate = 3 January 2008 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Brewerton's second LET victory was at the 2009 Open De España Femenino. This earned her the final place in the Evian Masters the following week which she led for three of the four days before finishing 13th, the highest finish by an LET player. These performances led to her selection as a captain's pick for the 2009 European Solheim Cup team and to the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year Award shortlist.<ref name="BBCw"> {{cite web | title = Profile: Becky Brewerton BBC CYMRU Wales Sports Personality Of The Year 2009 | publisher = BBC | date = 30 November 2009 | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/wales/8363443.stm | access-date = 6 December 2009 }}</ref>

In December 2010, she finished 20th at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament to earn membership on the LPGA Tour for 2011 with low playing priority.

==Professional wins (4)==

===Ladies European Tour wins (2)=== *2007 (1) Ladies English Open *2009 (1) Open De España Femenino

===Other wins (2)=== *2011 (1) Tenerife Ladies Match Play (unofficial Ladies European Tour) *2021 (1) Rose Ladies Series at Brockenhurst Manor

==Ladies European Tour career summary== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Year !! LET wins !! Earnings (€) !! Order of Merit rank !! Average |- |align="center"|2004 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|86,278.77 |align="center"|8 |align="right"|72.19 |- |align="center"|2005 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|69,381.19 |align="center"|19 |align="right"|72.05 |- |align="center"|2006 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|96,700.47 |align="center"|15 |align="right"|71.88 |- |align="center"|2007 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|145,085.93 |align="center"|15 |align="right"|72.36 |- |align="center"|2008 |align="center"|0 |align="right"|126,754.04 |align="center"|15 |align="right"|71.64 |- |align="center"|2009 |align="center"|1 |align="right"|175,955.10 |align="center"|3 |align="right"|71.14 |} *Official as of 20 September 2009.

==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Wales): 1999, 2001, 2003 *Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000 *Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2001, 2003 (winners) *European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Wales): 2002<ref>{{cite web |title=Results 2004 European Lady Junior's Team Championship |url=https://www.ega-golf.ch/sites/default/files/resultsladyjteam2004.pdf |access-date=31 December 2022 |publisher=EGA}}</ref> *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2002

'''Professional''' *Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 2007, 2009 *World Cup (representing Wales): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

===Solheim Cup record=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;" ! Year !! Total matches !! Total W-L-H !! Singles W-L-H !! Foursomes W-L-H !! Fourballs W-L-H !! Points won !! Points % |- |Career |7 |'''''3–3–1''''' |'''''0–1–1''''' |'''''2–1–0''''' |'''''1–1–0''''' |3.5 |50% |- |2007 |3 |'''''1–1–1''''' |'''''0–0–1''''' halved w/S. Steinhauer |'''''0–1–0''''' lost w/L. Davies 2&1 |'''''1–0–0''''' won w/L. Davies 2up |1.5 |50% |- |2009 |4 |'''''2–2–0''''' |'''''0–1–0''''' lost to A. Stanford 5&4 |'''''2–0–0''''' won w/G. Nocera 3&1, won w/G. Nocera 5&4 |'''''0–1–0''''' lost w/L. Davies 5&4 |2.0 |50% |}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{official website|http://www.beckybrewerton.co.uk}} *{{LPGA player|becky-brewerton/45482}} *{{LadiesEuroTour player|101182}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brewerton, Becky}} Category:Welsh female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:LPGA Tour golfers Category:Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Category:Sportspeople from St Asaph Category:1982 births Category:Living people