{{short description|South African professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Casandra Alexander | image = | imagesize = 225px | caption = | fullname = | nickname = Cas | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|8|13|df=y}} | birth_place = South Africa | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1999|8|13|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | weight = | nationality = {{ZAF}} | residence = Johannesburg, South Africa | spouse = Adrian Alexander (2022) | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2018 | tour = Ladies European Tour (joined 2020)<br />Sunshine Ladies Tour (joined 2019) | extour = | prowins = 7 | lpgawins = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins --> | letwins = 1 | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins --> | futwins = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins --> | otherwins = 6 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = DNP | lpga = DNP | wusopen = 72nd: 2024 | wbritopen = T7: 2024 | evian = 20th: 2025 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = Sunshine Ladies Tour<br/>Order of Merit | year1 = 2025 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Casandra Alexander''' (née '''Hall''', born 13 August 1999) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She has won one LET title and the team event of the Aramco Team Series twice, and has recorded two LET runner-up finishes. She also has six Sunshine Ladies Tour victories.<ref name=LETBio>{{cite web |title=Casandra Alexander Player Profile |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/player-profiles/?player=911085 |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
She competed as '''Casandra Hall''' until her marriage to Adrian Alexander, a bodybuilder, in 2022.<ref name=LETBio/><ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander geared for Jabra Ladies Classic homecoming |url=https://sunshineladiestour.golf/alexander-geared-for-jabra-ladies-classic-homecoming |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Alexander started playing golf at age 10 and her foremost achievement as an amateur was winning the South African Stroke Play Championship in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Casandra Hall Profile |url=https://www.golfrsa.com/player-profile/casandra-hall/ |publisher=Golf RSA |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
Alexander turned professional in late 2018 and joined the Sunshine Ladies Tour. In 2020, she won the Ladies Event at the Investec Royal Swazi Open, and in 2021, the Joburg Ladies Open.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall bags victory at Joburg Open |url=https://www.compleatgolfer.com/video/watch-halls-bags-victory-joburg-open/ |publisher=Compleat Golfer |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref> She finished second in the 2021 Order of Merit, behind Lee-Anne Pace.<ref>{{cite web |title=Player Profile Casandra Alexander |url=https://sunshineladiestour.golf/playerprofile/HAL013 |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
Alexander become a member of the Ladies European Tour in January 2020, but missed most of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, unable to travel to Europe. In November, she made her breakthrough with victory in the Saudi Ladies Team International alongside Emily Kristine Pedersen and Michele Thomson. She holed the winning putt for a closing birdie on the 54th hole, sealing the victory for her team.<ref name="LETBio"/>
In 2021, she played 12 LET events and finished 73rd in the Order of Merit. In 2022, she tied for 4th at the Investec South African Women's Open three strokes behind the winner, her compatriot Lee-Anne Pace. She won the 2023 Aramco Team Series – Singapore team event with a team captained by Christine Wolf.<ref name="LETBio"/>
Alexander tied for 7th at the 2024 Women's British Open at Old Course at St Andrews, and in early 2025 she was runner-up at the Joburg Ladies Open and Investec South African Women's Open in back-to-back weeks, to climb into the top-100 on the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time. In the process, she won the 2025 Sunshine Ladies Tour Order of Merit, having also won the Jabra Ladies Classic for a second time during the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Reaches Career-Best World Ranking After Awesome April |url=https://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/alexander-reaches-career-best-world-ranking-after-awesome-april |publisher=Ladies European Tour |access-date=20 April 2025}}</ref>
In June 2025, she would win on the Ladies European Tour for the first time at the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open with an eagle on the 18th hole to win by 2 shots.<ref> {{cite web |title=South African title at Tipsport Czech Ladies Open |url=https://www.czechladiesopen.cz/en/2025/06/22/south-african-title-at-tipsport-czech-ladies-open/#:~:text=South%20African%20professional%20Casandra%20Alexander,local%20professionals%20was%20S%C3%A1ra%20Kouskov%C3%A1. |publisher=Tipsport Czech Ladies Open |access-date=22 June 2025}}</ref>
==Amateur wins== *2018 South African Stroke Play Championship, Limpopo Championship
Source:<ref name=wagr>{{cite web |title=Player Profile Cassandra Hell |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/cassandra-hall-20649 |publisher=WAGR |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref>
==Professional wins (7)== ===Ladies European Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br />victory !Runners-up |- | align=center|1 || 22 Jun 2025 || Tipsport Czech Ladies Open || −17 (73-64-62=199) || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} Esme Hamilton<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} Luna Sobrón |}
'''Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |2026 |Joburg Ladies Open |{{flagicon|FRA}} Agathe Laisné<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Kirsten Rudgeley |Eliminated by birdie on first extra hole.<br>Laisné won with birdie on fifth extra hole. |}
===Sunshine Ladies Tour wins (6)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br />victory !Runner-up !Ref |- | align=center|1 || 28 Oct 2020 || Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies) || 4 pts (13, −6, −2, −1) || 4 points || {{flagicon|ZAF}} Nicole Garcia || <ref>{{cite web |title=Final Results 2020 Investec Royal Swazi (Ladies) |url=https://sunshineladiestour.golf/tournament?id=220S&code=RSLO |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center|2 || 30 Apr 2021 || Joburg Ladies Open || +1 (72-72-73=217) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ZAF}} Lee-Anne Pace || <ref>{{cite web |title=Final Results 2021 Joburg Ladies Open |url=https://sunshineladiestour.com/report/?tourn=L002&season=221S&report=https%3A%2F%2Flds.ocs-africa.com%2Ftic%2Ftmscores.cgi%3Ftourn%3DL002~season%3D221S~params%3DP%2A3ESC03~ |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=23 May 2022 |archive-date=1 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501021140/https://sunshineladiestour.com/report/?tourn=L002&season=221S&report=https%3A%2F%2Flds.ocs-africa.com%2Ftic%2Ftmscores.cgi%3Ftourn%3DL002~season%3D221S~params%3DP%2A3ESC03~ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | align=center|3 || 3 Feb 2023 || SuperSport Ladies Challenge || −9 (70-67-70=207) || 6 strokes || {{flagicon|NOR}} Dorthea Forbrigd || <ref>{{cite web |title=Final Results 2023 SuperSport Ladies Challenge by Sun International |url=https://sunshineladiestour.golf/tournament?id=223S&code=L005 |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=7 February 2023}}</ref> |- | align=center|4 || 24 Feb 2023 || Jabra Ladies Classic || −14 (66-70-66=202) || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|ESP}} Mireia Prat || <ref>{{cite web |title=Final Results 2023 Jabra Ladies Classic |url=https://sunshineladiestour.golf/tournament?id=223S&code=L008 |publisher=Sunshine Ladies Tour |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref> |- | align=center|5 || 6 Apr 2024 || ABSA Ladies Invitational || −12 (68-70-66=204) || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|ESP}} Harang Lee || |- | align=center|6 || 28 Feb 2025 || Jabra Ladies Classic || −14 (71-64-67=202) || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|SCO}} Lorna McClymont || |}
==Results in LPGA majors== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025 |- |align=left|Chevron Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Women's Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |72 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|Women's PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|The Evian Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |20 |- |align=left|Women's British Open |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|T7 |T40 |} <!-- {{legend|lime|Win}} --> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> T = tied
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{LadiesEuroTour player|911085}} *{{SunshineLadiesTour player|HAL013}} *{{WWGR|9269}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Casandra}} Category:South African female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:Golfers from Johannesburg Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century South African sportswomen