{{Short description|English professional golfer (1962–2019)}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Debbie Dowling | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = Deborah Ann Dowling | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1962|7|26|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|1|18|1962|7|26|df=y}} | death_place = | height = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} OR {{height|m=|precision=0}} --> | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = <!-- Year turned professional --> | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = Ladies European Tour (1981–1998) | prowins = 8 | letwins = 6 | lagtwins = 2 | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = | lpga = | wusopen = | dumaurier = | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Deborah Ann Dowling''' (26 July 1962 – 18 January 2019) was an English professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour.<ref>{{cite web |title=Deborah Ann Dowling |url=https://www.funeralguide.co.uk/obituaries/57516 |publisher=Funeral Guide |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>
==Career== Dowling represented England at the 1979 Girls Home Internationals.<ref>{{cite web |title=England and international honours |url=http://www.slcga.org/AboutSLCGA/EnglandInterHonours.aspx |publisher=Surrey Ladies Golf |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref> She turned professional and joined the Ladies European Tour (LET) in 1981 and won six times, at the 1983 Melcade International Tournament and the Ladies Jersey Open, the 1985 Portuguese Ladies Open, the 1986 Laing Ladies Classic and the 1986 and the 1989 Eastleigh Classic. She also won the 1989 Thailand Open and the 1996 Singapore Open on the Ladies Asian Golf Tour. In 1985 and 1986, she finished fifth on the LET Order of Merit. She played on tour for 18 years, until 1998.<ref name="LET">{{cite web |title=LET Mourns the loss of Debbie Dowling |url=https://ladieseuropeantour.com/blog/let-mourns-the-loss-of-debbie-dowling/ |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>
==Professional wins (8)== ===Ladies European Tour wins (6)=== *1983 (2) Colt Cars Jersey Open, Melcade International Tournament *1985 (1) Vale do Lobo Portuguese Ladies Open *1986 (1) Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic, Laing Ladies Classic *1989 (1) Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Debbie Dowling Tournament Wins |url=https://www.where2golf.com/golf-tournaments/results/player/dowling-debbie/ |publisher=Where2golf |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LET 2013 Media Guide |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/30317578/2013-let-tour-guide-pdf-ladies-european-tour |publisher=Ladies European Tour |accessdate=27 August 2020}}</ref>
===Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (2)=== *1989 Thailand Ladies Open *1996 Singapore Ladies Open Source:<ref name="LET"/>
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==External links== *[https://issuu.com/janejordan/docs/let-media-guide-2009 2009 LET Media Guide: Past Tournament Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002112616/https://issuu.com/janejordan/docs/let-media-guide-2009 |date=2 October 2021 }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dowling, Debbie}} Category:English female golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:1962 births Category:2019 deaths Category:20th-century English sportswomen