Marisa Baena

Marisa Isabel Baena (born 1 June 1977) is a Colombian golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Marisa Baena
Personal information
Full nameMarisa Isabel Baena
Born (1977-06-01) 1 June 1977
Pereira, Colombia
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality Colombia
SpouseJuan Aristizabal (m.2005)
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arizona
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT23: 1997
Women's PGA C'shipT16: 2005
U.S. Women's OpenT19: 2001
du Maurier ClassicT55: 2000
Women's British OpenT32: 2001
Achievements and awards
Honda Award1996

Baena was born in Pereira, Colombia. She started playing golf at the age of six. She attended the University of Arizona in the United States and had an outstanding amateur career, the highlights of which were claiming the individual NCAA title in 1996 and finishing at runner up at the U.S. Women's Amateur in the same year. In 1996, she won the Honda Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation.[1][2]

She qualified for the LPGA Tour at her first attempt and had her rookie season in 1999, but she has not so far fully lived up to the promise of her amateur days. Her best finish in a stroke play tournament on the Tour is a tie for second place at the 2003 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic. In July 2005 she was the surprise winner of the first HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, beating South Korea's Meena Lee by one hole in the final. She won $500,000, a three-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, and a gold horseshoe necklace.

She represented Team International in the inaugural Lexus Cup competition in 2005. She and her sister Christina represented Colombia in the 2006 Women's World Cup of Golf.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 3 Jul 2005 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship 1 up Meena Lee

Results in LPGA majors
Tournament19961997199819992000
Kraft Nabisco Championship T23 CUT
LPGA Championship T56
U.S. Women's Open T54 CUT T54
du Maurier Classic T55
Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010
Kraft Nabisco Championship T36 T62 T42 T37 T47 CUT CUT
LPGA Championship T54 CUT T46 CUT T16 T34 T69 T18 76 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T19 CUT CUT CUT
Women's British Open^ T32 CUT CUT T50

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Professional

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References
  1. "Sidelines - October 2, 1997". wc.arizona.edu. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "Golf". CWSA. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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