Nicole Garcia (golfer)

Nicole Garcia (born 10 December 1990) is a South African professional golfer playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

[1] Garcia was born in Benoni, Gauteng to a Spanish father and British mother, and started playing golf at the age of 15.

[3] Garcia turned professional at the end of 2013 after she finished T34 at the Lalla Aicha Tour School to earn conditional status for the 2014 Ladies European Tour, where she played in eight events and made two cuts.

[1] In 2017, she received media attention on her way to finish T7 in the Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open De España, after her wayward tee-shot hopped into the front compartment of a referee's buggy, and she holed-out for par.

[4] In 2018, Garcia suffered a serious hip and back injury, and surgery followed by rehab kept her sidelined for most of the 2019 and 2020 seasons.