Raquel Carriedo-Tomás
Personal information
Born (1971-02-08) 8 February 1971
Zaragoza, Spain
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality Spain
Children2
Career
Turned professional1995
Former tour(s)Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour (2003)
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour4
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT42: 2003
Women's PGA C'shipWD: 2003
U.S. Women's Open4th: 2002
du Maurier ClassicDNP
Women's British OpenT12: 2001
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit		2001
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		2001

Raquel Carriedo-Tomás (born 8 February 1971) is a Spanish professional golfer, usually called just Raquel Carriedo.

In 2000, she became the first Spaniard to play for Europe in the Solheim Cup. Carriedo was also a member of the team in 2002, and she topped the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit in 2001.[1][2][3]

Early life and amateur career

At six years of age, Carriedo started playing golf at Real Club de Golf La Peñaza in Zaragoza, Aragon, 300 kilometers north-east of the Spanish capital Madrid.[4] Her professional instructor was Vicente Ballesteros, elder brother of major winner Seve Ballesteros. She practiced and competed a lot at young age and when she was 16, her instructor told her parents that she should try a professional career in golf, but she did not turn pro until she had finished her studies in tourism eight years later.[1]

During her amateur career she never won a national amateur title nor represented her country at international team championships.

Professional career

With a solid 2000 season on the Ladies European Tour, despite not winning a tournament, Carriedo was selected, as the sixth of seven automatic qualifiers and the first ever Spanish participant to the European team against United States at the 2000 Solheim Cup at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Scotland. Carriedo contributed to a European 141⁄2 to 111⁄2 points win with a tie in the second day fourball match with Laura Davies against Meg Mallon and Beth Daniel.[5]

Carriedo finished the 2000 Ladies European Tour season fifth on the Order of Merit.

After finishing second nine times, Carriedo captured her first professional win in March 2001 at the Taiwan Ladies Open.[1]

At the Compaq Open in August 2001 at Österåker Golf Club outside Stockholm, Sweden, Carriedo was six strokes behind leader Karine Icher after 36 holes and three strokes behind after 54 holes. However, on the 11th hole during the final round, Icher was penalised one stroke due to slow play and continued to four-putt the hole. Carriedo finally won by a stroke and continued the 2001 season winning the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit.[2]

At the 2002 U.S. Women's Open at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas, Carriedo reached her best finish in a major championship, finishing lone fourth behind Juli Inkster, Annika Sörenstam and Shani Waugh.

Carriedo made her second Solheim Cup appearance in September 2002, as the second automatic European qualifier, at Interlachen Country Club, Minnesota, U.S.A.[6] In the second day fourball Carriedo came to be paired with her opponent from the Compaq Open the year before, Karine Icher. The pair won their game against Cristie Kerr and Rosie Jones, but Europe lost the match 151⁄2 to 121⁄2.[5]

Carriedo mainly retired from competitive golf after the 2004 season and after having two children, she has been working as a golf instructor.

Awards and honors

  • Medal of the Royal Order of Merit of the Royal Spanish Federation
  • Gold Medal of Merit of the Royal Spanish Golf Federation[4]

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 18 Mar 2001 Taiwan Ladies Open 69-67-75=211 −5 1 stroke Sweden Anna Berg

Germany Elisabeth Esterl

2 12 Aug 2001 Compaq Open 72-67-73-72=284 −8 1 stroke France Karine Icher
3 26 Aug 2001 Waterford Crystal Ladies' Irish Open 68-66-66=200 −16 1 stroke Sweden Sophie Gustafson
4 5 May 2002 Tenerife Ladies Open 73-71-77-71=292 +4 1 stroke England Johanna Head

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1999 Donegal Irish Ladies Open[7] England Laura Davies
Germany Elisabeth Esterl
France Sandrine Mendiburu		 Mendiburu won with par on second extra hole. Esterl was eliminated with bogey on first extra hole.
2 2001 La Perla Ladies Italian Open[8] Spain Paula Martí Martí won with par on the first playoff hole

Other wins (1)

  • BGT 2011 - Villaitana WEST Final (Womens European Satellite Tour)

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches		Total
W–L–H		Singles
W–L–H		Foursomes
W–L–H		Fourballs
W–L–H		Points
won		Points
%
Career 5 1–3–1 0–2–0 0–1–0 1–0–1 11.5 33,3%
2000 2 0–1–1 0–1–0 lost B. Iverson 3&2 0–0–0 0–0–1 halved w/ L. Davies 0.5 25%
2002 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost J. Inkster 4&3 0–1–0 lost w/ I. Tinning 1 hole 1–0–0 won w/ K. Icher 1 hole 1 33,3%

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Everything you need to know about Raquel Carriedo, the first Spanish golfer to play the Solheim Cup". Turismo y Planificación Costa del Sol S.L.U. 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 Nilsmark, Fredrik (September 2001). "Compaq Open, Regnet blandades med tårar" [Compaq Open, The rain was mixed with tears]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 9/2001. pp. 148–154. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ladies European Tour Moneylist 2001 season". Ladies European Tour. 2001. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Historia de La Peñaza, Más de 45 años siendo un referente en Aragón, Rachel Carriedo" [History of La Penaza, More than 45 years being a benchmark in Aragon, Rachel Carriedo]. Real Club de Golf La Peñaza. 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Golf - Den Stora Sporten, Solheim Cup" [Golf - the Great Sport, Solheim Cup] (in Swedish). Swedish Golf Federation 100 Years. p. 253.
  6. ↑ "A Glimpse at the European Solheim Cup Team". The Golf Channel. September 17, 2002. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tävling" [Competition]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1999. p. 98. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  8. ↑ Burnside, Elspeth (21 May 2001). "Marti comes of age as fellow Spaniard misses tiddler". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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