After wrapping up 2024 on the Ladies European Tour (LET) at Lalla Aicha Q-School, the new year is upon us.
At the end of Q-School, a total of 24 players secured Category 12 membership for 2024 while another 30 players clinched Category 16 membership.
There will be plenty of new faces on Tour next season, find out more about the top 20 and ties below.
Daniela Darquea (1st, -24) – 2025 LET rookie
- Darquea, 29, is from Quito, Ecuador
- She attended the University of Miami
- She was a WGCA All-American, honourable mention, All-American Scholar, All-ACC, All-ACC Academic in 2014
- She won the Hurricane Invitational and Suntrust Gator Women’s Invitational in 2014
- She turned professional at the end of 2016
- She earned partial status at the 2016 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
- She won the IOA Championship on the Epson Tour in 2017
- She represented Ecuador at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (T38)
- She has made nine LET appearances including six majors
- She finished T11 at 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational
- Fun fact: She idolises Lorena Ochoa and has an Olympic rings tattoo on her forearm
Darcey Harry (2nd, -23) – 2025 LET rookie
- Harry, 21, is from Cardiff, Wales
- She attended The Royal Agricultural University
- She studied Equine Sciences
- She won the Santander Golf Tour La Coruña 2024 while still an amateur
- She finished in a tie for first place at the Pre-Qualifier held at Palm Golf Ourika
- She turned professional ahead of the Final Qualifier
- She has made three LETAS appearances making the cut every time
- She finished T13 at the 2024 Ladies Slovak Golf Open
- Fun fact: She loves horse riding and has a horse named Larry
Polly Mack (3rd, -21)
- Mack, 25, is from Berlin, Germany
- She attended the University of Neva for two seasons between 2017 and 2019
- She became the first Rebel to earn both Mountain West Player and Freshman of the Year honours in the same season
- She transferred to the University of Alabama and played there for three seasons between 2019 and 2022
- In 2022, she won twice and played in NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships. She became the first Crimson Tide player to win an NCAA regional since Stephanie Meadow in 2013
- She turned professional in 2022
- She was a co-medallist at LET Q-School held in December 2022
- She has made five LET appearances only missing one cut
- She finished T4 at the 2022 Amundi German Masters
- Fun fact: Her favourite food is sushi
Amelia Garvey (4th, -20) – 2025 LET rookie
- Garvey, 24, is from Christchurch, New Zealand
- She attended the University of Southern California
- She was a three-time All-American and two-time All-Pac 12 first team selection and helping USC win two Pac-12 titles
- She turned professional in 2021
- She played on the Epson Tour in 2022 and 2023
- She has made two LET appearances and not made a cut
- Fun fact: She studied at USC with major winner Allisen Corpuz
Teresa Toscano (5th, -19)
- Toscano, 27, is from Huelva, Spain
- She attended South Dakota State University
- She was the 2021 Summit League Championship MVP and 2021 Summit League Women’s Golfer of the Year
- She turned professional in 2021
- She played on the Epson Tour and the LET
- She has made 12 LET appearances and made eight cuts
- She finished T8 at the Women’s NSW Open
- Fun fact: She made her first hole-in-one in 2023
Blanca Fernandez (T6, -17) – 2025 LET rookie
- Fernandez, 23, is from Madrid, Spain
- She attended Texas A&M University between 2019 and 2024
- She won twice and played in three NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships
- She won the 2017 World Junior Girls Golf Championship with Spain
- She represented Spain at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made one LET appearance
- She finished T23 at the 2024 La Sella Open
- Fun fact: She enjoys running in her spare time
Anna Foster (T6, -17) – 2025 LET rookie
- Foster, 23, is from Dublin, Ireland
- She attended Auburn University
- She was a WGCA Honorable Mention All-American in 2022 and All-SEC Freshman Team in 2021
- She represented Ireland at the 2019 European Girls Team Championship and 2019 World Junior Girls Championship
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made two LET appearances including one major and has not made a cut
- Fun fact: Her favourite artist is Florence + The Machine
Cecilie Finne-Ipsen (T8, -15)
- Finne-Ipsen, 26, is from Ballerup, Denmark
- She attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte between 2018 and 2021
- She finished in a tie for first place at the 2019 Idle Hour Collegiate and earned the Conference USA Academic Medal in 2019, 2020 and 2021
- She attended Florida State University between 2021 and 2022
- In 2021-22, she helped her team finish runner-up at the ACC Championship, to the team title at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional Championship and finish in a tie for fifth at the NCAA Championships Finals
- She turned professional in 2023
- She has made 13 LET appearances and made three cuts
- On LETAS, she has made 27 appearances and has five top-10s
- Fun fact: She was an elite badminton player in Denmark
Annabel Wilson (T8, -15) – 2025 LET rookie
- Wilson, 23, is from Belfast, Northern Ireland
- She attended UCLA
- She made a hole-in-one at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and ranked second on the team in the 2022-23 season
- She won the 2019 Irish Women’s Close Championship
- She represented Ireland at the 2018 and 2019 Ladies’ Home Internationals and European Ladies’ Team Championship
- She played in the 2021 Curtis Cup
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made one LET appearance and not made a cut
- Fun fact: Her inspiration is Rory McIlroy
Michaela Finn (T8, -15) – 2025 LET rookie
- Finn, 28, is from Brastad, Sweden
- She attended Kent State University
- She was a three-time All-MAC First Team for Kent State University and collected a total of 17 top-10 performances in her career
- She turned professional in 2019
- She has played on the Epson Tour for the past four seasons
- She has made one LET appearance and not made a cut
- Fun fact: She likes to cook
Danielle Du Toit (T8, -15)
- Du Toit, 25, is from Pretoria, South Africa
- She attended Purdue University
- She played in 46 tournaments over five seasons and her 127 rounds as a Boilermaker rank 10th in program history
- She earned her LET card at Q-School in 2023 as an amateur
- She turned professional at the end of 2023 after earning her LET card
- She has made 10 LET appearances and made four cuts
- She finished T24 at the 2024 Amundi German Masters
- Fun fact: She can play the piano and guitar
Ginnie Ding (T12, -14) – 2025 LET rookie
- Ding, 22, is from Hong Kong, China
- She attended Vanderbilt University
- She won the 2023 Orlando International Amateur with 10-under-par and in her senior year, led the Commodores to a win at the Clemson Invitational with a T5 finish
- She won the 2018 Pondok Indah International Junior Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia and won the 2019 Hong Kong Ladies Amateur Championship
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made one LET appearance
- She made the cut at the 2023 Women’s Scottish Open
- Fun fact: She studied dance at high school
Ellinor Südow (T12, -14)
- Südow, 26, is from Helsingborg, Sweden
- She attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- She was a 2020 Conference USA Third Team selection and was an Academic All-American in all years
- She attended the University of Arizona to pursue a Master’s Certificate in Human Rights
- She played in the East Lake Cup
- She turned professional in 2022
- She has been playing on the Epson Tour since 2022 and the LET in 2024
- She has made 10 LET appearances and made four cuts
- She finished T23 at the 2024 La Sella Open
- Fun fact: She did gymnastics to a high level when she was younger
Anna Zanusso (14th, -13) – 2025 LET rookie
- Zanusso, 24, is from Castelfranco Veneto, Italy
- She attended the University of Denver
- She was a three-time WGCA All-American Scholar (2020, 2021, 2022) and four-time All-Summit League First Team (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- She won the Annika Invitational Europe and the Italian International Championship
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made one LET appearance and not made a cut
- Fun fact: She loves skiing and her nickname is Z
Sara Byrne (15th, -12) – 2025 LET rookie
- Byrne, 23, is from Cork, Ireland
- She attended the University of Miami
- She was on the 2024 All-ACC Team, she won the 2024 ACC Excellence Award, and she holds program records for individual 18-hole score, individual 54-hole score and single-season scoring average
- She represented Ireland at the 2023 World Amateur Team Championship
- She played in the 2024 Curtis Cup
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made three LET appearances and made three cuts
- She finished T28 at the 2024 Lacoste Ladies Open de France
- Fun fact: She wanted to be an F1 driver growing up
Magdalena Simmermacher (T16, -11)
- Simmermacher, 28, is from Buenos Aires, Argentina
- She attended Old Dominion University
- She played on the team all four years earning Freshman of the Year in 2014/15 and Conference USA Player of the Year in 2017/18
- She represented Argentina at three World Amateur Team Championships
- She turned professional in 2019
- She represented Argentina at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (58th)
- She has made 86 LET appearances with 15 top-10 finishes
- She was part of the winning Team at the 2023 Aramco Team Series – Hong Kong
- Fun fact: She partly grew up on the family farm where she enjoyed riding horses, working with cows, sheep and pigs
Alessia Nobilio (T16, -11) – 2025 LET rookie
- Nobilio, 23, is from Milan, Italy
- She attended UCLA
- She helped UCLA to three team victories at the Windy City Collegiate Classic, The Match in the Desert and The Show
- She represented Italy at the European Girls’ Team Championship or European Ladies’ Team Championship each year between 2015 and 2021
- She represented Europe in the PING Junior Solheim Cup, Junior Ryder Cup, Junior Vagliano Trophy and the Vagliano Trophy
- She won individual silver at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games
- She has made one LET appearance and made one cut
- She finished T21 at the 2021 Ladies Italian Open
- Fun fact: She would be a volleyball player if she wasn’t a golfer
Avani Prashanth (T16, -11) – 2025 LET rookie
- Prashanth, 18, is from Bangalore, India
- She represented India at the 2023 Asian Games
- At the age of 17, she was the youngest golfer from India to do so
- She won the Ahlsell Final at Elisefarm on LETAS in 2023
- She turned professional in 2024
- She has made nine LET appearances making seven cuts
- She finished T5 at the 2023 Hero Women’s Indian Open
- Fun fact: She made an albatross at the 2023 Amundi German Masters
Verena Gimmy (T19, -10)
- Gimmy, 30, is from Munich, Germany
- She attended Missouri State University between 2014 and 2018
- She won three individual titles, was named Player of the Year 2018 in her conference and made it all four years into the All-Conference Team
- She turned professional in 2020
- She won the Santander Golf Tour Burgos on LETAS in 2022
- She has made 34 LET appearances and made 10 cuts
- She finished T15 at the 2022 Ladies Italian Open
- Fun fact: If she had a superpower, it would be to talk to animals
Vanessa Bouvet (a) (T19, -10) – 2025 LET rookie
- Bouvet, 25, is from Mougins, France
- She attended the University of Nebraska
- She was an Academic All-Big Ten in 2020, 2021 and 2022, and she was on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in 2019, 2020 and 2021
- She finished in a tie for first place at the Pre-Qualifier held at Golf Club Rotana
- She has made nine LETAS appearances making four cuts
- She finished T9 at the 2024 Terre Blanche Ladies Open
- Fun fact: She has lived all over the world, for example in France, Syria, New Zealand, Venezuela and the USA
Mimi Rhodes (T19, -10) – 2025 LET rookie
- Rhodes, 23, is from Bath, England
- She attended Wake Forest University from 2020 to 2024
- She helped Wake Forest win the NCAA Division I Women’s Team Championship in 2023, she won the ACC Women’s Team Championships in 2022 and 2024, and received All-ACC Honours in 2022, 2023 and 2024
- She has represented England internationally for eight years
- She represented Europe at the PING Junior Solheim Cup, as well as GB&I at the Junior Vagliano Trophy and Curtis Cup
- She turned professional in 2024
- She won the 2024 Lavaux Ladies Open on LETAS
- She has made one LET appearance and made one cut
- She was part of the winning Team at the 2024 Aramco Team Series – Riyadh
- Fun fact: She was an avid tennis player growing up
Kelsey Bennett (T19, -10)
- Bennett, 24, is from Mollymook, Australia
- She represented Australia at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy and the 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship
- She turned professional in 2022
- She played on the WPGA Tour of Australasia, LETAS and the LET
- In 2024, she won The Athena, as well as the Hauts de France – Pas de Calais Golf Open on LETAS
- She has made 18 LET appearance making 10 cuts
- She finished T7 at the 2024 Lacoste Ladies Open de France
- Fun fact: She enjoys surfing at the beach and motorbike riding
Agathe Laisne (T19, -10)
- Laisne, 25, is from Paris, France
- She attended the University of Texas between 2017 and 2021
- In 2019, she won the Big 12 Conference Championship and became the third person in University of Texas history to claim the Big 12 title
- She won twice on LETAS as an amateur with victories at the 2020 Lavaux Ladies Open and 2020 Santander Golf Tour Lauro
- She turned professional in 2021
- She has made 18 LET appearances making 13 cuts
- She finished T6 at the 2021 Estrella Damm Ladies Open
- Fun fact: She always plays with a number one golf ball
Alexandra Swayne (T19, -10)
- Swayne, 24, is from Cincinnati, Ohio and represents the U.S. Virgin Islands
- She attended Clemson University
- She became the first golfer at Clemson to qualify for both the U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Women’s Open in the same year (2021)
- She turned professional in 2022
- She represented the U.S. Virgin Islands at the Pan American Games in 2023
- She has made 49 LET appearances making 39 cuts
- She finished T7 at the 2022 Joburg Ladies Open
- Fun fact: She likes to go fishing
