Xonia Wünsch | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Xonia Wünsch-Ruiz |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 5 June 1965
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Madrid, Spain |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1987 |
Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Ladies European Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Xonia Wünsch (born 5 June 1965) is a Spanish former professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. In 1989, she won the Italian Ladies' Open and the Benson & Hedges Trophy with Miguel Ángel Jiménez. [1]
Wünsch was born in Madrid in 1965 and reached the final of the 1984 French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship and the 1987 Spanish International Ladies Amateur Championship. [2]
She turned professional on 13 December 1987 and joined the Ladies European Tour. [3] In 1989, she won the Italian Ladies' Open at Olgiata Golf Club in Rome and the Benson & Hedges Trophy with Miguel Ángel Jiménez at Aloha Golf Club in Puerto Banús, Spain. [1]
In 2002, she became a golf commentator for Canal+.
Wünsch later regained her amateur status and competed in senior (50+) events. [4] She won the 2020 Spanish International Senior Women's Championship at El Salar, [5] and the 2021 European Senior Ladies' Team Championship with the Spanish team. [6]
Wünsch received her first painting lessons from Luis de la Cámara when she was 9 years old, and won several youth prizes. After 2005 she concentrated on painting again. [7]
Source: [4]
Amateur