Taylor Leon is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 currently playing on the LPGA Tour and on the Duramed FUTURES Tour.

Amateur career

A native of Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

, Leon was a two-time Rolex Junior Second-Team All-America, won two AJGA

American Junior Golf Association

The American Junior Golf Association is a "501 nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf." AJGA is considered by many leaders in the golf industry to be the premier...

 events, and represented the United States on the 2003 PING Junior Solheim Cup Team. She won the 2005 Pacific Northwest Golf Association Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2006 Southern Amateur Championship. In 2006 she was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup

Curtis Cup

The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...

 team.

Leon attended the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...

 for two years where she was a unanimous Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

 (SEC) Freshman of the Year selection and was named First-Team All-SEC in 2006. She was named a
National Golf Coaches Association

National Golf Coaches Association

The National Golf Coaches Association is an organization formed in 1983 to promote women's intercollegiate golf. The vision of NGCA since its inception has been "to encourage the playing of intercollegiate golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with...

 (NGCA) First-Team All-American in both 2006 and 2007.

Professional career

Leon qualified for the Futures Tour while still an amateur in 2005. She turned professional in June 2007, and won two of the eight tournaments she entered that year on the Futures Tour, finishing high enough on the 2007 Futures Tour money list to earn non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour for the 2008 season. She entered LPGA Qualifying school

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

 in December 2008 in an attempt to earn full-time playing status for 2009. Finishing tied for 40th in the tournament, she missed the top-20th place cut-off finish necessary to earn a fully exempt Tour card. She retains playing membership on the Futures Tour as well as limited status on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season.

In 2008, Leon signed an endorsement deal with Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers

Brooks Brothers is the oldest men's clothier chain in the United States. Founded in 1818 as a family business, the privately owned company is now owned by Retail Brand Alliance, also features clothing for women, and is headquartered on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.-History:On April 7,...

, becoming the company's first-ever female brand ambassador for the Brooks Brothers Country Club Collection.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...	DNP	DNP	DNP	T65	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T57	CUT	T43
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP
Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Yellow background for top-10.

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