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Loren Coughlin's Life-Changing Victory in Canada

로렌 코글린, 캐나다에서 인생을 바꿀 승리

oren Coughlin's husband, John Pond, was the first to She finished 156th in the CME Globe Race, earning just
Lshower her with champagne after the 31-year-old won $12,625, but gained hope with one win on the Epson
the CPKC Women's Open title at the Earl Grey Golf Club on Tour, showing she could make a living as a professional
Sunday. For the couple, who have been on the professional golfer. In the 2019 season, she only made one LPGA
golf rollercoaster together since Loren turned pro in 2016, Tour appearance, mainly competing on the Epson Tour.
the long-awaited champagne shower was sweeter than ever. During this time, Coughlin began to find her footing as a
professional athlete. She recorded seven top-15 finishes,
John proposed to Loren in 2016 after she won the ACC
including a tie for second at the SKYiGOLF Championship,
individual title at the University of Virginia, and they
her first tournament of the year. She improved her LPGA
married on January 20, 2018. Interestingly, that year also
Tour status by tying for 41st at the final qualifying section
marked Loren's LPGA Tour debut. It was a dream scenario
of the 2019 LPGA Qualifying Series, giving her another
for a player who nearly quit golf after her first season on
shot at the tour in 2020.
the Epson Tour, as Coughlin made only four cuts in her
first year on the tour, far from the start she had dreamed of This self-belief continued throughout the 2024 season,
on the highest stage of women's golf. with Coughlin tying for 14th at the Mizuho Americas Open,

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