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About Anya Alvarez
- Anya Sarai Alvarez (born May 3, 1989) is an American professional golfer and writer. Alvarez is the third daughter of Alex Alvarez and Pamela McMinn.
- She started playing at the age of five.
- She has qualified for several national championships, including the U.S.
- Women's Amateur Public Links, the U.S.
- Girls' Junior and the PGA's National Junior Championship.
- As an 11-year-old, she won the New Mexico PGA state tournament in the 13–16 age category.
- In high school (Tulsa, Oklahoma), she never finished worse than 4th in the state tournament, which she won in her junior year (2nd, 4th, 1st, 2nd).
- She also played in the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Golf Championship.
- She graduated from the University of Washington in March 2011 and turned professional.
- At the University of Washington, Alvarez holds several records, one of which is the most under par at a tournament (2010 Las Vegas Women's Invitational, where she shot 13 under par (68-66-69) for a 203. As a professional, Alvarez qualified for the 2011 U.S.
- Women's Open in her first try, and using a local caddy, made the cut, finishing the tournament with an ever-par round of 71.
- She also qualified for the LPGA Tour's final stage of the LPGA Qualifying School (Q-School) and now plays on the Symetra Tour. In 2012, Alvarez qualified for the U.S.
- Women's Open for the second year in a row, played the Symetra Tour and finished her season with a 64 at the Champions Golf Club, in Daytona Beach, Florida.
- She has again qualified for Stage III of the Q-School. In December 2013, with her dad as caddy, Alvarez earned conditional status on the LPGA Tour for the 2014 season by finishing 29th place at the final stage of Q-school.
- Alvarez had rounds of 73-69-73-71-71. At the beginning of 2014, Alvarez played the ALPG Tour.
- In her fourth tournament, the ISPS Handa New Zealand Women's Open, she had the lead going into the last round, with scores of 70 and 66.
- She finished with a 73 to finish in a tie for third.
- Her performance qualified her for the 2014 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open. Alvarez is an advocate for troubled youth (girls in particular) who have been abused, either physically or sexually.
- She has been a speaker in several fronts and represented nationwide companies such as Clairbone in a program called "Love is not Abuse".
- She belongs to several organizations that help children; one of them is KidSafe Foundation.A part from golf, Alvarez enjoys writing as a hobby, and freelances for different publications. While living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alvarez was a contestant on Big Break Atlantis, finishing in fifth place. In 2015, Alvarez left golf for writing.
- As of the end of 2018, she has written for several worldwide publications, including LPGA, ESPN and public radio.
- And recently started "Major League Girls" website, a site to promote women's sports.
- Alvarez currently lives in New York City.
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