Birthplace
Aberdeen
Turned Pro
24/6/2015
Height
1.68M
University
Tulane University
Influences
Parents
Interests
Football, tennis & hiking
Achievements
Pro Career
- Undefeated member of the victorious 2023 European Solheim Cup team;
- Elected by peers to the LPGA Tour Board for 2023-2025 as Player Director.
- Made the cut in all 5 Major Championships in 2023, with a top 10 finish at the Evian Championship;
- Winner of the 2022 TOTO Japan Classic on the LPGA Tour;
- Jock MacVicar award for top Scot at both the 2022 and 2023 Women’s Scottish Open;
- Sports United Against Dementia Champion thanks to work with the Alzheimer’s Society.
- Multiple Winner on the Rose Ladies Series: JCB Golf and Country Club (2021), Royal St George’s (2020), Buckinghamshire Golf Club (2020);
- Winner 2017 Oatlands Ladies Classic on the ALPG Tour.
Amateur
- Member of the 2014 Curtis Cup team;
- Represented Scotland at World, European and South American Amateur Championship;
- Tulane University Hall of Fame, Class of 2020;
- A four-time all-conference performer and three-time All-Louisiana selection;
- Two career individual titles (2012 Old Waverly Bulldog Invitational; 2013 C-USA Championships);
- Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during final three seasons.
Stats
Partners
Gemma is extremely grateful for the continued support from friends, family, coaches, sponsors and the partners that supply the equipment I use, therefore enabling me to pursue my golfing ambitions. If you would like to find out more about becoming part of the team, any sponsorship opportunities or associating your brand, please do get in touch via the contact form.
Media/Videos
About
I started playing golf when my Dad introduced me to the game at age 4. I played all sorts of sports growing up, but I decided to concentrate on golf at the age of 15 when I moved to Florida to go to IMG Academy. My goal from the start was to gain a scholarship to play college golf in the US, and after two and a half years of coaching at IMG Academy, I was offered a four-year golf scholarship to Tulane University in New Orleans.
I loved every minute of my time at Tulane. Over the four years I spent there, I played in three National Championships and I was awarded four-time All-Conference selection. I also won two career titles including a T1st finish in our Conference Championship. I graduated from Tulane in May 2015. During this time, I also played for Amateur Golf for Scotland in the World Amateur Championship in Japan, the Spirit International in the US, the European Team Championships, and in two South American Amateur Championships in Colombia and Peru where I finished runner-up in both. The highlight of my amateur career was playing for GB&I in the 2014 Curtis Cup in St Louis, Missouri.
After finishing at Tulane, I turned professional and qualified to play on the Ladies European Tour. After a couple of years, I then qualified for the LPGA Tour for the 2018 season, via Q-School.
My first professional win came in Sydney, Australia on the ALPG tour in 2017. My next two wins came back to back in the 2020 Rose Ladies Series events; the first at the Buckinghamshire Golf Club and then I became the first ever female professional to win at Royal St George’s. In November 2022, after a career season which saw me make 21 out of 25 cuts, I won my first LPGA Tour title at the TOTO Japan Classic.
2023 was another brilliant year for me as I made the cut in all five Major Championships, including a top 10 finish at the Evian Championship. This consistent play made me realise a dream that I have had since I was a child; being picked for the European Solheim Cup team. To finish unbeaten and retain the Solheim Cup for Europe was the icing on the cake, and I can’t wait to be involved again.
Meet Gemma
- Sport?
- Sporting teams?
- Holiday destination?
- Song?
- Colour?
- City?
- Sports people?
- Dream four ball?
- Food?
- Actor/Actress?
- Hobbies?
Other than golf that would be Football.
Aberdeen FC and Manchester Utd.
Barbados.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston.
Blue.
New Orleans.
Andy Murray and Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Annika Sorenstam, Seve Ballesteros, and Arnold Palmer.
Burger with an egg and some avocado on top.
Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper.
I play the guitar.
To find out more about me, please check out my fun Tour Mates video as produced by the Ladies European Tour via the button below.
Watch videoEquipment
Driver
Callaway
Paradym
Shaft: Ventus 5R
3 Wood
Callaway
Rogue St
3w Shaft: Tense 65 flex R
7 Wood
Callaway
Paradym
7w Shaft: KBS Tour Driven 60 Cat 2
Hybrids
Callaway
Apex Pro 21 – 4 & 5 hybrid
Shaft: KBS 65R Tour Hybrid
Irons
Callaway
6 Iron – PW: Apex 21 Irons
Shaft: KBS TGI 80
Wedges
Callaway
Jaws 48, 54 & 58°
Shaft: KBS Tour 90
Putter
Evnroll
ER3
Ball
Titliest
Pro V1X
Team
Manager
James Spence
Swing coach
Lawrence Farmer
Caddie on tour
Paul Heselden
Putting coach
Nick Soto
Performance coach
Jayne Storey
Blog
Contact
To get in touch with Gemma, for all press enquiries or to find out about becoming part of her team as a sponsor then please fill out the contact form opposite and a member of the team will get back to you as soon as we can.
Manager
James Spence, 360 Degree Sports
Email: james@360degreesports.co.uk
Phone: +44 (0)7983 106 473
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