Marisa Baena

Marisa Baena
Personal information
Full name	Marisa Isabel Baena
Born	1 June 1977 (1977-06-01) (age 34) Pereira, Colombia
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality	Colombia
Spouse	Juan Aristizabal (m.2005)
Career
College	University of Arizona
Turned professional	1998
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T23: 1997
LPGA Championship	T16: 2005
U.S. Women's Open	T19: 2001
du Maurier Classic	T55: 2000
Women's British Open	T32: 2001

Marisa Isabel Baena (born June 1, 1977) is a Colombian golfer who plays on the U.S. based LPGA Tour.

Baena was born in Pereira, Colombia. She started playing golf at the age of six. She attended the University of Arizona in the United States and had an outstanding amateur career, the highlights of which were claiming the individual NCAA title in 1996 and finishing at runner up at the U.S. Women's Amateur in the same year. She qualified for the LPGA Tour at her first attempt and had her rookie season in 1999, but she has not so far fully lived up to the promise of her amateur days. Her best finish in a stroke play tournament on the Tour is a tie for second place at the 2003 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic. In July 2005 she was the surprise winner of the first HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, beating South Korea's Meena Lee by one hole in the final. She won $500,000, a three-year exemption on the LPGA Tour, and a gold horseshoe necklace.

She represented Team International in the inaugural Lexus Cup competition in 2005. She and her sister Christina represented Colombia in the 2006 Women's World Cup of Golf.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA wins (1)

• 2005 HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T23	CUT	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T56
U.S. Women's Open	T54	DNP	CUT	DNP	T54
du Maurier Classic	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T55

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	T36	DNP	T62	DNP	T42	T37	T47	CUT	CUT
LPGA Championship	T54	CUT	T46	CUT	T16	T34	T69	T18	76	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T19	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open	T32	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	T50	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

External links

• Marisa Baena at the LPGA Tour official site
• Profile on the Colombian Golf Federation's official site

Persondata
Name	Baena, Marisa
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	June 1, 1977
Place of birth	Pereira, Colombia
Date of death
Place of death