Carolina López-Chacarra


Carolina López-Chacarra Coto is a Spanish professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. As an amateur she won the 2019 Junior Vagliano Trophy, the 2022 Arnold Palmer Cup, the 2023 World University Golf Championships, 2023 European Ladies' Team Championship, and the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship.

Early life

López-Chacarra was born in Madrid and comes from a golfing family, her older brother Eugenio Chacarra is a European Tour player. Their home course is Golf La Moraleja, and their respective first collegiate wins came within three days of each other.

Amateur career

In 2020, she was runner-up at the Portuguese Ladies Amateur behind Alessia Nobilio and semi-finalist at the Spanish Ladies Amateur. She was runner-up at the 2022 World University Golf Championships in Italy behind Carla Tejedo Mulet. She made five consecutive appearances at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.
López-Chacarra had success with the National Team. She placed 5th at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy with Cayetana Fernández and Paula Martín Sampedro, and played on the winning Spanish team at the 2022 World University Golf Championships in Italy and the 2023 European Ladies' Team Championship in Finland.
She attended Wake Forest University between 2021 and 2025. Playing with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's golf team, she was named 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and was a four-time All-American. As a sophomore in 2023, she helped Wake Forest win the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship title.
In her senior year, she was Annika Award finalist and received the Inkster Award as the top-ranked NCAA senior, earning her starts at the Meijer LPGA Classic and Portland Classic, plus automatic advance to second stage of LPGA Q-School.

Professional career

López-Chacarra turned professional in 2025 ahead of securing her card for the 2026 LPGA Tour at Q-Series. She earned her card for the 2026 Ladies European Tour at Q-School.

Amateur wins

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Results in LPGA majors

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Team appearances

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