Hannah Darling Facts: 10 Things To Know About The College Golfer

The University of South Carolina's Hannah Darling is making a big impact in the world of college golf, and she doesn't intend to stop there

Hannah Darling takes a shot at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M
Hannah Darling has several wins in her amateur career
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University of South Carolina golfer Hannah Darling took up golf at a young age and soon began to demonstrate her talent for the game. Nowadays, she's one of the brightest stars in college golf, but that's far from the extent of her ambitions.

Here are 10 things to know about the Scot.

Hannah Darling Facts

1. Hannah Darling was born in Bonnyrigg, Scotland in 2003.

2. She began playing when she took up her brother’s membership at her local club after he began focusing on soccer.

3. At around the age of eight, Hannah persuaded her dad to let her compete in a Stephen Gallacher Foundation event as they were driving past the course, and she won it. She then proceeded to win several more tournaments before taking the title in the final at Kingfield.

4. In July 2017, Darling became the youngest winner of the Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship at the age of 13. The following year, she won the tournament again.

5. In 2018, she beat Beth Coulter by two to win the inaugural British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship.

6. The following year, she played for Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup at Gleneagles, as well as representing Great Britain & Ireland in the 2019 Junior Vagliano Trophy.

7. Two years later, she won the R&A Girls Amateur Championship.

8. She plays for the University of South Carolina, where she is studying psychology.

Darling played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2024 Curtis Cup

Hannah Darling takes a shot at the Curtis Cup

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9. Hannah played for Great Britain & Ireland in the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale, where she won three points as her team beat the US 10.5-9.5.

10. One of her biggest ambitions is to become World No.1. She told BBC Alba, “That’s what gets me out of bed in the morning.”

Hannah Darling Bio

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Hannah Darling Wins

  • 2017 Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship
  • 2018 Scottish Girls' Amateur Championship
  • 2018 British Girls U16 Amateur Golf Championship
  • 2019 Scottish Girls' Open Championship
  • 2021 St Rule Trophy
  • 2021 Girls Amateur Championship
  • 2024 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
  • 2024 ANNIKA Intercollegiate Presented by 3M
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Mike Hall
Mike Hall
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Mike has over 25 years of experience in journalism, including writing on a range of sports throughout that time, such as golf, football and cricket. Now a freelance staff writer for Golf Monthly, he is dedicated to covering the game's most newsworthy stories. 

He has written hundreds of articles on the game, from features offering insights into how members of the public can play some of the world's most revered courses, to breaking news stories affecting everything from the PGA Tour and LIV Golf to developmental Tours and the amateur game. 

Mike grew up in East Yorkshire and began his career in journalism in 1997. He then moved to London in 2003 as his career flourished, and nowadays resides in New Brunswick, Canada, where he and his wife raise their young family less than a mile from his local course. 

Kevin Cook’s acclaimed 2007 biography, Tommy’s Honour, about golf’s founding father and son, remains one of his all-time favourite sports books.

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