Carmen Alonso (born 15 July 1984) is a Spanish professional golfer who played 22 seasons on the Ladies European Tour (LET) 2005–2026. She won her maiden LET title in 2023 after 19 seasons and 251 starts.
Amateur career Alonso played on the national team and in 2000 won the European Young Masters both individually and with Spain, as Rafa Cabrera-Bello won the boys' category. She won gold at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and finished 5th at the 2000 Espirito Santo Trophy together with Tania Elósegui and Marta Prieto. She was part of the Spanish juggernaut that won the European Lady Junior's Team Championship in 2002 and 2004, and the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2003.
Alonso played in the European Junior Solheim Cup team in 2002 and won the Junior Ryder Cup with the European team in 1999 and 2002.
She won the 2000 French Ladies Amateur and in 2001 she was runner-up at the Girls Amateur Championship, and reached the semi-finals of The Women's Amateur Championship.
Professional career Alonso turned professional in late 2004 after she finished T30 at the Ladies European Tour Qualifying School. In 2006, she recorded her first top-10 finishes, T7 at both the Open de España Femenino and the Ladies English Open. In 2008, she was runner-up at the Ladies Italian Open.
In 2005, Alonso played on the Nedbank Women's Golf Tour in South Africa and recorded a T3 at the Telkom Women's Classic, and 2nd at the Nedbank Women's Masters after she lost a playoff to compatriot Maria Beautell. She played in the 2009 Women's British Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club and made the cut.
In 2010, her sixth season on the LET, she led the LET statistics for average driving distance with an average drive of 287.85 yards.
Alonso won her first international title on the LET Access Series at the 2018 AXA Czech Ladies Challenge. She was runner-up at the 2019 Santander Golf Tour LETAS Valencia, one stroke behind Manon De Roey.
In 2021, she recorded a T4 at the Creekhouse Ladies Open, and in the team event of the Aramco Team Series – London she formed the runner-up team together with Marianne Skarpnord and Frida Gustafsson Spång.
In 2023, at 38 years old, Alonso won her maiden LET victory at the Ladies Open by Pickala Rock Resort in Finland, after 19 seasons and 251 starts.
Alonso announced her LET retirement at the 2026 La Sella Open, after 287 tournaments.
Amateur wins 2000 European Young Masters (individual), French International Ladies Amateur Championship 2001 Sherry Cup
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Professional wins (3)
Ladies European Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up11 Jul 2023 Ladies Open by Pickala Rock Resort64-69-68=201−151 stroke Johanna Gustavsson
LET Access Series (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunners-upRef116 Sep 2018 AXA Czech Ladies Challenge70-66-69=205−113 strokes Inci Mehmet Tereza Melecká (a)
LET Acess Series playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResultRef12012 Banesto Tour Valencia1 Holly ClyburnLost to par on second extra hole 1 Co-sanctioned with the Banesto Tour
Banesto Tour (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-upRef11 Oct 2010 Banesto Tour Zaragoza 68-71=139 −5 Playoff Itziar Elguezábal
Banesto Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResultRef12010Banesto Tour Zaragoza Itziar Elguezábal Won on first extra hole22012 Banesto Tour Valencia1 Holly ClyburnLost to par on second extra hole 1 Co-sanctioned with the LET Access Series
Playoff record Nedbank Women's Golf Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResultRef12005Nedbank Women's SA Masters Maria BeautellLost to par on first extra hole
Team appearances Amateur European Young Masters (representing Spain): 2000 (winners) Junior Ryder Cup (representing the Continent of Europe): 1999 (winners), 2002 (winners) Junior Solheim Cup (representing the Continent of Europe): 2002 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Spain): 2000 European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Spain): 2002 (winners), 2004 (winners) European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Spain): 2001, 2003 (winners)
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