Caley McGinty (born 25 September 2000) is an English professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2026 Australian Women's Classic. As an amateur she won the European Ladies' Team Championship in 2021 and 2022.
Early life McGinty was born in Bristol in 2000 and she started playing golf at 7 years old, when she picked up a set of clubs at the encouragement of her brother. She was educated at Oasis Academy Brislington.
Amateur career McGinty represented England in amateur golf between 2019 and 2024, including playing in the Curtis Cup and Espirito Santo Trophy twice, and winning the European Ladies' Team Championship twice, in 2021 and 2022. She won her singles match against Beatrice Wallin in the 2021 final by 6 and 5.
McGinty played college golf for two years at Kent State University from 2019 to 2021. In 2021, she won the Mid-American Conference Championship and was named Mid-American Conference Freshman of the Year and Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year. She transferred to Oklahoma State University for the 2021–22 season and took Maja Stark's place on the team after the coach that recruited her to Kent State became the new head coach at Oklahoma State. She then spent the next two seasons at Ohio State University where she was named All-American and 2024 OSU Scholar Athlete.
McGinty made her major debut at the 2022 Women's British Open as the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland.
Professional career McGinty turned professional after graduation in mid-2024. In December 2024, she earned her LPGA Tour card for 2025 by finishing T-21 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. In her rookie season, she recorded a season-best tied 7th at the FM Championship and finished 111th in the rankings, to keep her card.
In 2026, she also joined the Ladies European Tour after earning a card at Q-School. She played the LET Australian swing, where she was runner-up at the Australian Women's Classic, four strokes behind home player Kelsey Bennett, which helped propel her into the top-200 of the Women's World Golf Rankings for the first time.
Amateur wins 2019 The Frilford Bowl 2021 Sunshine Shootout, Clemson Invitational, Mid-American Conference Championship, The Schooner Fall Classic, Jim West Challenge 2023 Abierto Sudamericano Amateur, Westbrook Invitational 2024 Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational
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Results in LPGA majors Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025Chevron ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipThe Evian ChampionshipWomen's British OpenCUT
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2021 (winners), 2022 (winners), 2023 Women's Home Internationals (representing England): 2021 (winners) Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2021, 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2022, 2023 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the International team): 2023 Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2023
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