Emily Odwin

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Emily Odwin (born 15 March 2004) is an amateur golfer from Barbados. In 2025, she made history by becoming the first golfer from Barbados, man or woman, to qualify for a major golf championship, when she earned a berth to the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.

Biography

Odwin grew up in Saint James Parish, Barbados. As a child, she grew up swimming and practicing karate. While watching Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth with her father, she decided to try golf, even though the sport does not have a large presence on the island.{{Cite magazine |date=2025-05-26 |title=Emily Odwin, From Island Waves to Major Fairways With Historic U.S. Open Debut |magazine=African American Golfer's Digest |url=https://africanamericangolfersdigest.com/emily-odwin-from-island-waves-to-major-fairways-with-historic-u-s-open-debut/ |access-date=2025-06-01}} At age 11, she committed herself to becoming a professional golfer.{{Cite news |last=Genobaga |first=Griffin |date=May 23, 2025 |title=Hometown Hero: Odwin First Golfer From Barbados to Qualify for a Major Championship |url=https://www.uswomensopen.com/2025/articles/Hometown-Hero-Odwin-First-Golfer-From-Barbados-To-Qualfiy-For-Major.html |publisher=USGA}} While she was learning the sport, there were only 25 junior players across the six courses on Barbados.{{Cite magazine |title=Barbados golfer carries pride of her island in making history at U.S. Women's Open |url=https://www.golfdigest.com/story/uswomensopen2025-emily-odwin-barbados-history-erin-hills-smu |access-date=2025-06-01 |magazine=Golf Digest |first=Jill |last=Painter Lopez |date=26 May 2025}}

By 2017, Odwin was ranked the top junior golfer in Barbados.{{Cite web |title=Junior golfers impress at recent tournament |newspaper=The Barbados Advocate |url=https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/junior-golfers-impress-recent-tournament-0 |date=9 January 2017 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190905162528/https://www.barbadosadvocate.com/sports/junior-golfers-impress-recent-tournament-0 |archive-date=2019-09-05 |access-date=2025-06-01}} Odwin won titles at the 2019 and 2020 Royal Westmoreland Ladies' Open, and the 2019 Caribbean Amateur Junior and the 2019 HJGT Tournament of Champions. In 2021, she qualified for both the U.S. Women's Amateur{{Cite web |date=2021-06-28 |title=BOA Developing Athlete Emily Odwin Qualifies for the US Women's Amateur Championship |url=https://olympic.org.bb/archives/emily-odwin-qualifies-for-womens-amateur-championship/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=Barbados Olympic Association}} and the U.S. Girls' Junior competitions,{{Cite web |date=2021-06-09 |title=Emily Odwin Qualifies For The US Girls' Junior Championship |url=https://olympic.org.bb/archives/emily-odwin-qualifies-for-the-us-girls-junior-championship/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=Barbados Olympic Association}} the first time a Barbadian had done so. Odwin finished 80th in the 2021 Girl's Junior and 65th in the Women's Amateur.

Odwin represented Barbados at the 2019 Pan American Games, finishing T26; the 2023 Pan American Games, finishing T18; and the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, finishing 6th.{{Cite web |title=Emily Odwin |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/emily-odwin-29381 |access-date=2025-06-01}}

= Collegiate golf =

In 2021, Odwin was recruited by the University of Texas to play on their women's golf team. At Texas, Odwin placed fifth at the PING/SU Invitational at the Papago Golf Club.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-30 |title=Odwin leads Longhorns to top five finish |url=http://barbadostoday.bb/2023/03/30/odwin-leads-longhorns-to-top-five-finish/amp/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Barbados Today}} After her freshman season, Odwin transferred to Southern Methodist University, and led the SMU Mustangs at the 2023 NCAA Championship, finishing in a tie for 17th place.{{Cite web |title=Emily Odwin - Women's Golf |url=https://smumustangs.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/emily-odwin/14618 |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=SMU Athletics}}{{Cite web |date=2024-09-27 |title=Odwin leads SMU at Red Raider Invite |url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2024/09/27/odwin-leads-smu-at-red-raider-invite/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Barbados Today}}{{Cite web |title=Mustangs Play Hosts To Veritex Bank Collegiate |url=https://smumustangs.com/news/2025/4/5/womens-golf-mustangs-play-hosts-to-veritex-bank-collegiate.aspx |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=SMU Athletics |date=5 April 2025}}

In June 2024, Odwin travelled to Ireland to play in The Women's Amateur Championship.{{Cite web |title=European Golf Rankings: The Women's Amateur Championship 2024 |url=https://www.europeangolfrankings.com/events/9729 |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.europeangolfrankings.com}} She finished in 79th position.{{Cite web |title=European Golf Rankings: Emily Odwin |url=https://www.europeangolfrankings.com/players/22932 |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=www.europeangolfrankings.com}} In November 2024, Odwin was a runner-up in the Women's Amateur Latin America tournament in Peru.{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2025 |title=BGA president Phillips proud as Emily Odwin secures historic US Women's Open qualification |website=Sportsmax |url=https://sportsmax.tv/other-sports/golf/bga-president-phillips-proud-as-emily-odwin-secures-historic-us-womens-open-qualification |access-date=2025-06-01}}{{Cite web |title=Temelo maintains lead in Peru at Women’s Amateur Latin America |url=https://www.randa.org/en/articles/temelo-maintains-lead-in-peru-at-halfway-of-women-s-amateur-latin-america |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=R&A |date=22 November 2024}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-25 |title=2024 Women's Amateur Latin America: Clarisa Temelo wins |url=https://womenandgolf.com/news/amateur-ladies-golf-news/2024-womens-amateur-latin-america-clarisa-temelo-wins |access-date=2025-06-01 |website=Women & Golf}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-27 |title=Barbados: Young golfer Emily Odwin secures 2nd place at WALA Championship |website=WIC News |url=https://wicnews.com/barbados/barbados-young-golfer-emily-odwin-secures-2nd-place-at-wala-championship |access-date=2025-06-01}}

In January 2025, Odwin recorded a sixth place finish in the 2025 Australian Amateur, with a best round of even-par 73.{{Cite web |title=#AusAm women's wrap: Lee emulates Kim with win |url=https://www.golf.org.au/lee-emulates-grace-kim-with-aussie-amateur/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |publisher=Golf Australia |first=Paul |last=Munnings}} Later that year, Odwin made history by becoming the first golfer from Barbados to qualify for a major golf championship.{{Cite magazine |date=2025-04-30 |title=Top Barbados golfer Emily Odwin has created history, as she’s the first Barbadian player to qualify for a major golf championship. |url=https://www.sportingbarbados.com/news/golf/2025-04-30/top-barbados-golfer-emily-odwin-has-created-history-she%E2%80%99s-first-barbadian |access-date=2025-06-01 |magazine=Sporting Barbados}} In April 2025, she won a qualifier held at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, earning a berth for the 2025 U.S. Women's Open.{{Cite news |date=2025-05-01 |title=SMU golfer Emily Odwin makes history for her country, qualifies for U.S. Women’s Open |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/smu-mustangs/2025/04/30/smu-golfer-emily-odwin-makes-history-for-her-country-qualifies-for-us-womens-open/ |access-date=2025-06-01 |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News}}