KJUS athlete Gaby Lopez, wearing a cap, white jacket, and checkered pants, is putting on a green golf course under a clear sky.

Gaby Lopez (Maria Gabriela López Butron) is a professional golfer from Mexico. She started playing golf at the age of five and later went on to play at the University of Arkansas where she won three events and was the individual runner-up at the 2015 NCAA Division I Championship for the university. Gaby then finished T10 at Final Stage qualifying school in 2015 and earned her LPGA Membership for the 2016 season.

She qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics and finished T31. Gaby finished her LPGA rookie year ranked third in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings. In 2018, she won her first Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA, becoming the second LPGA Tour winner from Mexico.

Gaby earned her next victory at the 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions after winning a seven-hole playoff. She also qualified and played her second Olympics at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished T38.

Achievements:

• LPGA 2020 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions winner

• Finished T38 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

• Won the 2018 Blue Bay LPGA Tour

• T31 finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics

• Finished T10 at Final Stage, earning her LPGA Membership for the 2016 season