Laura Diaz
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"Laura Diaz" is an United States/American professional golfer.

Diaz was born "Laura Philo" in Scotia, New York. She won the 1995 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst Resort/Pinehurst. In 1996 she won the Eastern Women's Amateur Championship and made it to the quarterfinals of the 1996 U.S. Women's Amateur. A business student at Wake Forest University, Diaz was named the university's 1997 Female Athlete of the Year.

Diaz turned professional in 1997 and spent three years playing on the Futures Tour where she scored three tournament wins. She also played on the Ladies European Tour, where she was rookie of the year in 1998. She joined the LPGA/LPGA Tour in 1999 and has earned two victories, both coming in the 2002 season when she had ten top-10 finishes. She has played on four Solheim Cup teams (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007).

Prior to 2000, she competed as Laura Philo before marrying her husband, Kevin Diaz, and taking his last name.

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I felt really bad (Saturday) because I hadn't done anything to help the team out. It just feels good to come out and make some birdies and get a point on the board.

The greens seem to be rolling a little smoother than they were two weeks ago. The fans want good golf and when you see birdie, birdie, birdie, birdie, that's fun.

I give a lot of respect to those caddies, carrying those 50-pound bags around for six days.

I was fortunate enough to be on the winning team once, and I was fortunate, too, to be on the losing team once.

If needed I would love to go 36, ... I'm there.

I never had any problems with the heat. My baby was giving me the thumbs up all day.

Of course, we want to win again and bring the Cup back home. . . . A lot of desire has boiled up inside over the last two years.

She cried five times that day. We started counting.

I planned it this way, ... I was high up in the points when we decided to get pregnant.