Spain’s Maria Parra has made a strong start to her first season on the LET Access Series, currently lying 4th on the LETAS Order of Merit. We get to know Maria with a few quick questions...
Do you have a nickname your friends refer to you by?
Mery
If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you take with you?
Food, water, friend
If you could have an unlimited storage of one thing, what would it be?
A lot of shoes!!
What is your favourite activity you do when you want to relax?
Go to the beach
What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?
Nettles
If you had one word to describe yourself, what would it be?
Happy
Do you supports a sports team? If yes who, and what sport?
FC Barcelona!
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?
To the Caribbean
What advice would you give to aspiring amateurs?
Keep calm, work on your fitness and put in the practise.
If you could have one celebrity follower on twitter who would it be?
Rory Mcilroy
Tell us something you would hate to try?
Skydiving, because I hate heights!
Where do you see yourself in the next five years?
Playing on the LET
What has been you biggest golfing achievement?
Winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship
What is your favourite golf course to play and why?
Mayakoba because is a long course and hard course and it has beautiful views
Age you started playing golf?
Aged 6, because my brother played and I went one day with my grandfather and my brother and I told them, can you give me a club please? And I hit my first ball so good!
Your lowest ever round of golf?
Two years ago, in El Parador de Golf (Málaga) (-7)
What’s your favourite club in your bag?
Driver
What’s in your golf bag apart from clubs and golf balls?
Some things that I had since I played my first golf tournament, another that my grandmother gave to me…
What is your average driving distance?
220m
What tournament are you looking forward to most this season?
Ricoh British Open, it will be really exciting to play a major.
What is your favourite distance to practise?
90m
If you could learn any language fluently, what would it be?
Perfect English
Your team would be…
Coach: Juan Antonio Marín
Fitness: Francisco Fernandez
