WELSH PROFESSIONAL GOLFER & COACH
Becky
Brewerton
TOUR PRO. SOLHEIM CUP PLAYER.
COMEBACK STORY. COACH.
21
YEARS ON TOUR
3
TOUR VICTORIES
2
SOLHEIM CUPS
71
TOP TEN FINISHES
300+
CAREER EVENTS
1st
WELSH SOLHEIM CUP
PLAYER EVER
MY STORY
I grew up in North Wales with a club in my hand and a dream that felt almost too big to say out loud. By my teens I was already competing at the highest levels of amateur golf — winning the Welsh Girls Championship twice, the Welsh Ladies Amateur Championship, two British Amateur Stroke Play titles, and the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2002. That same year, the Daily Telegraph named me Golfer of the Year.
I turned professional in 2003 and immediately felt I belonged. In my first season I led the Tenerife Ladies Open at the halfway stage. By 2007 I had my first Tour win at the Ladies English Open — and that breakthrough earned me the call-up that meant everything: a place on the European Solheim Cup team. I became the first Welsh golfer in history to represent Europe in the Solheim Cup.
A second Tour win followed at the Open de España in 2009. I led the Evian Masters for three days — the highest-placed LET player in the field. A second Solheim Cup appearance came that same year. I was named runner-up in BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year. Everything pointed upward.
"I reached a point where I had come to terms with the fact that it was the end. But I was determined to do one thing before I quit — enjoy a round of golf again."
BECKY BREWERTON — GOLF MONTHLY
THE COMEBACK
What happened next connected me with so many golfers worldwide, and lead to hundreds of emails with similar stories from golfers and sports people around the world.
After a freak bike accident in 2011, my game entered a freefall that lasted nearly a decade. I developed a severe case of the yips — not on the greens, but from the tee. Rounds became a source of dread rather than joy. I was terrified walking to the first tee. At one event in 2016, I shot 88 and was asked not to return for the second round.
With no income and no hope of a return, I delivered parcels and takeaways to make ends meet. I had completely accepted that my career was over.
But I refused to leave the game without enjoying it one more time. Years of mental work, brutal honesty, and quiet resilience followed. In 2021, I won a Rose Ladies Series event — my first win in 12 years — and went on to reclaim my LET Tour card at Q-School.
It was described by Golf Monthly as "one of the most heart-warming tales of the year." Golf Digest commissioned a full documentary about my journey. CNN covered it internationally.
That experience — every dark corner of it — is now the foundation of how I coach.
