Laura Diaz (born April 27, 1975 in Scotia, New York)
is an American professional golfer.
She won the 1995 North and South Women's Amateur
Golf Championship at Pinehurst. In 1996 she won the
Eastern Women's Amateur Championship and made it to
the quarterfinals of the 1996 United States Women's
Amateur Golf Championship. 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
thee tournament wins. She joined the LPGA Tour in
1999 and has earned two victories, both coming in
the 2002 season when she had ten top-10 finishes.
Prior to 2000, she competed as Laura Philo before
marrying her husband, Kevin Diaz, and taking his
last name.
