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Get to know Susana Benavides, the best female golfer ever (from Bolivia)

February 12, 2016

It's too early to tell if Susana Benavides will ever achieve her dream of playing full time on the LPGA Tour. But no matter where her career takes her, the Bolivian beauty is bound to turn heads.

Benavides, the only Bolivian-born golfer to ever play in an LPGA event, also happens to look like she could represent her country at the Miss Universe Pageant. Come to think of it, why isn't she Miss Bolivia with this swing?

Benavides will enter her third year on the Symetra Tour (her profile has her as "Susy"), where her best finish last year was a T-13 at the Florida's Natural Charity Classic. Previously, she played at Ohio State, where her accomplishments included being named second team All-Big Ten and Academic All-Big Ten. Here's more from her popular Instagram account: