Amateur golfer · Portuguese national team · U18
Francisca Salgado
From Lisbon to the courses of Europe. Four national titles and five countries in a single season.
Who she is
She won her first national championship at ten. Seven years on she has four, plays the European calendar, and has not yet outgrown the U18 category.
She started at the Jamor. It was with Paço do Lumiar that she won her first national title, at ten, and it is to the Jamor that she went back afterwards, to the national high-performance centre. In 2023 she made her debut for the Portuguese women's amateur national team, and in 2026 she played in five countries: Portugal, Spain, France, Ireland and England.
U10 in 2019, U12 in 2021, and in 2026 both the Amateur Pairs and the U18.
Events she finished on top of, from national championships to the Drive Tour and the Aquapor Circuit.
Three under par at Penina, closing the first Drive Tour of 2024 — five shots behind going into the last day, eleven ahead at the end.
Her first national podium came at nine, at the Jamor. She has not stopped since.
Also here
Where to find what
Every event and every ranking. The story, year by year. The file for journalists. And how to support her.
I tried to stay focused on my routine and play intelligent golf. I'm happy with the result and motivated for the next tournament.
Questions
The essentials, in six answers
What you need to know without reading the whole site. Every answer has its source on the other pages.
- Who is Francisca Salgado?
- She is a Portuguese amateur golfer from Vale de Janelas, in Óbidos. At seventeen she has four national titles and plays for the Portuguese women's amateur national team, with which she plays the European calendar.
- How many national titles does she have?
- Four. U10 in 2019, U12 in 2021, and in 2026 both the Amateur Pairs — with Rodrigo Constantino — and the U18, which she won at Aroeira leading from start to finish.
- What club does she play for?
- At Vale de Janelas, in Óbidos — the club behind the Praia D'El Rey and West Cliffs courses. She started at the Jamor and won her first national title with Paço do Lumiar, in 2019.
- Where does she stand in the rankings?
- She is on the World Amateur Golf Ranking, the world ranking of amateur golf, and on the European Golf Rankings. Both positions are just above, and each official profile is on the press page.
- What are her best international results?
- Sixth, and the best Portuguese player, at the Belgian International U14 Championship in 2023; third at the Memorial Celia Barquín, in Asturias, in 2025; and 28th at the 2026 English Girls' Open, one of the strongest girls' U18 events in Europe, where she stood fifth at one point.
- How do you reach her about sponsorship or press?
- By email to birdie@franciscasalgado.golf, or by direct message on Instagram, at @francisca_salgado_. Both are at the end of the partnerships page and in the footer of every page.
Day to day
Practice, travel, and whatever happens between tournaments. The posts are loaded from Instagram.