And now the English junior international (pictured above) has had her first taste of competition on another continent after finishing eighth in the Faldo Series Grand Finals – in Brazil.
The 17-year-old produced rounds of 82, 81 and 82 in extremel
y testing conditions at Bahai's Costa Do Sauipe Resort, in north east Brazil, in the finals which finished on October 30.
She may have finished 15 shots behind Girls champion Hannah Barwood, but the Gloucstershire international is the current English Ladies Champion.
And the rest of the field was split between some of the UK's top under 21 talent and some of the best girl golfers from emerging nations around the world, who have played in the Faldo qualifiers - from as far afield as Turkey, Asia, Russia and Iceland.
The high-class junior competition has helped develop Nick Dougherty, Oliver Fisher and Rory McIlroy, but it was the first time an international final was held involving all the UK finalists.
Raffi qualified to go to South America with a storming performance at Surrey's Walton Heath in August.
Six-time major winner Faldo, who captained Europe in the Ryder Cup defeat at the hands of America in Kentucky, in September, was in Brazil to watch the finals.
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