Jennifer Kupcho
| Jennifer Kupcho | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kupcho at the 2022 Dana Open | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Born | May 14, 1997 Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||||
| Spouse | Jay Monahan | ||||
| Career | |||||
| College | Wake Forest | ||||
| Turned professional | 2019 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| LPGA Tour | 3 | ||||
| Other | 1 | ||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |||||
| Chevron Championship | Won: 2022 | ||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T7: 2020 | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T21: 2017 | ||||
| Women's British Open | T37: 2022 | ||||
| Evian Championship | T2: 2019 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Jennifer Anne Kupcho (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer.
Amateur career
[edit]As a junior at Wake Forest University, she was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award for golf.[1][2] As a senior, Kupcho won the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur in 2019.[3][4][5] She also won the 2018 NCAA Division I Golf Championship. Kupcho was the number one ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for a total of 34 weeks, rising to the top on three occasions, the first time on July 11, 2018.
Professional career
[edit]Kupcho turned professional prior to the start of the 2019 U.S. Women's Open.[6] She had earned her LPGA Tour card through the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in November 2018 but deferred playing until she finished her college career.[6][5]
She set a 54-hole record in the 2022 Chevron Championship tournament in having a 16-under-par total (200) with her eight-under-par 64 in the third round. She beat the previous total by two strokes. She won the tournament by two strokes over Jessica Korda.[7]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 2014 Colorado Junior Stroke Play Championship
- 2015 CWGA Stroke Play Championship
- 2016 CWGA Match Play Championship, CWGA Stroke Play Championship, Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite, The Landfall Tradition
- 2017 NCAA Athens Regional, CWGA Stroke Play Championship, Canadian Women's Amateur, Ocean Course Invitational
- 2018 Bryan National Collegiate, NCAA Tallahassee Regional, NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship (individual)
- 2019 Tar Heel Classic Casa de Campo, Bryan National Collegiate, Augusta National Women's Amateur
Source[8]
Professional wins (4)
[edit]LPGA Tour wins (3)
[edit]| Legend |
|---|
| Major championships (1) |
| Other LPGA Tour (1) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apr 3, 2022 | Chevron Championship | 66-70-64-74=274 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Jessica Korda
|
750,000 |
| 2 | Jun 19, 2022 | Meijer LPGA Classic | 63-67-69-71=270 | −18 | Playoff |  Leona Maguire Nelly Korda
|
375,000 |
| 3 | Jul 16, 2022 | Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (with Lizette Salas)
|
68-61-64-61=254 | −26 | 5 strokes |  Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan
|
303,810 (each) |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022 | Meijer LPGA Classic | Leona Maguire Nelly Korda
|
Won with a birdie on the second extra hole; Korda eliminated by birdie on first hole |
| 2 | 2023 | Mizuho Americas Open | Rose Zhang
|
Zhang won with par on second extra hole |
Other wins (1)
[edit]- 2020 Colorado Women's Open[9]
Results in LPGA majors
[edit]Wins (1)
[edit]| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chevron Championship | 6 shot lead | −14 (66-70-64-74=274) | 2 strokes | Jessica Korda
|
Results timeline
[edit]Results not in chronological order.
| ! Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T22 | T60 | 1 | CUT | T23 | ||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T21 | T62 | T30 | T26 | T40 | CUT | CUT | |
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T7 | T58 | T16 | CUT | T35 | |||
| The Evian Championship | T2 | NT | T50 | T31 | T14 | T22 | |||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | 64 | T37 | CUT | CUT |
Win
Top 10
Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Summary
[edit]| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 20 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2020 ANA – 2022 Women's British Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
LPGA Tour career summary
[edit]| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made* |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s |
Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CUT | n/a | n/a | 77.50 | n/a |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T21 | n/a | n/a | 72.00 | n/a |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T16 | n/a | n/a | 68.75 | n/a |
| 2019 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 525,432 | 39 | 71.18 | 46 |
| 2020 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 381,160 | 29 | 71.79 | 53 |
| 2021 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 591,680 | 35 | 70.60 | 28 |
| 2022 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1,955,531 | 7 | 70.59 | 30 |
| 2023 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 708,648 | 39 | 70.82 | 38 |
| 2024 | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1,158,094 | 24 | 70.98 | 33 |
| Totals^ | 131 (2019) | 103 (2019) | 3 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 5,320,545 | 87 |
^ Official as of 2024 season[10][11][12]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking
[edit]Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking | Avg. pts. |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 430 | 0.14 | [13] |
| 2018 | 536 | 0.10 | [14] |
| 2019 | 53 | 1.93 | [15] |
| 2020 | 19 | 3.31 | [16] |
| 2021 | 42 | 2.29 | [17] |
| 2022 | 13 | 3.39 | [18] |
| 2023 | 39 | 2.39 | [19] |
| 2024 | 42^ | 2.12 | [20] |
^ As of May 20, 2024
U.S. national team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Arnold Palmer Cup: 2018 (winners)
- Curtis Cup: 2018 (winners)
- Espirito Santo Trophy: 2018 (winners)
Source[8]
Professional
- Solheim Cup: 2021, 2023, 2024 (winners)
Solheim Cup record
[edit]| Year | Total matches |
Total W–L–H |
Singles W–L–H |
Foursomes W–L–H |
Fourballs W–L–H |
Points won |
Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 10 | 3–5–2 | 1–2–0 | 1–3–0 | 1–0–2 | 4.0 | 40.0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 0–1–0 lost to L. Maguire 5&4 | 1–0–0 won w/ L. Salas 3&1 | 1–1–0 won w/ L. Salas 1 up halved w/ L. Salas |
2.5 | 62.5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 lost to A. Nordqvist 2&1 | 0–1–0 lost w/ L. Vu 2&1 | 0–0–1 halved w/ A. Corpuz | 0.5 | 16.7 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 def. L. Grant 2&1 | 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Ewing 2 dn lost w/ A. Ewing 1 dn |
0–0–0 | 1.0 | 33.3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Golf". CWSA. June 4, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho wins award for top female athletes". Winston-Salem Journal. June 5, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Kupcho Surges On Second Nine to Become Inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur Champion". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (April 6, 2019). "A dream duel at Augusta National: Jennifer Kupcho outlasts Maria Fassi to win". Golfweek. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ a b Herrington, Ryan (April 6, 2019). "Jennifer Kupcho made winning look easy at Augusta National, but it was far from it". Golf Digest.
- ^ a b Gibson, Charlotte (May 29, 2019). "U.S. Women's Open: Top amateurs Maria Fassi and Jennifer Kupcho on to next chapters". ESPN.
- ^ "Jennifer Kupcho credits the Augusta National Women's Amateur with an assist as she opens a six-stroke lead". Golf Digest. April 2, 2022.
- ^ a b "Jennifer Kupcho". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
- ^ "Jennifer Kupcho, Celine Boutier earn state open victories". ESPN. Associated Press. June 9, 2020.
- ^ "Jennifer Kupcho stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "Jennifer Kupcho results". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
- ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". May 20, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Jennifer Kupcho at the LPGA Tour official site
- Jennifer Kupcho at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
