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Player Bio: Jennifer Kupcho2022 U.S. Women's Open

 

Age: 25
Country: United States of America
College: Wake Forest
Worldwide professional victories: 2 (1 on LPGA Tour)
Road to Pine Needles: Winner of 2022 Chevron Championship; Top 30 points leaders from LPGA Tour’s 2021 Race to CME Globe; Winner of LPGA Tour-sanctioned event from 2021 U.S. Women's Open to start of 2022 championship; Top 10 points leader in LPGA Tour's 2022 Race to CME Globe; Top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of April 6

Kupcho registered her breakthrough victory at the 2022 Chevron Championship (formerly ANA Inspiration) by two strokes over Jessica Korda. It was her first win on the LPGA Tour and first major championship. Kupcho turned professional just prior to the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open after a highly decorated amateur career that included winning the 2018 NCAA Division I title and the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur in April 2019. The Colorado native was a standout at Wake Forest, where she was a three-time first-team All-American and finished with nine career wins, second-best in program history. She also won the 2018 McCormack Medal as the leading amateur in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking®. Kupcho represented the United States in the 2021 Solheim Cup. She also was a member of the victorious 2018 USA Curtis Cup Team and she led the USA to victory in the 2018 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship.

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record

YEAR

SITE

SCORES

TO PAR

FINISH

2022 Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club 72-71-77-71—291 +7 T-40
2021 The Olympic Club (Lake Course) 70-73-75-74—292 +8 T-26
2020 Champions Golf Club 70-72-75-75—292 +8 T-30

2019

Country Club of Charleston

71-72-76-74—293

+9

T-62

2017

Trump National Golf Club (Old Course)

74-72-71-71—288

E

T-21

2016

CordeValle

77-78

+11

MC