Jennifer Kupcho

Jennifer Kupcho
Kupcho at the 2022 Dana Open
Personal information
Born (1997-05-14) May 14, 1997 (age 27)
Littleton, Colorado, U.S.
Sporting nationality United States
SpouseJay Monahan
Career
CollegeWake Forest
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2022
Women's PGA C'shipT7: 2020
U.S. Women's OpenT21: 2017
Women's British OpenT37: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT2: 2019
Achievements and awards
Honda Sports Award2018
Mark H. McCormack Medal2018

Jennifer Anne Kupcho (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer.

Amateur career

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

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

  • 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)

LPGA Tour wins (3)

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 United States Jessica Korda 750,000
2 Jun 19, 2022 Meijer LPGA Classic 63-67-69-71=270 −18 Playoff Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire
United States Nelly Korda 		375,000
3 Jul 16, 2022 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
(with United States Lizette Salas) 		68-61-64-61=254 −26 5 strokes Finland Matilda Castren and
Malaysia Kelly Tan 		303,810 (each)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2022 Meijer LPGA Classic Republic of Ireland Leona Maguire
United States Nelly Korda 		Won with a birdie on the second extra hole; Korda eliminated by birdie on first hole
2 2023 Mizuho Americas Open United States Rose Zhang Zhang won with par on second extra hole

Other wins (1)

  • 2020 Colorado Women's Open[9]

Results in LPGA majors

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2022 Chevron Championship 6 shot lead −14 (66-70-64-74=274) 2 strokes United States Jessica Korda

Results timeline

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

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

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

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

Amateur

Source[8]

Professional

Solheim Cup record

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

  1. ^ "Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Golf". CWSA. June 4, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  2. ^ "Wake Forest's Jennifer Kupcho wins award for top female athletes". Winston-Salem Journal. June 5, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  3. ^ "Kupcho Surges On Second Nine to Become Inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur Champion". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (April 6, 2019). "A dream duel at Augusta National: Jennifer Kupcho outlasts Maria Fassi to win". Golfweek. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  5. ^ a b Herrington, Ryan (April 6, 2019). "Jennifer Kupcho made winning look easy at Augusta National, but it was far from it". Golf Digest.
  6. ^ a b Gibson, Charlotte (May 29, 2019). "U.S. Women's Open: Top amateurs Maria Fassi and Jennifer Kupcho on to next chapters". ESPN.
  7. ^ "Jennifer Kupcho credits the Augusta National Women's Amateur with an assist as she opens a six-stroke lead". Golf Digest. April 2, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Jennifer Kupcho". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  9. ^ "Jennifer Kupcho, Celine Boutier earn state open victories". ESPN. Associated Press. June 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "Jennifer Kupcho stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  11. ^ "Jennifer Kupcho results". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  12. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
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  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". May 20, 2024.