Adéla Cernousek

Adéla Cernousek
Personal information
NicknameAdé
Born (2003-08-13) 13 August 2003 (age 21)
Antibes, France
Sporting nationality France
Career
CollegeTexas A&M University
Turned professional2024
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2025)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenT67: 2024
Women's British OpenDNP
Evian ChampionshipT38: 2021

Adéla Cernousek (born 13 August 2003) is a French professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was the individual winner of the 2024 NCAA Championship.[1]

Early life

Cernousek was born in Antibes near Nice, France to parents who were professional volleyball players.[2] She later became attached to Golf de Saint-Cloud to the west of Paris.[3]

Amateur career

Cernousek represented the French National Team between 2017 and 2024. She won silver at the 2021 European Girls' Team Championship in Portugal, and played in the 2023 Espirito Santo Trophy in Abu Dhabi.[4]

She enrolled at the Texas A&M University in 2021 to play with the Texas A&M Aggies women's golf team, where she broke several records. She had a 72.21 stroke average as a freshman, the second best by a freshman by in school history. As a junior, she had a scoring average of 69.94, the lowest in school history and the first under 71 by a woman.[5]

In May 2024, Cernousek won the individual competition at the NCAA Division I women's golf championship, three strokes ahead of Lottie Woad.[6]

She won a U.S. Open qualifier in Texas with a score of six-under-par to make her major debut at the 2024 U.S. Women's Open, where she sat in joint second place after the first round, and ultimately finished tied 67th.[7]

Cernousek made it to the quarterfinals of the 2024 U.S. Women's Amateur, where she lost to Asterisk Talley 1 down.[3] She reached a career high of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[4]

Professional career

Cernousek turned professional in 2024.[8] In December 2024, Cernousek earned her LPGA Tour card for 2025 by finishing T-13 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[9] In an early stage of qualifying, she shared medalist honors with Mimi Rhodes.[10]

Amateur wins

  • 2017 Grand Prix du Golf d'Aix en Provence
  • 2018 Evian Junior Event Girls
  • 2019 Coupe Didier Illouz
  • 2020 Championnat de France Cadets
  • 2024 NCAA Championship

Source:[4]

Professional wins (1)

Other wins (1)

  • 2021 Open des Aisses (as an amateur)

Source:[3]

Results in LPGA majors

! Tournament 2024
Chevron Championship
U.S. Women's Open T67
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Source:[4]

References

  1. ^ Hall, Mike. "Women's NCAA Division I Champion Adela Cernousek Turns Pro". Golfweek. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Team France". The Spirit Golf Association. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Heath, Elliott (18 October 2024). "Adela Cernousek Facts: 13 Things To Know About The NCAA Div 1 Champion". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Adela Cernousek". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Roster: Adela Cernousek". Texas A&M Athletics. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Texas A&M's Adela Cernousek wins 2024 DI women's golf championship individual title". NCAA. 21 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Adela Cernousek". U.S. Women's Open. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  8. ^ Jourdan, Cameron (18 November 2024). "Reigning NCAA individual champion marks third top-10 amateur to turn pro ahead of LPGA Final Qualifying". Golfweek. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Players Finishing in Positions 1-25 and Ties Earn LPGA Tour Status in Category 15". LPGA. 10 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Rhodes and Cernousek Share Medalist Honors at the 2024 LPGA Q-Series Qualifying Stage". LPGA.