Jenny Bae (golfer)

Jenny Bae
Personal information
Born (2001-08-25) August 25, 2001 (age 23)
Suwanee, Georgia, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Georgia
Turned professional2023
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2025)
Former tour(s)Epson Tour (joined 2023)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour3
Achievements and awards
Juli Inkster Award2023

Jenny Bae (born August 25, 2001) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.[1]

Amateur career

Bae was born in Suwanee, Georgia. She won the 2018 Georgia Junior Championship in record-setting fashion, shooting a 9-under 207 to win by 10 strokes. She was named the 2018 Georgia Player of the Year as a junior, after earning medalist honors at the state championships representing Collins Hill High School.[2]

Bae played her college golf at the University of Georgia from January 2019 to 2023. In her final season she was named first-team All-American and was ranked ranked 5th by GolfStat and Golfweek. She received the Juli Inkster Award as the top female collegiate golfer, and was a finalist for the Annika Award, the WGCA Ping National Player of the Year, and the Honda Sports Award.[2]

In 2023, she lost a playoff to Rose Zhang at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.[3]

Professional career

Bae turned professional after graduating in 2023 and joined the Epson Tour, where she won two events back-to-back in her second and third starts.[4] She made her LPGA debut at the 2023 Portland Classic.[5]

In 2024, she won her third title at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, and finished 7th on the Race for the Card at the end of the season, to gain a fully exempt card on the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season.[6]

Amateur wins

  • 2018 Georgia Junior Championship
  • 2020 Georgia Women's Match Play Championship
  • 2021 NCAA Columbus Regional, Georgia Women's Amateur Championship
  • 2022 Illini Women's Invitational
  • 2023 NCAA Athens Regional

Source:[7]

Professional wins (3)

Epson Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Jul 16, 2023 Hartford HealthCare Women's Championship 69-66-70=205 −11 Playoff Taiwan Ssu-Chia Cheng
South Korea Kang Min-ji 		30,000
2 Jul 23, 2023 Twin Bridges Championship 65-69-73=207 −6 Playoff United States Jessica Porvasnik 30,000
3 Sep 22, 2024 Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout 66-70-73=209 −7 1 stroke United States Therese Warner
United States Lauren Stephenson
United States Hailee Cooper 		50,625

References

  1. ^ "Jenny Bae – Bio". Epson Tour. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Jenny Bae – Bio" (PDF). University of Georgia Athletics. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  3. ^ "Georgia's Jenny Bae the runner-up at Augusta National Women's Amateur". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. April 1, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  4. ^ Bohannan, Larry (March 1, 2024). "What's it like getting mentored by an LPGA Hall of Famer? Jenny Bae found out on a recent trip". Golfweek. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Agrawal, Meeth (September 1, 2023). "LPGA debut at Portland Classic". Sportskeeda. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "Meet the 2024 Epson Tour Graduates". LPGA Tour. October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  7. ^ "Jenny Bae". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved September 30, 2024.