Cheyenne Woods

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Cheyenne Woods
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Woods at the 2016 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full nameCheyenne Nicole Woods
Born (1990-07-25) July 25, 1990 (age 33)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
ResidencePhoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Partner Aaron Hicks
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional2012
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
ALPG Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship T43: 2016
U.S. Women's Open CUT: 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021
Women's British Open CUT: 2014, 2016, 2018
Evian Championship T43: 2016

Cheyenne Nicole Woods (born July 25, 1990) is an American professional golfer.

Contents

Early life

Woods was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a daughter of Susan Woods and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is golfer Tiger Woods' half-brother, making her Tiger's half-niece. [1] Her paternal grandfather Earl Woods (Tiger's father) was her first coach and inspiration. [2] [3]

In an interview with Golf Digest , Woods stated that her mother was white and her father black with some Native American and Asian. [4]

Golf career

Amateur

Woods played for the Xavier College Preparatory golf team and won back-to-back Arizona 5A State Championships in 2006 and 2007. [4] She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2012 where she played golf for the Demon Deacons. She won more than 30 amateur tournaments. [5]

In 2009, she received a sponsor's exemption to play in an LPGA tournament, the Wegmans LPGA. She missed the cut by four strokes. [6]

In April 2011, she won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship. [7]

Professional

In 2012, Woods turned professional after graduating from Wake Forest. [8] She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open by finishing as co-medalist at her qualifier and made her professional debut at the 2012 LPGA Championship. [8] She had her first professional win on the SunCoast Ladies Series in late August 2012. [9] [10]

In 2013, Woods became a member of the Ladies European Tour and finished 78th on the Order of Merit. In 2014, Woods had her second professional win (and first on a major tour) at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters. [11]

In December 2014, Woods finished T-11th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, thereby earning Category 12 membership, which entitled her to entry in most full-field events apart from the more prestigious events. [12] In the 2015 season, she made only eight cuts and had to go through qualifying again. By finishing T-13th in the Final Qualifying Tournament, she earned her LPGA tour card for 2016.

As of 2023, Woods lacks a LPGA Tour card to play as a full-time member. Her most recent LPGA appearance was at the Cambia Portland Classic in September 2021.

Personal

On October 27, 2021, Woods got engaged to professional baseball player Aaron Hicks. [13] They married in February 2022, [14] and their son was born in April 2022. [15] They reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Woods is the sixth African American to play on the LPGA Tour. [16] In a 2013 interview, Woods said "An African American woman has never won on the LPGA, so in general I just feel that golf needs to be more accessible and more inclusive." [17]

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning
score		To parMargin
of victory		Runner-upWinner's
share (€)
1Feb 9, 2014 Volvik RACV Ladies Masters *69-67-71-69=276−162 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Minjee Lee (a)37,500

* Co-sanctioned with ALPG Tour

Other wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2018.

Tournament201220132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUTT43CUTT68
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUTT43NT
Tournament2021
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship
The Evian Championship
Women's British Open

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

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References

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  3. ↑ Lewis, Aimee (September 11, 2018). "Cheyenne Woods: "When you find something you can relate to, that's a step forward"". CNN.
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