Alexa Pano

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Alexa Pano
Personal information
Born (2004-08-20) August 20, 2004 (age 20)
Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Lake Worth Beach, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (since 2023)
Former tour(s) Epson Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T60: 2024
Women's PGA C'ship T61: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T58: 2024
Women's British Open T10: 2024
Evian Championship CUT: 2024, 2025

Alexa Pano (born August 20, 2004) [1] is an American professional golfer. She was featured in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game . [2]

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Early life

Pano was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, and her parents divorced when she was a baby. She has since lived with her father, Rick, in Lake Worth Beach, Florida. [3] [4] [5] [6] She began playing golf at the age of 5. [7]

At the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship, then-7-year-old Pano and a group of her fellow competitors, including Allan Kournikova and Sky Sudberry, were filmed for The Short Game . At that point, she was only spending mornings at Citrus Cove Elementary School and taking the remainder of her classes through Florida Virtual School so that she could focus on golf. In the film, she said that she wanted to be the first woman to play in a tournament at Augusta, a feat that she accomplished seven years later when she competed in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur. [8] [9]

Amateur career

Pano was the first three-time national finalist in the Drive, Chip and Putt competition. [10] She is tied for most U.S. Kids Golf World Championships with five in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016. [11]

Pano was the youngest golfer to play a LPGA of Japan Tour event when she played the 2016 Yonex Ladies Open at the age of 11. [12] [13] At 13, Pano played in her first LPGA Tour event, the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic. [14] The same year, she represented the United States for a win in the Junior Ryder Cup. [15]

In 2019, she became the youngest player in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur. [16] She also qualified for the U.S. Women's Open, the youngest golfer that year. [17] She played for the winning team in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup.

Professional career

Pano turned professional in April 2022. [18] She earned status on the Epson Tour by finishing T-10th at Stage II of the 2021 LPGA Qualifying Tournament. [19] She earned her LPGA Tour card for 2023 via Q-School. [20]

On August 20, 2023, she won her first professional title, on her 19th birthday, at the ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle Golf Club (76-70-69-66=281, 8-under-par), in a three-hole playoff over Gabriella Cowley and Esther Henseleit. [21]

Amateur wins

Source: [22] [23]

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Aug 20, 2023 ISPS Handa World Invitational [1] 76-70-69-66=281−8Playoff Flag of England.svg Gabriella Cowley
Flag of Germany.svg Esther Henseleit
225,000

1 Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12023 ISPS Handa World Invitational Flag of England.svg Gabriella Cowley
Flag of Germany.svg Esther Henseleit
Won with birdie on third extra hole
Henseleit eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2019202020212022202320242025
Chevron Championship T60T67
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTT58
Women's PGA Championship T61CUTCUT
The Evian Championship NTCUTCUT
Women's British Open T10T33
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2018 100000MC0n/a73.50n/a
2019 200000MC0n/a72.75n/a
2020 210000T410n/a73.20n/a
2021 200000MC0n/a77.25n/a
2022 100000MC0n/a75.00n/a
2023 211210011442,8556671.2357
2024 281801022557,4216871.8986
Totals^49 (2023)30 (2023)110311,000,276324

^ Official as of 2024 season [24] [25] [26]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearWorld
ranking
Source
20191,016 [27]
2020768 [28]
2021934 [29]
2022455 [30]
2023125 [31]
2024110 [32]

U.S. national team appearances

References

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  3. "Lake Worth Beach's Alexa Pano turning pro at age 17". The Palm Beach Post .
  4. "Alexa Pano on rookie year on LPGA Tour: 'It's everything I've wanted my whole life' - D'Angelo". The Palm Beach Post .
  5. "Lake Worth golfer Alexa Pano named Amateur Athlete of the Year". Sun Sentinel . March 29, 2019.
  6. "Mull Again: Alexa Pano shares story with First Tee of Greater Wilmington". starnewsonline.com.
  7. Fairholm, Sean. "Alexa Pano Feature". Global Golf Post. Retrieved July 10, 2019 via read.nxtbook.com.
  8. Andrews, Dave (March 21, 2019). "Golf's Next New Sensation – Alexa Pano". WomensGolf.com. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  9. Boyette, John (April 2, 2019). "Alexa Pano has chance to make her dream come true at Augusta National Women's Amateur". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  10. "Pano, Grewal earn Drive, Chip and Putt Championship titles". AJGA. March 29, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  11. "Multiple World Champions". U.S. Kids Golf Foundation. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  12. "Meet the First Three-Time Finalist". www.drivechipandputt.com. April 2, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  13. Evenson, John (July 1, 2016). "11-Year-Old Lake Worth golf phenom makes LPGA history in Japan". WPEC. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  14. Evenson, John (July 6, 2018). "Lake Worth's Alexa Pano caps off first U.S. LPGA event with even par round and a big smile". WPEC. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  15. Evenson, John (September 24, 2018). "Lake Worth's Alexa Pano hits clutch putt for big win at Junior Ryder Cup in Paris". WPEC. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  16. "Alexa Pano has moved on from her role in 'The Short Game'". Golfweek. February 24, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  17. Arkush, Michael (May 30, 2019). "Home-schooled and 260 off the tee, Alexa Pano, 14, shoots 75 at U.S. Women's Open". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  18. Romine, Brentley (April 12, 2022). "Alexa Pano, 17, turns professional, sets sights on Epson Tour". Golf Channel.
  19. "Alexa Pano Turns Pro, Will Compete on Epson Tour". Epson Tour. April 13, 2022.
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