Amari Avery | |
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Personal information | |
Born | Orange County, California [1] | December 30, 2004
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | University of Southern California |
Turned professional | 2024 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T45: 2023 |
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | T45: 2025 |
Women's British Open | DNP |
Evian Championship | DNP |
Amari Avery (born December 30, 2004) [2] is an American professional golfer who played for the USC Trojans women's golf team. She was featured in the 2013 films The Short Game and Trophy Kids.
Her father is African-American and her mother Filipino. [3] She began taking golf lessons in Anaheim, California before she entered kindergarten. [4] Avery was one of eight entrants into the 2012 U. S. Kids Golf tournament featured in the film The Short Game . [5] She was eight years old at the time. [6] She was also featured in the 2013 film Trophy Kids. [7]
In August 2020, Avery committed to play golf at the University of Southern California. [3] [8]
By the age of six, Avery had won dozens of youth golf tournaments which included the Junior World Golf Championships. [3] [4]
In 2021, she played in the Augusta National Women's Amateur, [3] finishing 29th in the field. [9]
In 2023, she played in the Chevron Championship, her third start as an amateur on the LPGA Tour and the first time making the cut at a tour event. [10] The same year, she played in the U.S. Women's Open, after winning the 36-hole qualifier in Rancho Santa Fe, California, among 64 competitors. She made the cut at the U.S. Women's Open and finished tied for 48th place. [11]
Avery turned professional in 2024 following the NCAA Championship. [12] She made her professional debut at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship on the Epson Tour. [13]
Source: [14]
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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Chevron Championship | T45 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T48 | T45 | |
Women's PGA Championship | |||
The Evian Championship | |||
Women's British Open |
"T" = tied
Source: [14]