Bailey Tardy

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Bailey Tardy
Personal information
Full nameMadison Bailey Tardy
Born (1996-08-08) August 8, 1996 (age 28)
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg United States
Residence Peachtree Corners, Georgia
Career
College University of Georgia
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2023)
Former tour(s) Epson Tour (joined 2019)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship CUT: 2023, 2024
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2023, 2024
U.S. Women's Open T4: 2023
Women's British Open T78: 2024
Evian Championship CUT: 2023, 2024
Achievements and awards
SEC Freshman of the Year2016

Madison Bailey Tardy (born August 8, 1996) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.

Contents

Early life, college and amateur career

Tardy enjoyed a successful junior career, and was an AJGA Rolex All-American in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and also competed in the Wyndham Cup each of those years. She played in the 2013 Symetra Tour Championship where she finished tied 27th, and was medalist at the 2013 U.S. Girls' Junior. [1]

Tardy qualified for the U.S. Women's Open in 2014, 2016 and 2017 while still an amateur. In 2017, she was tied 13th after shooting an opening 70, but missed the cut following a second round 82. She also won the 2015 North and South Women's Amateur. In 2018, she finished as low amateur at the Georgia Women's Open, placing third overall after shooting a 2-under 142, and won the Georgia State Amateur wire-to-wire by an eight-stroke gap after shooting an 8-under 208. [2]

Tardy played collegiate golf at the University of Georgia and was named the 2016 SEC Freshman of the Year. She played in the 2016 Curtis Cup alongside Andrea Lee and finished with a 3–2 record, although Great Britain and Ireland won 11.5–8.5 at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club in Ireland. [1]

Professional career

Tardy turned professional following the fall semester in 2018 after she earned Epson Tour membership at LPGA Q-Series, but did remain in school to graduate from UGA in May 2019. [1]

She finished sixth on the 2020 money list, narrowly missing out on LPGA Tour promotion by just $343. In 2021, her first professional win came with a three-shot victory at the Copper Rock Championship, but she again missed out on promotion, finishing 12th on the money list with 10 cards on offer. In 2022, she recorded four top-five finishes on the Epson Tour before finally earning her LPGA card by finishing second at LPGA Q-Series. [3]

In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, she held the second round lead at the 2023 U.S. Women's Open before finishing tied 4th, collecting $482,136. [4] [5]

On March 10, 2024, Tardy won her first LPGA title at the Blue Bay LPGA by 4 strokes over Sarah Schmelzel. [6] In November 2024, Tardy won Rolex First-Time Winners award, recognized wins her first tournament on the LPGA Tour. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [8]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Mar 10, 2024 Blue Bay LPGA 68-70-66-65=269−194 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Sarah Schmelzel 330,000

Epson Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1Apr 24, 2021 Copper Rock Championship −10 (66–70–70=206)3 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maude-Aimée LeBlanc
Flag of the United States.svg Samantha Wagner

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship CUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTT4CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUTCUT
The Evian Championship NTCUTCUT
Women's British Open CUTT78
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000020
U.S. Women's Open 00011151
Women's PGA Championship 00000020
The Evian Championship 00000020
Women's British Open 00000021
Totals000111132

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nds3rdsTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2014 100000MCn/an/a79.50n/a
2015 Did not play
2016 100000MCn/an/a79.00n/a
2017 100000MCn/an/a76.00n/a
2018 Did not play
2019 Did not play
2020 100000MCn/an/a72.50n/a
2021 Did not play
2022 Did not play
2023 21120001T4581,4915172.54123
2024 23810031652,0866072.39123
Totals^44 (2023)20 (2023)100411,233,577286

^ Official as of 2024 season [9] [10] [11]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

YearRankingSource
2019831 [12]
2020510 [13]
2021442 [14]
2022442 [15]
2023170 [16]
2024120^ [17]

^As of September 2, 2024

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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