Cheyenne Woods | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Cheyenne Nicole Woods |
Born | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | July 25, 1990
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
Partner | Aaron Hicks |
Career | |
College | Wake Forest University |
Turned professional | 2012 |
Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour Symetra Tour |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Ladies European Tour | 1 |
ALPG Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
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.
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]
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]
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.
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]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up | Winner's share (€) |
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1 | Feb 9, 2014 | Volvik RACV Ladies Masters * | 69-67-71-69=276 | −16 | 2 strokes | Minjee Lee (a) | 37,500 |
* Co-sanctioned with ALPG Tour
Results not in chronological order before 2018.
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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ANA Inspiration | |||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T43 | CUT | T68 | ||||
Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | CUT | T43 | NT |
Tournament | 2021 |
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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.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
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