Jennifer Rosales

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Jennifer Rosales
2008 LPGA Championship - Jennifer Rosales 3.jpg
Rosales at the 2008 LPGA Championship
Personal information
NicknameJRo
Born (1978-09-17) September 17, 1978 (age 45)
Manila, Philippines
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Residence Rowland Heights, California, U.S.
Career
College University of Southern California (two years)
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2000)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T9: 2003
Women's PGA C'ship T11: 2003
U.S. Women's Open 4th: 2004
du Maurier Classic CUT: 2000
Women's British Open T4: 2002
Evian Championship CUT: 2013, 2014
Medal record
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Bangkok Women's team

Jennifer Rosales OL (born September 17, 1978) is a professional golfer from the Philippines, currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

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Amateur career

Born in Manila, Rosales won the Philippine Ladies Amateur Golf Championship five times in a row from 1994 to 1998. [1] She attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and won the 1998 NCAA Championship as a freshman in 1998. [2] Rosales also won the Golf World/Palmetto Dunes Collegiate Invitational, [3] and was named first team All-American for 1998-1999, her sophomore year with the Trojans. [4]

Professional career

Rosales at the 2008 LPGA Championship. 2008 LPGA Championship - Jennifer Rosales 5.jpg
Rosales at the 2008 LPGA Championship.

Rosales gained exempt status for the LPGA Tour for the 2000 season by finishing tied for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in October 1999. [5] She became the first golfer from the Philippines to win on the LPGA Tour at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in 2004. [6] Rosales gained her second win at the first official tournament of the 2005 season, the SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Hawaii. [7]

In 2005, Rosales teamed with Dorothy Delasin to represent the Philippines in the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf, [8] where they finished second. [9] She played with Ana Larraneta in the 2006 event, [10] and was part of Team Asia at the Lexus Cup in 2005 and 2006. [11] [12] Rosales and Delasin again represented the Philippines in 2008 at the World Cup, and won by two strokes over the team from Korea. The duo birdied the last four holes in the final round for 65 (–7) in the fourball (better ball) format, for a 54-hole total of 198 (–18).

For the 2014 season, Rosales earned full status on the LPGA Tour by finishing 68th on the 2013 money list.

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runners-up
1May 2, 2004 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship 70-70-69-65=274–141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Yeon Lee
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Morgan
Flag of South Korea.svg Grace Park
2Feb 26, 2005 SBS Open at Turtle Bay 66-69-73=208–82 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Cristie Kerr
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12003 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lori Kane
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rachel Teske
Teske won with birdie on third extra hole

Other (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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