Karis Davidson

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Karis Davidson
Personal information
Born (1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 25)
Melrose, Scotland
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Gold Coast, Queensland
Career
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2022)
ALPG Tour
Former tour(s) LPGA of Japan Tour (joined 2018)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T56: 2023
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2023
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open DNP
Evian Championship T61: 2023
Achievements and awards
Karrie Webb Scholarship2017

Karis Davidson (born 7 July 1998) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. In 2022, she won the WPGA Melbourne International, and in 2018 she was runner-up at the Women's Victorian Open, a Ladies European Tour event.

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Early life and amateur career

Davidson was born in Melrose, Scotland, where she started playing golf at the age of four. At the age of nine, she relocated with her family to Australia's Gold Coast, Queensland. [1]

In 2013 she was runner-up at the Greg Norman Junior Masters. In 2014, she won the Sunshine Coast Ladies Open and the GNGF Junior Masters, and was runner-up at the Australian Girls' Amateur, plus lost the final of the Australian Women's Amateur to Minjee Lee. In 2015, she won the NSW Junior State Championship, and was runner-up at the Queensland Stroke Play & Amateur Championship, and the Australian Girls' Amateur. [2]

In 2016, she won the Bowra & O'Dea Women's 72 Hole Classic, the Dunes Medal, and the Australian Girls' Amateur. [2]

She represented Australia at the 2014 World Junior Girls Championship in Canada, the 2016 Espirito Santo Trophy in Mexico, and at the Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, in 2016 and 2017. [2]

In 2017, she was a semifinalist at the Australian Women's Amateur and won the Riversdale Cup. She was awarded the Karrie Webb Scholarship. [1]

Professional career

Davidson turned professional in 2017 and joined the LPGA of Japan Tour in 2018, after finishing 11th at the JLPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She spent four seasons in Japan and made $444,839 in career earnings, with career-best finish a T4 at the 2018 Century21 Ladies Golf Tournament, won by Kristen Gillman. [3]

Davidson also played on the ALPG Tour, where she finished solo second behind Minjee Lee at the 2018 Women's Victorian Open, a Ladies European Tour co-sanctioned event. In 2021 she finished T3 at the TPS Victoria, and in 2022 she was runner-up again at the Women's Victorian Open, this time behind Hannah Green, having secured her first professional title at the WPGA Melbourne International a few weeks earlier. [4]

Davidson earned her LPGA Tour card for 2022 by finishing T41 at Q-School. [5] In her rookie season she made 8 cuts in 11 starts and recorded a best finish of T8 at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. She went to back Q-School to retain her status. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (1)

ALPG Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory		Runner-up
124 Jan 2022 WPGA Melbourne International68-69=137−72 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Breanna Gill

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 "Karis Story". AnK Golf. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Karis Davidson profile". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Karis Davidson Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Karis Davidson". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Kyriacou, Davidson and Smith earn LPGA cards". Golf Australia. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ↑ "2023 LPGA Tour Rookies". LPGA. 14 December 2022.
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