Kristen Gillman

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Kristen Gillman
Personal information
Born (1997-09-22) September 22, 1997 (age 27)
Austin, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College University of Alabama
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA of Japan Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T6: 2019
Women's PGA C'ship T60: 2019
U.S. Women's Open T27: 2018
Women's British Open T11: 2019
Evian Championship T38: 2021
Achievements and awards
SEC Freshman of the Year2016-17
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Toronto Mixed team

Kristen Gillman (born September 22, 1997) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. As an amateur, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur twice, in 2014 and 2018. [1]

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Early life, college and amateur career

Gillman is one of the most-decorated junior golfers in recent U.S. history. She won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 2014 and 2018, the Junior PGA Championship in 2014 and the North and South Women's Amateur in 2016. She made a series of successful appearances for the U.S. national Team and won the 2014 Junior Ryder Cup, the 2015 Junior Solheim Cup, the 2016 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan, the 2018 Curtis Cup and the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup at Evian Resort Golf Club in France. She also won the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy in Ireland with Jennifer Kupcho and Lilia Vu. She won the silver medal with the Mixed team at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Gillman enrolled at the University of Alabama in 2016. She was SEC Freshman of the Year playing for Alabama Crimson Tide golf and set several school records. [2]

As an amateur, she made six starts on the LPGA Tour, including the 2018 U.S. Women's Open, where she made her first cut and finished T27. She won the Century 21 Ladies Golf Tournament on the 2018 LPGA of Japan Tour. [3]

Professional career

Gillman turned professional in late 2018 after she finished T13 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn membership for the 2019 LPGA Tour. She made 22 cuts in 26 starts her rookie season, with a career-best T3 finish at the Buick LPGA Shanghai. She finished 43rd on the money list and second in the Rookie of the Year standings, behind Lee Jeong-eun who won the 2019 U.S. Women's Open. Gillman made the cut in three majors, including a T6 finish at the 2019 ANA Inspiration.

Gillman finished tied 11th at the 2020 Women's British Open, after which she rose to 38th in the Women's World Golf Rankings. [4]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins (1)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
122 Jul 2018 Century 21 Ladies Golf Tournament
(as an amateur)		−17 (65-67-67=199)4 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Kimura
Flag of Japan.svg Sakura Koiwai

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
ANA Inspiration T6T24T70T62
U.S. Women's Open CUTT27CUTCUTT36
Women's PGA Championship T60CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship CUTCUTNTT38CUT
Women's British Open CUTT35T11CUTT49
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Kristen Gillman Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Women's Golf Roster". Alabama Crimson Tide. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Kristen Gillman". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Kristen Gillman". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
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