Lauren Stephenson

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Lauren Stephenson
Personal information
Born (1997-07-13) July 13, 1997 (age 27)
Greenville, South Carolina, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Lexington, South Carolina, U.S.
Career
College Clemson University
University of Alabama
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Epson Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T44: 2019, 2022
Women's PGA C'ship T9: 2020
U.S. Women's Open T30: 2020, 2021
Women's British Open 58th: 2021
Evian Championship T12: 2021
Achievements and awards
Epson Tour Player of the Year 2024

Lauren Stephenson (born July 13, 1997 [1] ) is an American professional golfer.

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Amateur career

Stephenson played her college golf at Clemson University (one year) and the University of Alabama (two years). [2] [3]

She also competed at the 2018 Curtis Cup [4] and the 2018 Arnold Palmer Cup. [5]

Professional career

Stephenson turned professional in 2018 and finished T-8 at the LPGA Tour's Q-Series to earn her 2019 tour card. She made 11 cuts in 20 events in 2019 to retain her card. [6] She finished tied for 9th at the 2020 Women's PGA Championship, qualifying her for the 2020 U.S. Women's Open. [7] She is sponsored by Carlisle Companies. [8] Playing on both the LPGA Tour and Epson Tour in 2024, she won the Twin Bridges Championship on the Epson Tour and earned Epson Tour Player of the Year honors. [9]

Amateur wins

Source: [5]

Professional wins

Epson Tour wins

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T44T44T67
U.S. Women's Open CUTT41T30T30CUT
Women's PGA Championship T21T9T40WDT68
The Evian Championship CUTNTT12CUT
Women's British Open CUT58CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2016 100000CUTn/an/a76.00n/a
2017 110000T41n/an/a73.00n/a
2018 Did not play
2019 20110001T8145,6289071.5370
2020 1380001T9153,0187072.5088
2021 22170002T6432,1554971.0050
2022 24160001T8257,8428371.3470
2023 18100000T15121,55412172.26113
2024 400000CUT0n/a73.75n/a
Totals^103630005T61,110,197305

^ Official as of 2024 season [10] [11] [12]
* 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
2017545 [13]
2018787 [14]
2019208 [15]
2020111 [16]
202191 [17]
2022131 [18]
2023271 [19]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Source: [5]

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