Personal information | |
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Born | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | May 23, 2000
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
College | University of Nevada, Reno |
Turned professional | 2024 |
Current tour(s) | Epson Tour |
Professional wins | 1 |
Number of wins by tour | |
Epson Tour | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | DNP |
Women's PGA C'ship | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2025 |
Women's British Open | DNP |
Evian Championship | DNP |
Leah John (born May 23, 2000) is a Canadian professional golfer. A college golfer at the University of Nevada, Reno, John was named to Team Canada in 2023. In 2025 John qualified for her first U.S. Women's Open tournament.
John began playing golf at age 5 while growing up with her parents in Vancouver, Canada. [1]
It wasn't until she was 17 before she decided she wanted to play golf at the college level. [2] In 2018, John graduated from York House School.
After taking a gap year to improve her game in Arizona, in 2019 she signed with the University of Nevada to play golf. [1] [3] At Nevada, she won four tournaments: the 2022 Show at Spanish Trail, [4] the 2023 Pat Lesser Harbottle Invitational, [5] 2023 Golf Iconic Classic and the 2024 Causeway Invitational. [6] [7] [8] She finished the 2024 season by matching the second best single round score in the history of the Nevada Wolf Pack women's golf team. [6]
In 2023, she was named to Team Canada. [9] In Canada, John was a two-time British Columbia Amateur champion. [10]
After graduation, John turned professional, [11] joining the Epson Tour. [12] [13] In 2024, she finished number 61 in the Epson's Race for the Card. [14] In April 2025, John qualified for that year's U.S. Women's Open after finishing in a first place tie at a qualifier at Del Paso Country Club, [15] but did not make the cut after the second round.
John won her first professional tournament in August 2025 at the Four Winds Invitational. [16]
Source: [17]
Tournament | 2025 |
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Chevron Championship | |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT |
Women's PGA Championship | |
The Evian Championship | |
Women's British Open |
CUT = missed the half-way cut