Marina Alex

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Marina Alex
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Alex at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Born (1990-08-02) August 2, 1990 (age 34)
Wayne, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College Vanderbilt University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Former tour(s) Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T21: 2017
Women's PGA C'ship T18: 2018
U.S. Women's Open T11: 2017
Women's British Open T9: 2014
Evian Championship 16th: 2019

Marina Dee Alex (born August 2, 1990) [1] is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

Contents

Early life and education

Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Alex played interscholastic golf at Wayne Hills High School, where she won individual state titles in 2007 and 2008. [2] [3]

Alex played college golf at Vanderbilt University. She won one tournament, the 2010 SEC Championship. [1] She qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur but missed the cut. [1]

Career

Alex turned professional in 2012 following the NCAA Championship. She played on the Symetra Tour in 2012 and 2013 with a best finish of second at the 2013 Four Winds Invitational. She finished third on the money list in 2013 to earn an LPGA Tour card for 2014.

Alex has played on the LPGA Tour since 2014 and won her first event at the 2018 Cambia Portland Classic. [4]

She won for the second time on May 1, 2022, with a 10-under-par 274, beating the number 1 ranked Ko Jin-young by one stroke, both shooting a final round 66. Lydia Ko and Megan Khang tied for third at 276. [5] She was ranked 61st in the world before her win, [6] and earned 53 points for a gain of 33 rankings to 28 on May 2, 2022. [7]

Amateur wins

Source: [1] [8]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin
of victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Sep 2, 2018 Cambia Portland Classic 62-71-71-65=269−194 strokes Flag of England.svg Georgia Hall 195,000
2May 1, 2022 Palos Verdes Championship 70-68-70-66=274−101 stroke Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Jin-young 225,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2024 Toto Japan Classic Flag of Japan.svg Rio Takeda Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2023.

Tournament20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Chevron Championship T51T56T21T25T71
Women's PGA Championship CUTT53T26T25T18T37
U.S. Women's Open CUTT20CUTT11T27CUT
The Evian Championship ^T29T38T52T265816
Women's British Open T9T36T60T43T28T16
Tournament20202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T32CUTT35T28T30
U.S. Women's Open T26T51T48
Women's PGA Championship T33CUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^NTT35T69CUTCUT
Women's British Open T14T55T41CUTCUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 000002109
U.S. Women's Open 00000296
Women's PGA Championship 000002106
The Evian Championship 000001108
Women's British Open 000013119
Totals00001105038

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2012 110000T40n/an/a71.67n/a
2013 300000CUTn/an/a73.33n/a
2014 25150001T9224,3306572.0659
2015 24150001T9182,9677173.07110
2016 26190003T6282,9726571.6350
2017 25210016T3699,8952770.2919
2018 24201T2T361901,3221770.5419
2019 242100153609,2903770.6723
2020 760002T4225,8825270.9614
2021 20150001T7295,6066471.3669
2022 232010051665,8784470.8240
2023 21130000T12226,3609571.9497
Totals^2221652023014,314,502100

^ Official as of 2023 season [9] [10] [11]
*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
2012476 [12]
2013428 [13]
2014149 [14]
2015150 [15]
2016113 [16]
201747 [17]
201826 [18]
201933 [19]
202042 [20]
202161 [21]
202240 [22]
2023122 [23]

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career41–1–20–1–01–0–10–0–1250.0
2019 41–1–20–1–0 lost to S. Pettersen 1 dn1–0–1 halved w/ M. Pressel
won w/ M. Pressel 2&1
0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 250.0

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