Sarah Jane Smith (golfer)
| Sarah Jane Smith | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 8 July 1984 Geelong, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 2004 | ||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2006) WPGA Tour of Australasia | ||
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (joined 2005) | ||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| ALPG Tour | 1 | ||
| Epson Tour | 2 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T32: 2013 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T11: 2018 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T5: 2018 | ||
| Women's British Open | T17: 2016 | ||
| Evian Championship | T30: 2016 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Sarah Jane Smith (née Kenyon) (born 8 July 1984) is an Australian professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She led the 2018 U.S. Women's Open at the halfway point and finished fifth, and was runner-up at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship and the 2016 Lorena Ochoa Invitational.[1]
Amateur career[edit]
Smith started playing golf at the age of 12 and represented Australia at the Astor Trophy, Tasman Cup and the Queen Sirikit Cup.
She was victorious at the 2001 Greg Norman Junior Masters, the 2002 Australian Girls' Amateur and Queensland Junior Championship, and at both the 2003 NSW Stroke Play Championship and Queensland Stroke Play Championship.[2]
Smith was the top-ranked junior in Australia in 2002 and the top-ranked amateur in 2003. She was the low amateur at the 2004 Women's Australian Open, finishing 10th, and was a member of the Australian World Amateur Team at the 2014 Espirito Santo Trophy.[1]
Professional career[edit]
Smith turned professional in December 2004. Before establishing herself on the LPGA Tour, she won two tournaments on the LPGA Futures Tour.
Her best LPGA Tour results are a runner-up finishes at the 2014 Kingsmill Championship and the 2016 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, and she tied for third at the 2017 ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open.[3] She was on the Australian team that competed at the 2018 International Crown.[4]
She led the 2018 U.S. Women's Open at the halfway point, and finished tied fifth after a final round 78.[5][6][7]
Smith also played on the ALPG Tour. In 2017, she was runner-up at the RACV Gold Coast Challenge and won the season money list. She shot 63-65 at the 2023 TPS Murray River, a mixed-gender event with the 2022–23 PGA Tour of Australasia, to win by five shots over Andrew Martin and Shae Wools-Cobb, snapping her 15-year victory drought.[8][9]
Personal life[edit]
Smith competed as Sarah-Jane Kenyon until she married professional caddie Duane Smith on 10 January 2009.[1] She went on maternity leave in April 2019 and gave birth to a son, Theo.[9]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 2001 Greg Norman Junior Masters
- 2002 Australian Girls' Amateur, Queensland Junior Championship
- 2003 NSW Stroke Play Championship, Queensland Stroke Play Championship
Source:[1]
Professional wins (3)[edit]
Futures Tour wins (2)[edit]
WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 Feb 2023 | TPS Murray River | 67-69-63-65=264 | −20 | 5 strokes | Andrew Martin, Shae Wools-Cobb
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Results in LPGA majors[edit]
Results not in chronological order.
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | 73 | ||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | |||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | T14 | T50 | T36 | ||
| Women's British Open | T55 | CUT | T43 |
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T32 | CUT | T60 | T40 | 74 | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T46 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T5 | CUT | CUT | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | T53 | T40 | CUT | T43 | T14 | T11 | CUT | CUT | ||
| The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | 72 | CUT | T30 | T48 | CUT | NT | |||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | T17 | CUT | CUT | 70 |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- Astor Trophy (representing Australia): 2003
- Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 2003
- Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 2004
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2004
Professional
- The Queens (representing ALPG): 2015, 2016, 2017
- International Crown (representing Australia): 2018
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Sarah Jane Smith Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "2002 Australian Girls' Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Jane Smith". Women's World Golf Rankings. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "LPGA International Crown: England one point behind leaders South Korea". BBC Sport. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Jane Smith – 2021 U.S. Open Women's Bio". USGA. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ James, Brendan (2 June 2018). "Smith increases U.S Women's Open lead". Golf Australia. Reuters. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Smith fades as Jutanugarn wins US Women's Open". Golf Australia. Australian Associated Press. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Nichols, Beth Ann (6 February 2023). "Sarah Jane Smith snaps 15-year victory drought, becomes third woman to win on Australia's mixed-gender series". Golfweek. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Sarah Jane Smith banks another female win in Murray River mixed-gender golf event". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
External links[edit]
- Sarah Jane Smith at the LPGA Tour official site
- Sarah Jane Smith at the WPGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Sarah Jane Smith at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site