Jaye Marie Green

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Jaye Marie Green
Personal information
Born (1994-02-02) February 2, 1994 (age 30)
Symetra Tour (joined 2013)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT12: 2019
Women's PGA C'shipT18: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT5: 2019
Women's British OpenT15: 2018
Evian ChampionshipT41: 2014
Achievements and awards
Girls' Junior Player of the Year2012

Jaye Marie Green (born February 2, 1994) is an American

U.S. Women's Amateur, tied for 5th at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open, and was runner-up at the 2019 Volunteers of America Classic.[1]

Amateur career

Green grew up in

, after success in the sectional qualifier at Ormond Beach, Florida.

In 2011, she was a member of the victorious U.S.

Symetra Tour, where she finished runner-up, one stroke behind Haru Nomura
of Japan.

In 2012, Green earned the Girls' Junior Player of the Year honors after an extraordinary year. She finished runner-up the Ione/Jones Doherty Championship behind Meghan Stasi, Women's Player of the Year. She was a quarter-finalist at the 110th

North and South Women's Amateur and finished in 5th at the South Atlantic Amateur. She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin.[3]

Green lost the final of the 2012

U.S. Women's Amateur, 3 and 1, to Lydia Ko of New Zealand, who came into the final ranked No. 1 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.[4]

She made the cut at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship after receiving an exemption into the field.[5]

Professional career

Green turned professional in January 2013 and competed on the

LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, by winning in 2013 and 2016.[1]

She finished tied 5th at the 2019 U.S. Women's Open and posted a career-best runner-up finish at the 2019 Volunteers of America Classic with a season-low round of 64 in the third round, which propelled her to a high of 81st in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[6]

In 2020, Green suffered a brutal bike accident. She fractured her right elbow and couldn't straighten it past a 90-degree angle. Requiring a 10-week recovery, she missed much of the season.[7][8]

Amateur wins

  • 2010 Polo Golf Junior Classic
  • 2011 Ping Invitational
  • 2012
    Rolex Tournament of Champions

Source:[5][9]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Chevron Championship T56 CUT CUT CUT T12 CUT T40 T65
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT CUT T26 CUT T5 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T58 CUT CUT T46 T18 T66 CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship T41 CUT CUT T54 CUT NT T65
Women's British Open T56 T30 T15 CUT CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ a b "Jaye Marie Green Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "Player Bio: Jaye Marie Green". USGA. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "Jaye Marie Green Accolades". Florida State Golf Association. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "In The End, Green Comes Up Short". USGA. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Meet the Quarterfinalists". USGA. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  6. ^ "Jaye Marie Green Player Profile". WWGR. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  7. ^ "With golf in limbo after a brutal bike accident, Jaye Marie Green thought: 'I'm no one now'". Golfweek. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Jaye Marie Green Finally Seeing the Light". LPGA Tour. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "Jaye Marie Green". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

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