Jennifer Rosales

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Jennifer Rosales
LPGA Tour (joined 2000)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT9: 2003
Women's PGA C'shipT11: 2003
U.S. Women's Open4th: 2004
du Maurier ClassicCUT: 2000
Women's British OpenT4: 2002
Evian ChampionshipCUT: 2013, 2014
Medal record
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Bangkok Women's team

Jennifer Rosales

LPGA Tour
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Amateur career

Born in

NCAA Championship as a freshman in 1998.[2] Rosales also won the Golf World/Palmetto Dunes Collegiate Invitational,[3] and was named first team All-American for 1998-1999, her sophomore year with the Trojans.[4]

Professional career

Rosales at the 2008 LPGA Championship.

Rosales gained exempt status for the

Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in 2004.[6] Rosales gained her second win at the first official tournament of the 2005 season, the SBS Open at Turtle Bay in Hawaii.[7]

In 2005, Rosales teamed with Dorothy Delasin to represent the Philippines in the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf,[8] where they finished second.[9] She played with Ana Larraneta in the 2006 event,[10] and was part of Team Asia at the Lexus Cup in 2005 and 2006.[11][12] Rosales and Delasin again represented the Philippines in 2008 at the World Cup, and won by two strokes over the team from Korea. The duo birdied the last four holes in the final round for 65 (–7) in the fourball (better ball) format, for a 54-hole total of 198 (–18).

For the 2014 season, Rosales earned full status on the LPGA Tour by finishing 68th on the 2013 money list.

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runners-up
1 May 2, 2004
Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
70-70-69-65=274 –14 1 stroke
Jung Yeon Lee
Wales Becky Morgan
South Korea Grace Park
2 Feb 26, 2005 SBS Open at Turtle Bay 66-69-73=208 –8 2 strokes
Michelle Wie

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2003 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
Rachel Teske
Teske won with birdie on third extra hole

Other (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Philippine Ladies Amateur Golf Championship". Women's Golf Association of the Philippines. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Rosales Captures Women's Golf Title". University of Southern California. May 23, 1998. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  3. ^ "1998-99 Final Stats". WakeForestSports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  4. ^ "Division I All-American Teams 1998 - 2006" (PDF). National Golf Coaches Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 27, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  5. ^ "Jennifer Rosales Full Career Biography" (PDF). LPGA. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  6. ^ "Rosales wins first title with 7-under at Chick-fil-A". Sports Illustrated. May 2, 2004. Archived from the original on March 6, 2005. Retrieved May 18, 2008.
  7. ^ Ann Miller (February 27, 2005). "Rosales bests wind, Wie to win SBS title". The Honolulu Advertiser. Archived from the original on October 30, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  8. ^ Martin Park (December 17, 2004). "Women's World Cup of Golf: Twenty teams confirmed". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  9. ^ Martin Park (February 13, 2005). "Japan survive scare to win World Cup". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  10. ^ "Champions announced for Women's World Cup of Golf". Ladies European Tour. December 5, 2005. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  11. ^ "Internationals win The Lexus Cup". Ladies European Tour. December 12, 2005. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved April 14, 2007.
  12. ^ "Filipina golfer helps Team Asia win Lexus Cup". Good News Pilipinas. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2007.