Rosie Jones

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Rosie Jones
Personal Information
Birth November 13, 1959 (1959-11-13) (age 48)
Santa Ana, California
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality Flag of the United States United States
Residence Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
College Ohio State University
Career
Turned Pro 1982
Current tour LPGA Tour (joined 1982)
Current tour Legends Tour (joined 2006)
Professional wins 13 on LPGA Tour
Major Championship results
Wins: 0
Kraft Nabisco 2nd: 2005
LPGA Championship 2nd: 1990
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 1984
du Maurier Classic 2nd: 2000
Women's British Open T12: 2001
Awards
AIAW All American 1981
LPGA Century 21 Move of the Month Award 2001

Rosie Jones (born November 13, 1959 in Santa Ana, California) is an American professional golfer.

In her amateur career Rosie Jones was a three time New Mexico Junior Champion (1974 – 1976) and won the New Mexico State Championship in 1979.

Jones attended Ohio State University where in 1981 she was an AIAW All American. She qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in July 1982. At the conclusion of the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, in which she finished tied for 57th, she stated that she was retiring from competitive golf, removing her golf shoes and glove and placing them on the side of the 18th green as a symbol of her departure from the game. Jones's best position on the LPGA money list was third in 1988, when she was tied as the winning-most player with three victories. She completed her career with thirteen LPGA Tour titles. She also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup seven times. She placed second in a major tournament four times (1984 U.S. Women's Open; 1991 LPGA Championship; 2000 du Maurier Classic; 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship), but never won a major tournament.

Since retiring from full-time play on the LPGA, Jones has competed on the Legends Tour. She also works as a commentator for The Golf Channel. In 2004, she came out as a lesbian, and accepted a sponsorship from Olivia, a travel agency that caters to a gay clientele.[1]

Contents

[edit] LPGA victories (13)

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T19 T24 4 3 CUT
LPGA Championship DNP DNP T44 T46 T19 T15 T3 T35 T61
U.S. Women's Open T43 DNP T11 2 T28 T29 7 T9 8
du Maurier Classic DNP DNP 4 T28 T29 7 T9 8 T46
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship T6 T23 T32 T62 DNP T52 T10 CUT T18 T13 T8
LPGA Championship 2 T11 T35 T17 CUT T33 T69 CUT CUT T5 T28
U.S. Women's Open T16 T62 T25 CUT CUT T5 T29 T33 T19 T25 T4
du Maurier Classic T61 T6 T50 T25 T16 T16 T10 T7 T22 T9 2
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kraft Nabisco Championship T28 T3 T11 T8 2 CUT
LPGA Championship T12 CUT T3 DNP T31 T49
U.S. Women's Open T39 T22 9 T20 T19 T57
Women's British Open ^ T12 CUT DNP CUT CUT DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] LPGA Tour career summary

Year Majors Other wins LPGA wins Earnings ($) Money list rank Average
1982 0 0 0 2,869 127 74.5
1983 0 0 0 64,955 27 73.57
1984 0 0 0 81,793 19 73.27
1985 0 0 0 66,665 30 72.87
1986 0 0 0 71,399 33 72.72
1987 0 1 1 188,000 10 71.91
1988 0 3 3 323,392 3 71.57
1989 0 0 0 110,671 32 72.45
1990 0 0 0 353,832 6 71.48
1991 0 1 1 281,089 12 71.87
1992 0 0 0 204,096 25 71.64
1993 0 0 0 320,964 11 71.85
1994 0 0 0 123,683 42 72.22
1995 0 1 1 426,957 10 71.64
1996 0 1 1 275,592 18 71.76
1997 0 1 1 381,236 15 71.77
1998 0 1 1 395,241 18 71.51
1999 0 1 1 583,796 9 70.99
2000 0 0 0 643,054 9 71.21
2001 0 2 2 785,010 6 70.51
2002 0 0 0 722,412 10 70.76
2003 0 1 1 808,785 10 70.29
2004 0 0 0 473,616 25 71.22
2005 0 0 0 615,499 20 71.58

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/weekend/index.ssf?/newsandtour/weekend/20040321sirak.html

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