Sarah Kemp (golfer)

Sarah Kemp (born 7 December 1985) is an Australian professional golfer. She has played on the LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour (LET) and ALPG Tour.[1]

Sarah Kemp
Personal information
Born (1985-12-07) 7 December 1985
Sydney, Australia
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceTuncurry, New South Wales, Australia
Career
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)ALPG Tour
Ladies European Tour
LPGA Tour
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour12
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT66: 2012
Women's PGA C'shipT37: 2014
U.S. Women's Open67: 2010
Women's British OpenT58: 2014
Evian ChampionshipT62: 2019
Achievements and awards
ALPG Tour Order
of Merit winner
2019

As an amateur, Kemp earned low amateur honors at the 2003 Women's Australian Open and also won the 2003 Australian Girls' Amateur, followed by a runner-up finish in 2004. In 2003 and 2005, Kemp was the Australian Stroke Play Champion and was a member of the 2004 Australian Espirito Santo Trophy World Cup team.[2]

In 2006, Kemp recorded six top-10 finishes on the ALPG Tour, finishing second on the ALPG Tour Order of Merit, while also recording three top-10 finishes on the LET. In 2007, she birdied her final four holes at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to tie for ninth and earn exempt status for the 2008 LPGA Tour.[2]

On the LET, Kemp was runner-up at the 2010 New Zealand Women's Open and the 2018 Lalla Meryem Cup, where she lost a playoff to Jenny Haglund, while finishing third at the 2016 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, 2017 Hero Women's Indian Open and 2018 Lacoste Ladies Open de France.[3] Her best result on the LPGA tour was as runner-up at the 2019 Women's Victorian Open.[4]

Amateur wins

Professional wins

ALPG Tour wins (12)

  • 2006 Optus World Coraki Golf Club Pro-Am, Titanium Ladies Golf Classic, Jack Newton Celebrity Classic
  • 2007 St Georges Basin Country Club Pro-Am
  • 2009 ActewAGL Royal Canberra Pro-Am
  • 2010 Xstrata Coal Branxton Golf Club Pro-Am, Lady Anne Funerals ALPG Pro-Am
  • 2011 Lady Anne Funerals Ryde Parramatta Pro-Am
  • 2015 McLeod ALPG Pro-Am
  • 2017 BWAC Regional Employment Services Pro Am
  • 2018 Anita Boon Pro Am
  • 2019 Aoyuan International Moss Vale Pro Am

Playoff record

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2018 Lalla Meryem Cup Jenny Haglund, Klára Spilková Haglund won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2018.

Tournament2006200720082009201020112012
ANA Inspiration T66
U.S. Women's Open 67 CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT T50
Women's British Open CUT CUT CUT CUT
Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020
ANA Inspiration CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T37 CUT T64 CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ 77 T67 69 CUT T62 NT
Women's British Open T68 T58 CUT CUT T70 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • The Queens (representing Australia): 2015, 2016, 2017

References

  1. "Sarah Kemp". ALPG Tour. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  2. "Sarah Kemp Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "Sarah Kemp Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  4. "Sarah Kemp". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.