Jennifer Kupcho Biography – The Making of the Champion – THE VIP STARS

Education: Wake Forest University
Nationality: American
Parents: Mike Kupcho, Janet Kupcho
Siblings: Steven Kupcho
Spouse: Jay Monahan
Turned professional: 2019
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 4

Jennifer Kupcho – Best results in LPGA major championships:

Chevron Championship Won: 2022
Women’s PGA C’ship T7: 2020
U.S. Women’s Open T21: 2017
Women’s British Open T37: 2022
Evian Championship T2: 2019

Jennifer Kupcho – Achievements and awards:

Honda Sports Award 2018
Mark H. McCormack Medal 2018

Jennifer Anne Kupcho (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional golfer.

Jennifer Kupcho Amateur career

She has won the Honda Sports Award golf winner when a student at Wake Forest University. In 2019, Kupcho, a senior, won the inaugural Augusta National Women’s Amateur. The 2018 NCAA Division I Golf Championship was also won by her. Kupcho, who peaked at the top three times, including for the first time on July 11, 2018, held the top spot among women’s amateur golfers for a total of 34 weeks.

Amateur wins

  • 2014 Colorado Junior Stroke Play Championship
  • 2015 CWGA Stroke Play Championship
  • 2016 CWGA Match Play Championship, CWGA Stroke Play Championship, Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite, The Landfall Tradition
  • 2017 NCAA Athens Regional, CWGA Stroke Play Championship, Canadian Women’s Amateur, Ocean Course Invitational
  • 2018 Bryan National Collegiate, NCAA Tallahassee Regional, NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship (individual)
  • 2019 Tar Heel Classic Casa de Campo, Bryan National Collegiate, Augusta National Women’s Amateur

Jennifer Kupcho Professional career

Prior to the commencement of the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open, Kupcho became a professional. Through the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in November 2018, she qualified for the LPGA Tour, but she postponed playing until she finished her undergraduate studies.

With her eight-under-par 64 in the third round of the 2022 Chevron Championship, she established a 54-hole record by finishing with a 16-under-par total (200). By two strokes, she outperformed the previous total. She defeated Jessica Korda by two strokes to win the competition.

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