Jenny Bae (golfer)
American professional golfer (born 2001)
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Jenny Bae (born August 25, 2001) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.[1]
United States| Jenny Bae | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | August 25, 2001 Suwanee, Georgia, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | ||
| Sporting nationality | United States | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University of Georgia | ||
| Turned professional | 2023 | ||
| Current tour | LPGA Tour (joined 2025) | ||
| Former tour | Epson Tour (joined 2023) | ||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Epson Tour | 3 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T27: 2026 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T47: 2025 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2026 | ||
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2025, 2026 | ||
| Evian Championship | T41: 2026 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Amateur career
Bae was born in Suwanee, Georgia. She won the 2018 Georgia Junior Championship in record-setting fashion, shooting a 9-under 207 to win by 10 strokes. She was named the 2018 Georgia Player of the Year as a junior, after earning medalist honors at the state championships representing Collins Hill High School.[2]
Bae played her college golf at the University of Georgia from January 2019 to 2023. In her final season she was named first-team All-American and was ranked ranked 5th by GolfStat and Golfweek. She received the Juli Inkster Award as the top female collegiate golfer, and was a finalist for the Annika Award, the WGCA Ping National Player of the Year, and the Honda Sports Award.[2]
In 2023, she lost a playoff to Rose Zhang at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.[3]
Professional career
Bae turned professional after graduating in 2023 and joined the Epson Tour, where she won two events back-to-back in her second and third starts.[4] She made her LPGA debut at the 2023 Portland Classic.[5]
In 2024, she won her third title at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, and finished 7th on the Race for the Card at the end of the season, to gain a fully exempt card on the LPGA Tour for the 2025 season.[6]
Amateur wins
- 2018 Georgia Junior Championship
- 2020 Georgia Women's Match Play Championship
- 2021 NCAA Columbus Regional, Georgia Women's Amateur Championship
- 2022 Illini Women's Invitational
- 2023 NCAA Athens Regional
Source:[7]
Professional wins (3)
Epson Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jul 16, 2023 | Hartford HealthCare Women's Championship | 69-66-70=205 | −11 | Playoff |  Ssu-Chia Cheng Kang Min-ji |
30,000 |
| 2 | Jul 23, 2023 | Twin Bridges Championship | 65-69-73=207 | −6 | Playoff |  Jessica Porvasnik |
30,000 |
| 3 | Sep 22, 2024 | Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout | 66-70-73=209 | −7 | 1 stroke | Therese Warner Lauren Stephenson Hailee Cooper |
50,625 |
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | CUT | T27 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | |
| Women's PGA Championship | T47 | CUT |
| The Evian Championship | T59 | T41 |
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied