Rosie Jones
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Rosie Jones is an American
United States
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 professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.

Amateur career

Jones was born in Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....

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

Jones attended Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

 where in 1981 she was an AIAW All American.

Professional career

Jones qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in July 1982.

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, including the LPGA World Championship
Samsung World Championship
The Samsung World Championship was an annual golf tournament played between 1980 and 2009, for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It was a limited field event, open by invitation only....

; she won that championship with a one-shot victory over Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

, that year's U.S. Open champion. She completed her career with thirteen LPGA Tour titles. She also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...

 seven times. She placed second in a major tournament four times (1984 U.S. Open
United States Women's Open Championship (golf)
The United States Women's Open Golf Championship, one of thirteen national championships conducted by the United States Golf Association , is one of the LPGA's major championships along with the LPGA Championship, the Women's British Open, and the Kraft Nabisco Championship...

; 1991 LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

; 2000 du Maurier Classic; 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

), but never won a major tournament.

Jones achieved back-to-back wins in 1996-97 at the LPGA Corning Classic
LPGA Corning Classic
The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....

, earning her the nickname "Queen of Corning"; she is also that tournament's all-time money leader "by a wide margin."

At the conclusion of the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, in which she finished tied for 57th, she retired from competitive golf; as a symbol of her departure she removed her golf shoes, visor, and glove and placed them on the side of the 18th green.

Since retiring from full-time play, Jones has competed on the Legends Tour
Legends Tour
The Legends Tour, formerly known as the Women's Senior Golf Tour before the 2006 season, is a professional golf tour for women aged 45 and older. It is based in the United States, and is an offshoot of the main U.S. based women's tour, the LPGA Tour...

, winning two of the five non-team tournaments in 2007
2007 Legends Tour
The 2007 Legends Tour was a series of professional golf tour for women aged 45 and older sanctioned by the Legends Tour. Based in the United States, it is an offshoot of the main U.S. based women's tour, the LPGA Tour...

. She has also worked as a commentator for the Golf Channel. She came out of retirement in 2008 to play the Corning Classic on a sponsor's exemption. She missed the cut by four strokes.

In 2009 she qualified for the U.S. Women's Open; she missed the cut at the tournament by three strokes.

In February 2010, Jones was named the captain of the U.S. team for the 2011 Solheim Cup
2011 Solheim Cup
The 2011 Solheim Cup was the 12th Solheim Cup matches, held between 23 September and 25 September 2011 at Killeen Castle in County Meath in Ireland...

.

Personal life

In 2004, Jones came out publicly as a lesbian, an announcement timed to correspond with her acceptance of a sponsorship from Olivia
Olivia (company)
Olivia is a travel company which sells cruises and resort vacations marketed towards lesbian customers. It was founded by Judy Dlugacz in 1973 as a women’s record label, Olivia Records. It offered its first all-woman cruise in 1990 and remains the only company in the world offering cruises catering...

, a travel agency that targets lesbians. Among people who knew her, she had been out since the late 1970s.

LPGA Tour wins (13)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Sep 7, 1987
1987 LPGA Tour
The 1987 LPGA Tour was the 38th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Jane Geddes won the most tournaments, five...

Rail Charity Golf Classic -8 (69-74-67-69=279) 1 stroke   Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...

2 Apr 24, 1988
1988 LPGA Tour
The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each...

USX Golf Classic -13 (67-69-69-70=275) Playoff   Kathy Postlewait
Kathy Postlewait
Kathy Postlewait is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Postlewait won four times on the LPGA Tour between 1983 and 1989.-LPGA Tour wins:LPGA Tour playoff record -External links:...

3 Aug 28, 1988
1988 LPGA Tour
The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each...

Nestle World Championship -9 (70-69-66-74=279) 1 stroke   Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

4 Sep 25, 1988
1988 LPGA Tour
The 1988 LPGA Tour was the 39th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Juli Inkster, Rosie Jones, Betsy King, Nancy Lopez, and Ayako Okamoto won the most tournaments, three each...

Santa Barbara Open
Santa Barbara Open
The Santa Barbara Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1987 to 1988. It was played at two courses in the Santa Barbara, California area: Sandpiper Golf Club in Goleta and La Purisima Golf Course in Lompoc. In 1987, the field was split for the first two rounds, half playing on each...

-4 (70-70-72=212) 3 strokes   Missie McGeorge
Missie McGeorge
Missie McGeorge is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.McGeorge won once on the LPGA Tour in 1994.-LPGA Tour wins:-External links:...

5 Jun 2, 1991
1991 LPGA Tour
The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of...

Rochester International -12 (69-69-72-66=276) 2 strokes   Danielle Ammaccapane
Danielle Ammaccapane
Danielle Ammaccapane is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. Her daughter, with husband Rod Kesling, is child actor Laura Ann Kesling.-Amateur career:...

,   Brandie Burton
6 Aug 30, 1995
1995 LPGA Tour
The 1995 LPGA Tour was the 46th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, three. She also led the money list with earnings of $666,533.The season saw...

Pinewild Women's Championship
Pinewild Women's Championship
The Pinewild Women's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1995. It was played at the Pinewild Country Club of Pinehurst in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Rosie Jones was the winner, beating Dottie Pepper on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.-External links:*...

-5 (72-70-69=211) Playoff   Dottie Mochrie
7 May 26, 1996
1996 LPGA Tour
The 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each...

LPGA Corning Classic
LPGA Corning Classic
The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....

-12 (67-69-71-69=276) 2 strokes   Val Skinner
Val Skinner
Val Skinner is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Skinner was born in Hamilton, Montana. She was the 1974 Nebraska Junior Girls champion and the 1976 Nebraska High School State champion and won both these titles in 1978. She was also the 1980 Nebraska Match...

8 Jun 25, 1997
1997 LPGA Tour
The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six...

LPGA Corning Classic
LPGA Corning Classic
The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....

-11 (72-69-71-65=277) Playoff   Tammie Green
Tammie Green
Tammie Green is an American professional golfer.-Career:Green was born in Somerset, Ohio. She attended Marshall University. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA...

9 Jun 1, 1998
1998 LPGA Tour
The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each...

Wegmans Rochester International -9 (74-69-64-72=279) 2 strokes   Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...

10 Aug 22, 1999
1999 LPGA Tour
The 1999 LPGA Tour was the 50th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 15 to November 14. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, six. She also led the money list with earnings of $1,591,959.The season saw the...

Firstar LPGA Classic -9 (72-67-68=207) Playoff   Becky Iverson
Becky Iverson
Becky Iverson is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Iverson was born in Escanaba, Michigan. She was 1986 Michigan Junior Amateur champion and 1987 Michigan Women's Amateur champion...

,   Jan Stephenson
Jan Stephenson
Jan Lynne Stephenson is an Australian professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won three major championships and 16 LPGA Tour events in all....

11 Apr 29, 2001
2001 LPGA Tour
The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.This was...

Kathy Ireland Championship
Kathy Ireland Championship
The Kathy Ireland Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1999 to 2001. It was played at Onion Creek Club in Austin, Texas. Kathy Ireland was the title sponsor of the 2001 edition and all three editions were held in honor of Harvey Penick, an Austin native and World Golf Hall of...

-12 (66-67-68-67=268) Playoff   Mi-Hyun Kim
12 Jul 22, 2001
2001 LPGA Tour
The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.This was...

Sybase Big Apple Classic -12 (70-66-66-70=272) 1 stroke   Laura Diaz
13 May 11, 2003
2003 LPGA Tour
The 2003 LPGA Tour was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six...

Asahi Ryokuken International Championship
Asahi Ryokuken International Championship
The Asahi Ryokuken International Championship was a golf tournament for professional female golfers that was part of the LPGA Tour from 2001 through 2004...

-15 (66-68-69-70=273) 3 strokes   Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward
Wendy Ward is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Early life, education and amateur career:Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas....



LPGA Tour playoff record (5-4)
No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1984 Rochester International   Kathy Whitworth
Kathy Whitworth
Kathy Whitworth is an American professional golfer. Throughout her playing career she won 88 LPGA Tour tournaments, more than anyone else has won on either the LPGA Tour or the PGA Tour. In 1981 she became the first woman to reach career earnings of $1 million on the LPGA Tour...

Lost to par on first extra hole
2 1988 USX Golf Classic   Kathy Postlewait
Kathy Postlewait
Kathy Postlewait is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Postlewait won four times on the LPGA Tour between 1983 and 1989.-LPGA Tour wins:LPGA Tour playoff record -External links:...

Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1992 Crestar Classic
Crestar Classic
The Crestar Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1983 to 1990. It was played in Manakin-Sabot, Virginia at the Hermitage Country Club. In 1988, it was the last professional victory for golf legend Arnold Palmer....

  Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...

,   Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...

,   Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...

Inkster won with eagle on first extra hole
4 1991 Safeco Classic
Safeco Classic
The Safeco Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the Seattle area, sponsored by Safeco Insurance. It was played 18 times, from 1982 to 1999, at in Kent, Washington, usually in mid-September, the week following the Safeway Classic in Portland...

  Pat Bradley Lost to birdie on second extra hole
5 1995 Pinewild Women's Championship
Pinewild Women's Championship
The Pinewild Women's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour, played only in 1995. It was played at the Pinewild Country Club of Pinehurst in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Rosie Jones was the winner, beating Dottie Pepper on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.-External links:*...

  Dottie Mochrie Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
6 1997 LPGA Corning Classic
LPGA Corning Classic
The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....

  Tammie Green
Tammie Green
Tammie Green is an American professional golfer.-Career:Green was born in Somerset, Ohio. She attended Marshall University. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA...

Won with birdie on first extra hole
7 1998 Standard Register PING   Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Neumann
Liselotte Maria "Lotta" Neumann is a Swedish professional golfer. She currently plays primarily on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:...

Lost to birdie on third extra hole
8 1999 Firstar LPGA Classic   Becky Iverson
Becky Iverson
Becky Iverson is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Iverson was born in Escanaba, Michigan. She was 1986 Michigan Junior Amateur champion and 1987 Michigan Women's Amateur champion...

,   Jan Stephenson
Jan Stephenson
Jan Lynne Stephenson is an Australian professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won three major championships and 16 LPGA Tour events in all....

Won with par on fourth extra hole
Stephenson eliminated with par on first hole
9 2001 Kathy Ireland Championship
Kathy Ireland Championship
The Kathy Ireland Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1999 to 2001. It was played at Onion Creek Club in Austin, Texas. Kathy Ireland was the title sponsor of the 2001 edition and all three editions were held in honor of Harvey Penick, an Austin native and World Golf Hall of...

  Mi-Hyun Kim Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

  • 1982 Open De España Femenino
    Open De España Femenino
    The Open De España Femenino is a professional golf tournament that has been part of the Ladies European Tour schedule since 2002.Between 1982 and 1996 there were several unofficial editions of the Open De España Femenino.-Winners:-External links:*...

  • 1997 Gillette Tour Challenge (with Juli Inkster
    Juli Inkster
    Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...

    )

Legends Tour wins (4)

  • 2007 Wendy's Charity Challenge, Legends Tour Open Championship
  • 2009 Kinoshita Pearl Classic
  • 2010 Legends Tour Open Championship

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

DNP DNP DNP DNP T19 T24 4 3 CUT
LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

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 2007 2008 2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship T28 T3 T11 T8 2 CUT DNP DNP DNP
LPGA Championship T12 CUT T3 DNP T31 T49 DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Women's Open T39 T22 9 T20 T19 T57 DNP DNP CUT
Women's British Open
Women's British Open
The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...

T12 CUT DNP CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

"T" = tied

Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

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

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