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Cheyenne Knight

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Cheyenne Knight
Personal information
Born (1997-01-22) January 22, 1997 (age 27)
The Woodlands, Texas
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceAledo, Texas, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Alabama
Turned professional2018
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT18: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT15: 2022
Women's British OpenT37: 2022
Evian ChampionshipT19: 2022

Cheyenne Erin Knight (born January 22, 1997)[1] is an American professional golfer. She played collegiate golf at the University of Alabama where she was a three-time all-American and the 2017 SEC Player of the Year[2][3] and a member of the Psi chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta.[4] On October 6, 2019, Knight won the Volunteers of America Classic on the LPGA Tour.[5]

Amateur wins

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  • 2012 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior Girls Open
  • 2013 U.S. Air Force Academy Girls
  • 2014 Genesis Shootout
  • 2016 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Mason Rudolph Championship
  • 2017 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
  • 2018 Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic

Source:[6]

Professional wins (2)

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LPGA Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Oct 6, 2019 Volunteers of America Classic 66-67-67-66=266 −18 2 strokes United States Brittany Altomare
United States Jaye Marie Green
2 Jul 22, 2023 Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational
(with United States Elizabeth Szokol)
69-61-62-65=257 −23 1 stroke Finland Matilda Castren and
Malaysia Kelly Tan

Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship CUT CUT T65 T18 T62
U.S. Women's Open T30 CUT T15 T48 75
Women's PGA Championship CUT T69 CUT T46 T30 T46
The Evian Championship NT T50 T19 T61 CUT
Women's British Open T51 T45 CUT T37 CUT CUT
  Did not play

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

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 17

LPGA Tour career summary

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Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s
Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2016 1 1 0 0 0 0 T29 n/a n/a 70.75 n/a
2019 22 13 1 0 0 1 1 295,493 65 71.67 80
2020 18 15 0 1 0 2 T2 306,519 36 71.58 42
2021 27 15 0 0 0 1 T5 193,326 86 71.81 87
2022 24 20 0 0 1 3 T3 768,975 38 70.69 33
2023 23 19 1 0 0 5 1 1,002,171 28 70.80 36
Totals^ 114 (2019) 82 (2019) 2 1 1 12 1 2,566,484 165

^ official as of 2023 season[7][8][9]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking
Source
2016 647 [10]
2017 n/a [11]
2018 529 [12]
2019 79 [13]
2020 81 [14]
2021 128 [15]
2022 75 [16]
2023 61 [17]

Team appearances

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Professional

Solheim Cup record

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Year Total
matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
won
Points
%
Career 3 2–0–1 0–0–1 1–0–0 1–0–0 2.5 83.3
2023 3 2–0–1 0–0–1 halved w/ G. Dryburgh 1–0–0 won w/ A. Ewing 5&4 1–0–0 won w/ A. Yin 2 up 2.5 83.3

References

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  1. ^ "In the Winners Circle with Cheyenne Knight at the Volunteers of America Classic". LPGA. October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Alabama Crimson Tide Bio". rolltide.com. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Inabinett, Mark (October 6, 2019). "Cheyenne Knight makes Crimson Tide LPGA history". al.com. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  4. ^ "Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly". October 2019.
  5. ^ Levins, Keely (October 6, 2019). "Cheyenne Knight closes out emotional first LPGA victory on home turf in Texas". Golf Digest. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Cheyenne Knight". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "Cheyenne Knight stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  8. ^ "Cheyenne Knight results". LPGA. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  9. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved December 15, 2022.
  10. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  11. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.
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