- Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones (born
November 13 ,1959 inSanta Ana, California ) is an Americanprofessional golfer .In her amateur career Rosie Jones was a three time
New Mexico Junior Champion (1974 – 1976) and won the New Mexico State Championship in 1979.Jones attended
Ohio State University where in 1981 she was an AIAW All American. She qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in July 1982. At the conclusion of the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, in which she finished tied for 57th, she stated that she was retiring from competitive golf, removing her golf shoes and glove and placing them on the side of the 18th green as a symbol of her departure from the game. 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. She completed her career with thirteen LPGA Tour titles. She also played for the United States in theSolheim Cup seven times. She placed second in a major tournament four times (1984 U.S. Women's Open; 1991LPGA Championship ; 2000du Maurier Classic ; 2005Kraft Nabisco Championship ), but never won a major tournament.Since retiring from full-time play on the LPGA, Jones has competed on the
Legends Tour . She also works as a commentator forThe Golf Channel . In 2004, she came out as a lesbian, and accepted a sponsorship from Olivia, a travel agency that caters to a gay clientele. [http://www.golfdigest.com/newsandtour/weekend/index.ssf?/newsandtour/weekend/20040321sirak.html]LPGA victories (13)
*1987 (1) Rail Charity Golf Classic
*1988 (3) USX Golf Classic, Nestle World Championship, Santa Barbara Classic
*1991 (2) Rochester International
*1995 (1) Pinewild Women's Championship
*1996 (1)LPGA Corning Classic
*1997 (1)LPGA Corning Classic
*1998 (1)Wegmans LPGA
*1999 (1) Firststar LPGA Classic
*2001 (2) Kathy Ireland Championship Honoring Harvey Penick, Sybase Big Apple Classic
*2003 (1)Asahi Ryokuken International Championship Results in LPGA majors
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.LPGA Tour career summary
References
External links
* [http://www.rosiejones.com Official website]
* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=199 Profile on the LPGA official website]
* [http://www.afterellen.com/people/2007/4/rosiejones Interesting Rosie Jones Q&A]
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