Sarah Kemp | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 7 December 1985||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | Australia | ||
Residence | Tuncurry, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Spouse | Lisa Cornwell | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2005 | ||
Current tour(s) | WPGA Tour of Australasia Ladies European Tour LPGA Tour | ||
Professional wins | 13 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
ALPG Tour | 13 | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
Chevron Championship | T66: 2012 | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | T37: 2014 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | 67: 2010 | ||
Women's British Open | T58: 2014 | ||
Evian Championship | T19: 2021 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Sarah Kemp (born 7 December 1985) is an Australian professional golfer. She has played on the LPGA Tour, Ladies European Tour (LET) and ALPG Tour.[1]
As an amateur, Kemp earned low amateur honors at the 2003 Women's Australian Open and also won the 2003 Australian Girls' Amateur, followed by a runner-up finish in 2004. In 2003 and 2005, Kemp was the Australian Stroke Play Champion and was a member of the 2004 Australian Espirito Santo Trophy World Cup team.[2]
In 2006, Kemp recorded six top-10 finishes on the ALPG Tour, finishing second on the ALPG Tour Order of Merit, while also recording three top-10 finishes on the LET. In 2007, she birdied her final four holes at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to tie for ninth and earn exempt status for the 2008 LPGA Tour.[2]
On the LET, Kemp was runner-up at the 2010 New Zealand Women's Open and the 2018 Lalla Meryem Cup, where she lost a playoff to Jenny Haglund, while finishing third at the 2016 Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open, 2017 Hero Women's Indian Open and 2018 Lacoste Ladies Open de France.[3] Her best result on the LPGA tour was as runner-up at the 2019 Women's Victorian Open.[4]
Amateur wins
Professional wins
WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (13)
- 2006 Optus World Coraki Golf Club Pro-Am, Titanium Ladies Golf Classic, Jack Newton Celebrity Classic
- 2007 St Georges Basin Country Club Pro-Am
- 2009 ActewAGL Royal Canberra Pro-Am
- 2010 Xstrata Coal Branxton Golf Club Pro-Am, Lady Anne Funerals ALPG Pro-Am
- 2011 Lady Anne Funerals Ryde Parramatta Pro-Am
- 2015 McLeod ALPG Pro-Am
- 2017 BWAC Regional Employment Services Pro Am
- 2018 Anita Boon Pro Am
- 2019 Aoyuan International Moss Vale Pro Am
- 2023 TPS Sydney (leading female)
Playoff record
Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2018 | Lalla Meryem Cup | Jenny Haglund, Klára Spilková | Haglund won with birdie on second extra hole |
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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Chevron Championship | T66 | ||||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T50 | |||
U.S. Women's Open | 67 | CUT | |||||
Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Chevron Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T37 | CUT | T64 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T40 | CUT | ||
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
The Evian Championship ^ | 77 | T67 | 69 | CUT | T62 | NT | T19 | T54 | T28 | ||
Women's British Open | T68 | T58 | CUT | CUT | T70 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied
Team appearances
Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2004
- Commonwealth Trophy (representing Australia): 2003 (winners)
- Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 2003 (winners), 2005
- Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 2003, 2004, 2005
Professional
- The Queens (representing Australia): 2015, 2016, 2017
- International Crown (representing Australia): 2023
References
- ↑ "Sarah Kemp". ALPG Tour. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- 1 2 "Sarah Kemp Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ↑ "Sarah Kemp Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ↑ "Sarah Kemp". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
External links
- Sarah Kemp at the LPGA Tour official site
- Sarah Kemp at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Sarah Kemp at the WPGA Tour Australasia official site
- Sarah Kemp at the ALPG Tour official site (archived)
- Sarah Kemp at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site