Cheyenne Woods
| Cheyenne Woods | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Cheyenne Nicole Woods |
| Born |
July 25, 1990 Phoenix, Arizona |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona |
| Career | |
| College | Wake Forest University |
| Turned professional | 2012 |
| Current tour(s) |
Ladies European Tour (joined 2013) LPGA Tour (joined 2015) |
| Former tour(s) | Symetra Tour (2014) |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| ALPG Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| ANA Inspiration | DNP |
| Women's PGA C'ship | CUT: 2012, 2015 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 2012, 2014 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2014 |
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2013, 2014 |
Cheyenne Nicole Woods (born July 25, 1990) is an American professional golfer.
Woods was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a daughter of Susan Woods[1] and Earl Dennison Woods Jr., who is golfer Tiger Woods' half-brother, making Cheyenne Tiger's niece. Her paternal grandfather Earl Woods (Tiger's father) was her first coach.[2] In an interview with Golf Digest Woods stated that her mother was White and her father African-American with some Asian and Native American. [3]
She played for the Xavier College Preparatory golf team and won back-to-back Arizona 5A State Championships in 2006 and 2007.[3] She graduated from Wake Forest University (2012) where she played golf for the Demon Deacons. She has won more than 30 amateur tournaments.[4]
In 2009, she received a sponsor's exemption to play in an LPGA tournament, the Wegmans LPGA. She missed the cut by four strokes.[5]
In April 2011, she won the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) championship.[6]
In 2012, Woods turned professional after graduating from Wake Forest.[7] She qualified for the 2012 U.S. Women's Open by finishing as co-medalist at her qualifier and made her professional debut at the 2012 LPGA Championship.[7] She had her first professional win on the SunCoast Ladies Series in late August 2012.[8][9]
In 2013, Woods became a member of the Ladies European Tour and finished 78th on the Order of Merit. In 2014, Woods had her second professional win (and first on a major tour) at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters.[10]
In December 2014, Woods finished T-11th in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, thereby earning Category 12 membership, which entitled her to entry in most full-field events apart from the more prestigious events.[11] In the 2015 season, she made only eight cuts and had to go through qualifying again. By finishing T-13th in the Final Qualifying Tournament, she earned her LPGA tour card for 2016.
Woods is the sixth African-American to play on the LPGA Tour.[12] In an interview Woods said "An African American woman has never won on the LPGA, so in general I just feel that golf needs to be more accessible and more inclusive."[13]
Professional wins (2)
Ladies European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 9, 2014 | Volvik RACV Ladies Masters* | 69-67-71-69=276 | −16 | 2 strokes |  Minjee Lee (a) | 37,500 |
* Co-sanctioned with ALPG Tour
Other wins (1)
- 2012 SunCoast Ladies Series LPGA International
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| Women's British Open | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP |
| The Evian Championship ^ | CUT | CUT | DNP |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10
References
- ↑ Brady, Erik (May 17, 2011). "Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne creating golf identity of her own". USA Today. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
- ↑ "Player Bio: Cheyenne Woods - Wake Forest". Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- 1 2 "Think Young, Play Hard: Cheyenne Woods". Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ↑ Crouse, Karen (June 24, 2009). "Following a Famous Uncle and Also Her Ambition". The New York Times. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ↑ "Woods misses cut; Shin extends lead". ESPN. Associated Press. June 27, 2009. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ↑ Kelley, Brent (April 17, 2011). "Cheyenne Woods Wins ACC Championship". About.com. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- 1 2 Wall, Jonathan (May 31, 2012). "Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, qualifies for U.S. Women's Open". Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ "SunCoast Ladies Series – LPGA Int'l Champions Course – Final Round Results" (PDF). SunCoast Ladies Series. August 29, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ↑ "Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's niece, wins event at LPGA International". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. August 31, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
- ↑ McEwan, Michael (February 10, 2014). "Woods wins – no, not that Woods!". Bunkered. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- ↑ "Final Round Results - LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament". LPGA. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- ↑ "Parks and Woods Become First African American Duo on Tour Since 1971". LPGA. January 26, 2015.
- ↑ Kessel, Anna (July 26, 2013). "Cheyenne Woods: 'I want to be an established golfer, not just Tiger's niece'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
External links
- Cheyenne Woods at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Cheyenne Woods at the LPGA Tour official site
- Cheyenne Woods on Twitter
- Photos of Cheyenne Woods playing golf
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