Rachel Kuehn

Rachel Kuehn (born June 6, 2001) is an American professional golfer.

Early life and family Kuehn was born 2001 in Asheville, North Carolina to an athletic family. Her grandfather Jack Corrie represented Venezuela in the 1958 Eisenhower Trophy and played golf and basketball at MIT. Her mother, Brenda Corrie-Kuehn, was a Hall of Fame golfer at Wake Forest and represented both her native Dominican Republic and the USA in the Espirito Santo Trophy a total of four times, as well as two Curtis Cups. Her father, Eric, and two uncles were Division I baseball players. Her brother Corrie played collegiate golf at Rhodes College.

Her mother, Brenda, had an accomplished amateur career and twice claimed medalist honors in the U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur (1995 and 1996). She appeared in the U.S. Women's Amateur 16 times, in the U.S. Women's Open 9 times and was runner-up at the Women's Mid-Amateur in 1995. She secured the clinching point in the 1998 Curtis Cup. She made headlines in the 2001 U.S. Women's Open at Pine Needles by playing while eight months pregnant with Rachel. Brenda felt a contraction while hitting her tee shot on the 11th hole during the opening round, and eight days later delivered her daughter.

Amateur career Kuehn appeared in the 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy for the Dominican Republic alongside her mother. She also represented the Dominican Republic at the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru.

Kuehn was enrolled at Wake Forest University 2019–2024 and played golf with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's golf team. She was All-American every season and Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year back-to-back in 2022 and 2023. Kuehn's victory in the 2019 Annika Intercollegiate made her part of the first mother-daughter duo in program history to claim individual titles, and in 2024 the first such duo to win the ACC Women's Golf Championship.

In 2020, Kuehn won the North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst No. 2. and reached the round of 16 in the U.S. Women's Amateur. In 2021, Kuehn earned medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur, shooting a five-under 67 at Westchester Country Club for a six-under 138 total, two shots better than Kennedy Pedigo. She again secured the clinching point in the 2022 Curtis Cup, when she closed out Caleb McGinty 2 and 1.

Playing for the United States, Kuehn earned the silver medal at the 2022 Espirito Santo Trophy in France together with Rachel Heck and Rose Zhang.

Professional career Kuehn turned professional in 2024.

In 2025, Kuehn joined the Epson Tour, where she recorded three top-10 finishes including a season-best tied 2nd at the Murphy USA El Dorado Shootout, and finished 26th in the season rankings. In 2026, she lost a playoff to Mirabel Ting at the Smoky Mountain Championship.

Playoff record Epson Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResultRef.12026Smoky Mountain Championship Mirabel TingTing won with birdie on the first extra hole

Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the Dominican Republic): 2018 Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the United States): 2022, 2023 Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2021 (winners), 2022, 2024 Arnold Palmer Cup (representing the United States): 2020, 2021 (winners), 2022, 2023 (winners), 2024 (winners)

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