Rosie Jones

Rosie Jones (born November 13, 1959) is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.

Amateur career Jones was born in Santa Ana, California. In her amateur career, she was a three time New Mexico Junior Champion (1974–76) and won the New Mexico State Championship in 1979.

Jones attended Ohio State University where in 1981 she was an AIAW All-American.

Professional career Jones qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in July 1982.

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, including the LPGA World Championship; she won that championship with a one-shot victory over Liselotte Neumann, that year's U.S. Open champion. She completed her career with thirteen LPGA Tour titles. She also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup seven times. She placed second in a major tournament four times (1984 U.S. Open; 1991 LPGA Championship; 2000 du Maurier Classic; 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship), but never won a major tournament.

Jones achieved back-to-back wins in 1996-97 at the LPGA Corning Classic, earning her the nickname "Queen of Corning"; she is also that tournament's all-time money leader "by a wide margin." I'm proud of my career. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I wish I'd won a major, but I gave it my whole heart on every shot. And I've gotten more from the game than I could ever give back.

Personal life In 2004, Jones came out publicly as lesbian, an announcement timed with her acceptance of a sponsorship from Olivia, a travel agency that targets lesbians. Among people who knew her, she had been out since the late 1970s.

Professional wins (25) LPGA Tour wins (13)

LPGA Tour playoff record (5–4)

Ladies European Tour (2)

Other wins (1) 1997 Gillette Tour Challenge (with Juli Inkster)

Legends Tour wins (9) 2007 Wendy's Charity Challenge, Legends Tour Open Championship 2009 Kinoshita Pearl Classic 2010 Legends Tour Open Championship 2012 Walgreens Charity Classic 2013 Harris Golf Charity Classic 2014 Wendy's Charity Challenge 2017 Wendy's Charity Classic 2019 BJ's Charity Championship (with Michele Redman)

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 23 (1981 U.S. Women's Open – 1988 du Maurier Classic) Longest streak of top-10s – 6 (1986 du Maurier Classic – 1988 Kraft Nabisco)

LPGA Tour career summary Year LPGA wins Earnings ($) Money list rank Average198202,86912774.5198364,9552773.57198481,7931973.27198566,6653072.87198671,3993372.7219871188,0001071.9119883323,392371.5719890110,6713272.4519900353,832671.4819911281,0891271.8719920204,0962571.6419930320,9641171.8519940123,6834272.2219951426,9571071.6419961275,5921871.7619971381,2361571.7719981395,2411871.5119991583,796970.9920000643,054971.2120012785,010670.5120020722,4121070.7620031808,7851070.2920040473,6162571.2220050615,4992071.58

Team appearances Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1990 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners) Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013, 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners)