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patient, and that’s something that I did. Overall really Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished second at the 2018
happy with how it turned out.” LPGA Q-Series to first earn Tour status for 2019
Japanese favorite, Hinako Shibuno, bounced back from Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2019/2019
her disappointing third round of 77 to match Babnik’s Caddie: David Eller
66 and finish in tied 4th place with Celine Boutier, Lexi ● She is the seventh player to make The Chevron
Thompson and 2021 Champion Patty Tavatanakit. Championship their first win on Tour, and is the 20th
New title sponsors Chevron announced a Charitable to make the championship their first major title
donation of $2million in total from their Chevron ● Kupcho is the first American to make the leap into
Challenge on the 14th hole where they had committed Poppie’s Pond since Brittany Lincicome in 2015
to donate $10,000 per birdie. With a total of 50 birdies, ● She was a member of the 2021 U.S. Solheim Cup Team
Chevron kindly doubled the $500,000 donation to $1 ● Kupcho won the inaugural Augusta National
million as well as donating a second $1 million for Women’s Amateur in 2019
the first hole-in-one made on the 5th hole by former ● She graduated from Wake Forest University in 2019
champion, Pernilla Lindberg. with a degree in Communications; She won the 2018
NCAA Division I Individual National Champion, and
About Jennifer Kupcho was the first wire-to-wire NCAA champion since 2002
Hometown/Resides: Westminster, Colo./Mesa, Ariz. ● Kupcho was also the 2018 NCAA Player of the Year
Birthdate: May 14, 1997; currently 24 years, 10 months, ● Played on the victorious 2018 U.S. Curtis Cup,
and 20 days Women’s World Amateur and Palmer

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