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Lauren Hartlage

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Lauren Hartlage
Personal information
Born (1998-01-31) January 31, 1998 (age 26)
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, U.S.
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeUniversity of Louisville
Turned professional2021
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2022)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipCUT: 2023
Women's PGA C'shipT5: 2024
U.S. Women's OpenT51: 2022
Women's British OpenCUT: 2024
Evian ChampionshipT65: 2024
Achievements and awards
Kentucky Golf Coaches Association
Kentucky Player of the Year
2013, 2014, 2015
Kentucky Golf Foundation
Junior Player of the Year
2015
Atlantic Coast Conference
Freshman of the Year
2017
Edith Cummings Munson Golf Award2020

Lauren Hartlage (born January 31, 1998) is an American professional golfer and member of the LPGA Tour. She was in contention at the 2024 Women's PGA Championship, where she ultimately finished tied 5th.[1]

Early life and amateur career

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Hartlage played golf at Elizabethtown High School under coach Kim, her mother, who played college golf at Western Kentucky University. She was a three-time Kentucky Golf Coaches Association Region Player of the Year between 2013 and 2015, and recognized as the Kentucky Golf Foundation's 2015 Kentucky Junior Player of the Year.[2]

She attended the University of Louisville between 2016 and 2020, majoring in finance. Playing with the Louisville Cardinals women's golf team she won two tournaments and was named Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year.[2]

Hartlage participated in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, and reached matchplay at the 2018 British Ladies Amateur and the 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur.[3]

She represented the United States at the 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup, where she beat Ingrid Lindblad, 1 up, in the final Sunday singles match to cement the U.S. victory.[4]

Professional career

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Hartlage turned professional in August 2021. She finished second at the 2021 Delta Downs Invitational on the Women's All Pro Tour, before finishing T26 at Q-Series to earn LPGA Tour membership for 2022.[5]

In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, her best finish was a T10 at the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational. In 2023, she finished T6 at the Lotte Championship. In 2024, she was in contention at the Women's PGA Championship, where she ultimately finished tied 5th after sitting in second place ahead of the final round.[6][7]

Amateur wins

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  • 2014 Under Armour Jeff Overton Championship
  • 2015 Under Armour Jeff Overton Championship, PGA Junior Series Kearney Hill Golf Links
  • 2017 Cardinal Cup
  • 2019 Moon Golf Invitational
  • 2020 Women's Orlando International Amateur Championship, Golfweek Purdue Amateur

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Results in LPGA majors

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Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024
Chevron Championship CUT
U.S. Women's Open T51
Women's PGA Championship CUT T5
The Evian Championship CUT T65
Women's British Open CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T= tied

U.S. national team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ "Lauren Hartlage – Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Lauren Hartlage". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Cradock, Matt (June 23, 2024). "10 Things You Didn't Know About Lauren Hartlage". Golf Monthly. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  4. ^ Woodard, Adam (June 13, 2021). "United States get revenge on Internationals with 2021 Arnold Palmer Cup win". Golfweek. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  5. ^ "Player Bio: Lauren Hartlage". USGA. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  6. ^ Becker, Daniel (June 25, 2024). "Lauren Hartlage's performance at KPMG Women's PGA Championship raises eyebrows". Pro Golf Now. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  7. ^ Kellenberger, Hugh (June 24, 2024). "Amy Yang wins KPMG Women's PGA Championship, clinches Olympic spot with victory". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  8. ^ "Lauren Hartlage". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
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