Alexa Pano Explained

Alexa Pano
Birth Date:20 August 2004
Birth Place:Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in
Residence:Lake Worth Beach, Florida, U.S.
Yearpro:2022
Tour:LPGA Tour (since 2023)
Extour:Epson Tour
Prowins:1
Lpgawins:1
Letwins:1
Anainspiration:T60: 2024
Lpga:T61: 2023
Wusopen:T58: 2024
Wbritopen:T10: 2024
Evian:CUT: 2024

Alexa Pano (born August 20, 2004)[1] is an American professional golfer. She was featured in the 2013 documentary film The Short Game.[2]

Early life

Pano was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, and her parents divorced when she was a baby. She has since lived with her father, Rick, in Lake Worth Beach, Florida.[3] [4] [5] [6] She began playing golf at the age of 5.[7]

At the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship, then-7-year-old Pano and a group of her fellow competitors, including Allan Kournikova and Sky Sudberry, were filmed for The Short Game. At that point, she was only spending mornings at Citrus Cove Elementary School and taking the remainder of her classes through Florida Virtual School so that she could focus on golf. In the film, she said that she wanted to be the first woman to play in a tournament at Augusta, a feat that she accomplished seven years later when she competed in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur.[8] [9]

Amateur career

Pano was the first three-time national finalist in the Drive, Chip and Putt competition.[10] She is tied for most U.S. Kids Golf World Championships with five in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2016.[11]

Pano was the youngest golfer to play a LPGA of Japan Tour event when she played the 2016 Yonex Ladies Open at the age of 11.[12] [13] At 13, Pano played in her first LPGA Tour event, the 2018 Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic.[14] The same year, she represented the United States for a win in the Junior Ryder Cup.[15]

In 2019, she became the youngest player in the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur.[16] She also qualified for the U.S. Women's Open, the youngest golfer that year.[17] She played for the winning team in the 2019 Junior Solheim Cup.

Professional career

Pano turned professional in April 2022.[18] She earned status on the Epson Tour by finishing T-10th at Stage II of the 2021 LPGA Qualifying Tournament.[19] She earned her LPGA Tour card for 2023 via Q-School.[20]

On August 20, 2023, she won her first professional title, on her 19th birthday, at the ISPS Handa World Invitational at Galgorm Castle Golf Club (76-70-69-66=281, 8-under-par), in a three-hole playoff over Gabriella Cowley and Esther Henseleit.[21]

Amateur wins

Source:[22] [23]

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
Major championships (0)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour.

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played 		Cuts
made* 		Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s 		Best
finish 		Earnings
($) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
average 		Scoring
rank
2018100000MC0n/a73.50n/a
2019200000MC0n/a72.75n/a
2020210000T410n/a73.20n/a
2021200000MC0n/a77.25n/a
2022100000MC0n/a75.00n/a
2023211210011442,8556671.2357
2024281801022557,4216871.8986
Totals^49 (2023) 30 (2023) 1 1 0 3 1 1,000,276 <-- Earnings -->324
^ Official as of 2024 season[24] [25] [26]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year World
ranking 		Source
2019 1,016 [27]
2020 768 [28]
2021 934 [29]
2022 455 [30]
2023 125 [31]

U.S. national team appearances

2018 (winners), 2021 (qualified, Cup not played due to COVID-19)

2019 (winners), 2021

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biography . Alexa Pano.
  2. Strege . John . Alexa Pano, 14, and Amari Avery, 15, featured in 'The Short Game,' are a team in U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball . Golf Digest . April 26, 2019 . 8 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Lake Worth Beach's Alexa Pano turning pro at age 17. The Palm Beach Post.
  4. Web site: Alexa Pano on rookie year on LPGA Tour: 'It's everything I've wanted my whole life' - D'Angelo. The Palm Beach Post.
  5. Web site: Lake Worth golfer Alexa Pano named Amateur Athlete of the Year. Sun Sentinel. March 29, 2019 .
  6. Web site: Mull Again: Alexa Pano shares story with First Tee of Greater Wilmington. starnewsonline.com.
  7. Web site: Fairholm . Sean . Alexa Pano Feature . read.nxtbook.com . Global Golf Post . 10 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Andrews . Dave . Golf's Next New Sensation – Alexa Pano . WomensGolf.com . 10 July 2019 . 21 March 2019.
  9. Web site: Boyette . John . Alexa Pano has chance to make her dream come true at Augusta National Women's Amateur . The Augusta Chronicle . 8 October 2019 . 2 April 2019.
  10. Web site: Pano, Grewal earn Drive, Chip and Putt Championship titles . AJGA . 8 October 2019 . 29 March 2017.
  11. Web site: Multiple World Champions . U.S. Kids Golf Foundation . 8 October 2019.
  12. Web site: Meet the First Three-Time Finalist . www.drivechipandputt.com . April 2, 2017 . 8 October 2019.
  13. Web site: Evenson . John . 11-Year-Old Lake Worth golf phenom makes LPGA history in Japan . WPEC . 8 October 2019 . 1 July 2016.
  14. Web site: Evenson . John . Lake Worth's Alexa Pano caps off first U.S. LPGA event with even par round and a big smile . WPEC . 8 October 2019 . 6 July 2018.
  15. Web site: Evenson . John . Lake Worth's Alexa Pano hits clutch putt for big win at Junior Ryder Cup in Paris . WPEC . 8 October 2019 . 24 September 2018.
  16. Alexa Pano has moved on from her role in 'The Short Game' . Golfweek . 8 October 2019 . 24 February 2019.
  17. News: Arkush . Michael . Home-schooled and 260 off the tee, Alexa Pano, 14, shoots 75 at U.S. Women's Open . The Washington Post . 9 October 2019 . 30 May 2019.
  18. News: Alexa Pano, 17, turns professional, sets sights on Epson Tour . Golf Channel . Brentley . Romine . April 12, 2022.
  19. Web site: Alexa Pano Turns Pro, Will Compete on Epson Tour . Epson Tour . April 13, 2022.
  20. Web site: 2023 LPGA Tour Rookies . LPGA . 12 December 2022.
  21. Web site: Pano clinches memorable playoff birthday win at Galgorm . World Invitational . August 20, 2023.
  22. Web site: Alexa Pano . World Amateur Golf Ranking . April 13, 2022.
  23. Web site: 89th Ione D. Jones / Doherty – Women's Amateur Championship . Coral Ridge Country Club.
  24. Web site: Alexa Pano stats . LPGA . December 3, 2024.
  25. Web site: Alexa Pano results . LPGA . December 3, 2024.
  26. Web site: Career Money . LPGA . December 3, 2024.
  27. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 30, 2019.
  28. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2020.
  29. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 27, 2021.
  30. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 26, 2022.
  31. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2023.

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