Cheyenne Knight Explained

Cheyenne Knight
Birth Date:	22 January 1997
Birth Place:	The Woodlands, Texas
Residence:	Aledo, Texas, U.S.
College:	University of Alabama
Yearpro:	2018
Tour:	LPGA Tour
Extour:	Symetra Tour
Prowins:	2
Lpgawins:	2
Anainspiration:	T18: 2023
Lpga:	T30: 2023
Wusopen:	T15: 2022
Wbritopen:	T37: 2022
Evian:	T19: 2022

Cheyenne Erin Knight (born January 22, 1997)^[1] is an American professional golfer. She played collegiate golf at the University of Alabama where she was a three-time all-American and the 2017 SEC Player of the Year^{[2] [3]} and a member of the Psi chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta.^[4] On October 6, 2019, Knight won the Volunteers of America Classic on the LPGA Tour.^[5]

Amateur wins

• 2012 KPMG Stacy Lewis Junior Girls Open
• 2013 U.S. Air Force Academy Girls
• 2014 Genesis Shootout
• 2016 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, Mason Rudolph Championship
• 2017 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate
• 2018 Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic

Source:^[6]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Oct 6, 2019	Volunteers of America Classic	66-67-67-66=266	−18	2 strokes	Brittany Altomare Jaye Marie Green
2	Jul 22, 2023	Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational (with Elizabeth Szokol)	69-61-62-65=257	−23	1 stroke	Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship		CUT	CUT	T65	T18	T62
U.S. Women's Open		T30	CUT	T15	T48	75
Women's PGA Championship	CUT	T69	CUT	T46	T30	T46
The Evian Championship		NT	T50	T19	T61	CUT
Women's British Open	T51	T45	CUT	T37	CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	4
	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3
	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	17

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2016	1	1	0	0	0	0	T29	n/a	n/a	70.75	n/a
2019	22	13	1	0	0	1	1	295,493	65	71.67	80
2020	18	15	0	1	0	2	T2	306,519	36	71.58	42
2021	27	15	0	0	0	1	T5	193,326	86	71.81	87
2022	24	20	0	0	1	3	T3	768,975	38	70.69	33
2023	23	19	1	0	0	5	1	1,002,171 <	-- $ Earnings -->	28	70.80	36
Totals^	114 (2019)	82 (2019)	2	1	1	12	1	2,566,484 <	-- $ Earnings -->	165

^ official as of 2023 season^{[7] [8] [9]}
*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
2016	647	^[10]
2017	n/a	^[11]
2018	529	^[12]
2019	79	^[13]
2020	81	^[14]
2021	128	^[15]
2022	75	^[16]
2023	61	^[17]

Team appearances

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2023

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
Career	3	2–0–1	0–0–1	1–0–0	1–0–0	2.5	83.3
2023	3	2–0–1	0–0–1 halved w/ G. Dryburgh	1–0–0 won w/ A. Ewing 5&4	1–0–0 won w/ A. Yin 2 up	2.5	83.3

Notes and References

1. Web site: In the Winners Circle with Cheyenne Knight at the Volunteers of America Classic . LPGA . October 11, 2019 . October 6, 2019.
2. Web site: Alabama Crimson Tide Bio . rolltide.com . October 6, 2019.
3. Web site: Inabinett . Mark . Cheyenne Knight makes Crimson Tide LPGA history . al.com . October 6, 2019 . October 6, 2019.
4. Web site: Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly. October 2019.
5. Levins . Keely . Cheyenne Knight closes out emotional first LPGA victory on home turf in Texas . Golf Digest . October 6, 2019 . October 6, 2019.
6. Web site: Cheyenne Knight . World Amateur Golf Ranking . October 7, 2019.
7. Web site: December 15, 2023 . Cheyenne Knight stats . LPGA .
8. Web site: Cheyenne Knight results . LPGA . December 15, 2023.
9. Web site: Career Money . LPGA . December 15, 2022.
10. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 26, 2016.
11. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2017.
12. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 31, 2018.
13. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 30, 2019.
14. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 28, 2020.
15. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 27, 2021.
16. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 26, 2022.
17. Web site: Women's World Golf Rankings . December 25, 2023.