Kirsten Rudgeley Explained

Kirsten Rudgeley
Birth Place:London, England
Height:5 ft 5 in
Residence:Carramar, Western Australia
Yearpro:2022
Tour:LET (joined 2023)
WPGA Tour of Australasia
Prowins:1
Alpgwins:1
Anainspiration:DNP
Lpga:DNP
Wusopen:DNP
Wbritopen:CUT: 2021
Evian:DNP
Award1:Golf Australia Women’s Order of Merit
Year1:2021
Award2:Karrie Webb Scholarship
Year2:2021, 2022

Kirsten Rudgeley (born 2001) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. In 2022, she won The Athena Golf Challenge on the WPGA Tour of Australasia.[1]

Early life and amateur career

Rudgeley was born in London, England and relocated with her family to Perth, Western Australia when she was four.[2] Her father introduced her to golf when she was 7 years old, but she didn't consider herself a serious golfer until she represented Western Australia at age 14.

Domestically, Rudgeley was runner-up at the 2020 Riversdale Cup and won the Port Phillip Open Amateur, Victorian Amateur, North Shore Classic and the Rene Erichsen Salver, plus the Western Australia Amateur three times.[3]

In 2021, she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and the English Women's Amateur Championship, before qualifying for the 2021 Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland, her first major. She was also runner-up at the Australian Women's Amateur and finished second behind Su Oh at the TPS Victoria, a WPGA Tour of Australasia event.[4] She finished in a tie for seventh at the Women's Victorian Open, a Ladies European Tour event, and received the Golf Australia Women's Order of Merit award for 2021.[3]

Rudgeley beat Grace Kim in the final to win The Athena Golf Challenge amongst a field of professionals on the 2022 WPGA Tour of Australasia.[5]

She was Australia's sole representative at the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur, where she finished 8th.[6] She received the Karrie Webb Scholarship for the second straight year, as Australia's leading female amateur.[7]

She recorded a career high of 24th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.[8]

Professional career

Rudgeley turned professional after earning her Ladies European Tour card for 2023 by finishing T9 at Q-School.[9]

Amateur wins

Source:[8]

Professional wins (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirsten Rudgeley Bio . Ladies European Tour . 29 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Kirsten Rudgeley Biography . Augusta National Women's Amateur . 29 December 2022.
  3. News: Kirsten Rudgeley caps year to remember with Golf Australia women's Order of Merit win . The West Australian . 29 December 2022.
  4. Web site: 2021 TPS Victoria, Hosted by Geoff Ogilvy . PGA of Australia . 29 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Rudgeley rules the Athena . 28 February 2022 . Golf WA . 29 December 2022.
  6. Journeys: Kirsten Rudgeley . Australian Golf Digest . 29 December 2022.
  7. Web site: Rudgeley and Peirce receive Karrie Webb Scholarship . Golf Australia . 29 December 2022.
  8. Web site: Kirsten Rudgeley . World Amateur Golf Ranking . 29 December 2022.
  9. Web site: Amateur Nadaud in Front after Day Two at La Manga . 18 December 2022 . Ladies European Tour . 29 December 2022.