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