Paige Mackenzie Explained

Paige Mackenzie
Birth Date:8 February 1983
Birth Place:Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Residence:Arizona, U.S.
College:University of Washington
Yearpro:2006
Extour:LPGA Tour (joined 2007)
Nabisco:T34: 2010
Lpga:T20: 2011
Wusopen:T13: 2005
Wbritopen:CUT: 2008, 2010, 2011
Evian:T57: 2013

Paige Mackenzie (born February 8, 1983) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

Early years

Born and raised in Yakima, Washington, Mackenzie is a 2001 graduate of Eisenhower High School, where she was selected as a first-team All-Big-9 selection all four seasons. She was named the 2000 Girl Golfer of the Year for both the Washington Junior Golf Association and the Pacific Northwest Golf Association. By the time she graduated from high school, Mackenzie had posted five top-10 finishes in national tournaments, claiming one championship.[1]

Collegiate career

Mackenzie continued her successful amateur career at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in business.[2] She recorded 22 top-10 finishes during her collegiate career, placing her first on the Huskies' all-time list. Among her numerous amateur awards and achievements, Mackenzie was T13 at the 2005 U.S. Women's Open, was named the 2005 Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Women's Player of the Year, and won both the match play and stroke play competitions of the 2005 Trans National Championship. Mackenzie was the 2006 Pac-10[3] and NCAA West Regional champion[4] and finished her senior year ranked as the No. 1 amateur in the nation by Golfweek.[1]

In the summer following graduation, Mackenzie lead the U.S. to 11½ - 6½ victory at the 2006 Curtis Cup at Bandon Dunes in southern Oregon, posting a 3-0-1 record with victories in both of her singles matches.[5] A week later in northern Oregon, she was the medalist in the stroke play portion of the U.S. Women's Amateur at Pumpkin Ridge.[6] Her last event as an amateur was at an LPGA Tour event, the Safeway Classic in Portland, where she tied for 45th place.[7]

Professional career

Mackenzie turned professional in late August 2006 and played two LPGA Tour events on sponsors' exemptions.[5] [8] She competed on the Cactus Tour in Arizona that fall and qualified for the 2007 Duramed Futures Tour,[9] and then won exempt status for the 2007 LPGA Tour season with a T12 finish at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in December 2006.[10]

She carded three Top-25 finishes in her 2008 campaign, including a 23rd-place finish at the Corona Morelia Championship, a 22nd at the P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship and a T24 finish at the Safeway Classic. Mackenzie started 2008 by winning the Sharp Open on the Cactus Tour.

In April 2012, the National Association of Professional Women announced its partnership with Paige Mackenzie who become "NAPW Athletic Spokeswoman".[11] Paige also starred a nationwide television ad campaign for that professional association during 2012.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipCUTT34T57CUTT63
LPGA ChampionshipCUTCUTT23CUTT20CUTT37
U.S. Women's OpenT13CUTT5564
Women's British OpenCUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^T57
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 4 20 10

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made
Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2005110000T13n/a73.25 n/a
20065130000T2312,046n/a73.29n/a
20071990000T1749,10411873.87106
20081780000T2278,80712073.1197
200916100001T8140,6716972.2345
20101690000T3458,9889373.5498
201118130001T9184,3844772.6046
201219120000T2294,0458073.5393
201317100000T2363,6859772.3964
2015400000Cut0n/a76.50n/a
1 Mackenzie's first three of the five LPGA Tour events played in 2006 were as an amateur

Team appearances

Amateur

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Bio: Paige Mackenzie . University of Washington Athletics . October 4, 2016.
  2. Web site: Paige Mackenzie Bio . LPGA . October 4, 2016.
  3. News: NW Briefs: Mackenzie wins Pac-10 . The Seattle Times . April 27, 2006 . May 23, 2012.
  4. News: NCAA Golf: Mackenzie wins regional; UW takes 3rd . The Seattle Times . May 14, 2006 . May 23, 2012.
  5. Web site: Former UW women's golfer Paige Mackenzie makes professional debut . Go Huskies.com . August 24, 2006 . May 23, 2012 . https://archive.today/20130124151415/http://www.gohuskies.com/sports/w-golf/recaps/082406aaa.html . January 24, 2013 . dead .
  6. News: NW Briefs: Amateur over too soon for ex-Husky . The Seattle Times . August 11, 2006 . May 23, 2012.
  7. News: Golf Roundup: Hurst bags LPGA Safeway Classic title . The Seattle Times . Associated Press . August 21, 2006 . May 23, 2012.
  8. News: Mackenzie still gets coach's help . The Seattle Times . September 22, 2006 . May 23, 2012.
  9. News: Mackenzie siblings chase tour cards . The Seattle Times . November 28, 2006 . May 23, 2012.
  10. Web site: 2006 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament - results . LPGA . December 3, 2006.
  11. Web site: Women's groups honors NW pro golfer Paige Mackenzie . April 2, 2012 . March 19, 2013.
  12. Web site: Paige Mackenzie stats . LPGA . October 4, 2016.