Cambia Portland Classic
Columbia-Edgewater Country Club | Portland, Oregon | Aug. 27 - Sept. 2, 2018
Sept. 2, 2018
Hometown/Resides: Wayne, N.J./Jupiter, Fla.
Birthdate: Aug. 2, 1990; currently 28 years, 1 month of age
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T27 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn Priority List Category 17 for the 2013 season
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2012/2013
VICTORIES
With her win, Alex becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Alex earns 500 points and is projected to move from 23rd to 10th in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,626 points
MONEY
With her win, Alex earns $195,000; she has earned $685,640 this season and $2,075,804 for her career
2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
19 events played, 15 cuts made, $685,640, one victory, three additional top-10 finishes
OF NOTE
- Alex is the eighth Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2018 LPGA season
- She is the 20th different winner of the 2018 LPGA season and the fifth American, joining Brittany Lincicome, Jessica Korda, Michelle Wie and Annie Park
- Alex trailed by six strokes after 54 holes, making this the largest come-from-behind victory of 2018; the previous biggest comeback was Michelle Wie’s five strokes at the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore
- Alex’s caddie this week, Travis Wilson, caddied for Stacy Lewis during her 2017 Cambia Portland Classic victory; Lewis is currently on maternity leave and Wilson is in his third week caddieing for Alex
- She is the 150th player in LPGA history to break the $2 million barrier with $2,075,804 in career earnings
- Alex’s first-round 62 tied the tournament scoring record and is the lowest score of her LPGA career
- Alex graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2012 with a degree in Communications; she is a two-time SEC Player of the Year and NGCA First Team All-American (2010, 2012)
- She is the first LPGA winner in the history of the Vanderbilt women’s golf team
- Alex is now qualified for the 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions
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