JASMINE SUWANNAPURA
Hometown/Resides: Bangkok, Thailand/Ashburn, Va.
Birthdate: Nov. 20, 1992; currently 26 years and 8 months
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for 29th at the 2011 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2011/2012
VICTORIES
LPGA: Second career victory and second of 2019
PREVIOUS LPGA WIN: 2018 Marathon Classic presented by Dana
LADIES EUROPEAN TOUR: One win
EPSON TOUR: One win
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Suwannapura earns 500 points and is projected to move from 66th to 31st in the Race to the CME Globe with 859 points
MONEY
With her win, Suwannapura earns $241,269; she has earned $387,513 for the season and $1,494,038 for her career
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
20 events played, 14 cuts made, $387,513, one victory, one additional top-10
OF NOTE
- Suwannapura joins Ariya Jutanugarn as the only Thai players with more than one LPGA Tour victory
- Suwannapura broke her back while swinging a club during a practice round at the 2016 Kingsmill Championship and was sidelined for six months for surgery and rehab
CYDNEY CLANTON
Hometown/Resides: Winston-Salem, N.C./Rockwell, N.C.
Birthdate: July 18, 1989; currently 30 years and 2 days
Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for ninth at the 2011 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament
Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2011/2012
VICTORIES
With her win, Clanton becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour
EPSON TOUR: Two wins
RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Clanton earns 500 points and is projected to move from 157th to 60th in the Race to the CME Globe with 538 points
MONEY
With her win, Clanton earns $241,269; she has earned $254,978 for the season and $820,188 for her career
2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA
Four events played, three cuts made, $254,978, one victory
OF NOTE
- Clanton is the fifth Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season, joining Celine Boutier, Hannah Green, Bronte Law and Jeongeun Lee6
- She is the season’s third winner from the United States, joining Nelly Korda and Lexi Thompson
- With the win, Clanton will move to 92nd on the LPGA Priority List in Category 4 (Members who have won an official event as a Member in the last two calendar years); she entered the tournament in 179th on the Priority List in Category 15
- Clanton finished $8 outside of the top 100 on the 2018 LPGA Money List to just miss a full card for 2019
- Clanton is now in the field for next week’s Evian Championship and the following week’s AIG Women’s British Open
- Clanton is the LPGA Tour’s first winner from Auburn University; after two wins during her collegiate career, she graduated in 2011 with a degree in Finance
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