Bio

5'5"...Ernst started playing golf at an early age...Hobbies include running, working and doing yoga.

2022 in a Nutshell:

2021:

21 events, 17 cuts made, $600,518 (34)
Recorded three top-10 results, including a win at the LPGA Drive On Championship presented by Volvik at Golden Ocala
Member of the United States Solheim Cup Team

2020:

17 events, 14 cuts made, $771,092 (6)
Recorded four top-10 results, including a win at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship

2019:

2018:

22 events, 17 cuts made, $858,494 (20)
Recorded five top-10 results, including two runner-up finishes at the Evian Championship (a career-best finish in a major) and the Walmart NW Arkansa Championship presented by P&G
Ranked fifth in greens in regulation (74.32%), 10th in rounds in the 60s (32) and finished a career-best 20th on the LPGA Official Money List ($858,494)

2017:

28 events, 24 cuts made, $549,773 (33)
Recorded four top-10 finishes, including her third career runner-up result at the Kia Classic
Went 2-2-0 for Team United States as a rookie at Solheim Cup
Crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings after a T21 finish at the CME Group Tour Championship

2016:

27 events, 22 cuts made, $385,513 (51)
Recorded season-best toe for second at the CitiBanamex Lorena Ochoa Invitational presented by Aeromexico and Delta and had three additional top-10 finishes

2015:

29 events, 23 cuts made, $439,089 (41)
Recorded four top-10 finishes with a season-best tie for second finish at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic
Crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings after a T70 finish at the 2015 Evian Championship

2014:

26 events, 19 cuts made, $439,089 (41)
Became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the Portland Classic Presented by Cambia Health Solutions after defeating I.K. Kim on the first sudden-death playoff hole
Recorded one additional top-10 finish with a tie for eighth at KEB-HanaBank Championship

2013:

23 events, 13 cuts made, $142,002 (72)
2 top-10 finishes, including a career-best tie for sixth at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
Carded a career-low 62 in the third round of the 2013 Safeway Classic Presented by Coca-Cola

Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt, finishing 14th at the 2012 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn full status for the 2013 season
Played two seasons at Louisiana State University (LSU) from 2011-2012.
Ernst was the 2011 NCAA individual champion, the same year she earned NGCA First-Team All-American honors and was named to the SEC Second Team.
In her sophomore year, she was a Second Team All-American selection by Golfweek and an All-SEC Second Team member.
Ernst was a semifinalist at the 2011 U.S. Women’s Amateur and was a member of the 2012 U.S. Curtis Cup Team.