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

In The Winners' Circle with Jasmine Suwannapura and Cydney Clanton

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