Allisen Corpuz (born March 20, 1998) is an American

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and member of the

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. She won the 2023 U.S. Women's Open at Pebble Beach.

Early life, college and amateur career

Corpuz, born to a Filipino father from the

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and a

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mother, is a Hawaii native and attended the

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in Honolulu. A golf prodigy, she was a three-time AJGA All-American. In 2008, she surpassed

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as the youngest qualifier in U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links history at 10 years, 3 months and 9 days, and was featured in ''

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'' under the headline "Golf's Next Wave". Corpuz won the 2014 Hawaii State Open, represented Hawaii in the 2014 Asia Pacific Junior Cup and represented the West team at 2012 AJGA Wyndham Cup. Before college, she had played in six USGA championships, the second most ever, and posted nine top-10 finishes in AJGA majors and over 15 top-5 AJGA results. As a high school senior in 2016, she was runner-up at the Canadian Women's Amateur Championship and won the Hawaii State High School Championship on the fourth playoff hole. Corpuz also played as an amateur at the 2016

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at Ko Olina Resort and carded a second-round 72, but missed the cut by three strokes. Corpuz played college golf at the

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from 2016 to 2021 where she led the USC Trojans women's golf team with a 71.57 stroke average and was named a first-team All-American. She played in the 2020 and 2021

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and also represented the United States at the 2021 Curtis Cup. The 2020 U.S. Women's Open was her third U.S. Open and her 16th

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championship. Corpuz was the runner-up to Rachel Kuehn in the 2020

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, losing in 19 holes. She rose to a career high of 7th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.

Professional career

Corpuz turned professional in 2021 and finished T16 at Q-School to earn

membership for 2022. In her rookie season, she made 17 cuts in 21 events and finished 41st in the

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. She recorded three top-10 finishes including a runner-up finish at the ISPS Handa World Invitational and a third-place finish at Pelican Women's Championship. In July 2023, Corpuz won the

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by three strokes over

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and

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. She won $2 million, a record. It was her first LPGA Tour win. She rose to a career high world ranking of #8.

Amateur wins

*2010 AJGA Junior at Quad Cities *2016 Winn Grips Heather Farr Classic, Hawaii State High School Championship *2021 Lamkin San Diego Invitational, The Gold Rush Source:

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2023 Chevron – 2024 Chevron) *Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)

LPGA Tour career summary

Official as of 2024 season
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

at the end of each calendar year.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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: 2021 (winners) *

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

(winners) Professional *

Solheim Cup The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian- American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving forc ...

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(winners)

Solheim Cup record

Source:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Corpuz, Allisen American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships USC Trojans women's golfers Golfers from Hawaii American sportspeople of Filipino descent American sportspeople of Korean descent 1998 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen