Jensen Castle (born February 21, 2001) is an American professional golfer. She won the 2021

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Early life, college and amateur career

Castle grew up in

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. She was one of the top amateur golfers in the country during her high school years, and was ranked 4th by the AJGA in the class of 2019. She won the South Carolina Class State Championship in 2016 and again in 2018, where shot a two-day state tournament record 137 and won by 10 strokes. In 2019, Castle lost a playoff to

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at the 2019 Annika Invitational USA, and finished second at

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's Girl's Junior PGA Championship in Hartford, Connecticut, two strokes behind

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. She was a member of the East squad that won the 2019 Wyndham Cup. Castle enrolled at the

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in 2019 and played with the

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women's golf team 2019–2024, where she was named to the All- SEC First Team and All-American. In 2021, Castle won the

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in New York, becoming the first number 63 seed to lift the Robert Cox Trophy. Plagued by a rib injury, she started despite doctors' recommendations, and opened the week with a seven-over-par 79 in the first round of stroke play. She then prevailed in a 12-for-2 playoff to reach match play, and came back from deficits in three of six matches to defeat reigning NCAA individual champion

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in the semi-finals, and eventually claim the trophy over former world number one Yu-Chiang Hou, winning 2 and 1 in the 36-hole championship match. She earned a start at the 2021 Cognizant Founders Cup on the

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where she did not make the cut. Castle appeared at the

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three times, and advanced to the final round at

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twice, finishing T-12 in 2022 and T-26 in 2023. She won the

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with the U.S. national team twice, in 2021 and 2022.

Professional career

Castle turned professional in 2024. She made her professional debut at the

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on the

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Amateur wins

*2016 South Carolina Class State Championship *2018 South Carolina Class State Championship, Carolinas Junior Girls PGA Championship *2020 Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship (with

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) *2021 Carolinas Women's Four-Ball Championship (with

) *2021

*2022 Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invite Source:

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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(winners),

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(winners)

References

External links

Jensen Castle
at the

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