Player Bio: Austin Ernst2020 U.S. Women's Open
Age: 28
Country: United States of America
College: Louisiana State
Worldwide professional victories: 2 (LPGA Tour)
Exempt status: Top 75 in Rolex Rankings as of March 16
The Greenville, S.C., native earned her second LPGA Tour victory in the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on Aug. 30. Her maiden win was the 2014 Portland Classic. Her win in Arkansas came a week after she finished fifth in the AIG Women’s British Open at Royal Troon. Ernst enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the 2011 NCAA individual titleand the 2012 North & South Women’s Amateur. She represented the USA in the 2012 Curtis Cup Match, and in 2017, she was a member of the victorious USA Solheim Cup Team.
U.S. Women's Open Playing Record
YEAR |
SITE |
SCORES |
TO PAR |
FINISH |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | Champions Golf Club | 75-71 | +4 | MC |
2019 |
Country Club of Charleston |
71-73-72-74—290 |
+6 |
T-50 |
2018 |
Shoal Creek |
74-74-75-73—296 |
+8 |
T-41 |
2017 |
Trump National Golf Club (Old Course) |
73-70-75-76—294 |
+6 |
T-44 |
2016 |
CordeValle |
75-74 |
+5 |
MC |
2015 |
Lancaster Country Club |
68-74-72-73—287 |
+7 |
T-47 |
2013 |
Sebonack Golf Club |
75-74-82-71—302 |
+14 |
T-48 |