Player Bio: Lauren Stephenson2020 U.S. Women's Open

Age: 23
Country: United States of America
College: University of Alabama
Worldwide professional victories: 0
Exempt status: Tied for ninth in 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship

Carded a final-round 68 to finish in a tie for ninth in the 2020 KPMG PGA Championship to punch her ticket to Champions Golf Club. This will be Stephenson’s third U.S. Women’s Open start, but first as a professional. Played a memorable 30-hole quarterfinal match in the 2017 U.S. Women’s Amateur, losing on the 12th extra hole to 13-year-old Chia Yen Wu. It was the longest 18-hole match in USGA history. The next year, she lost another extra-hole match in the semifinals. Stephenson played one season at Clemson before transferring to Alabama for her final two seasons (she turned pro after her junior year). She was a member of the victorious 2018 USA Curtis Cup Team and won the 2018 Golfstat Cup as the nation’s leading scorer with a school-record 69.76 stroke average. In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour in 2019, she made 11 of 20 cuts to finish 90th on the money list.   

U.S. Women's Open Playing Record