Lauren Coughlin

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| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

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| residence = Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.

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| college = University of Virginia

| yearpro = 2016

| tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2018)

| extour = Symetra Tour (joined 2017)

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| lpga = T15: 2023

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Lauren Elizabeth Coughlin (born September 27, 1992) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. In 2024, she won the Canadian Women's Open and the Women's Scottish Open.{{cite web |title=Lauren Coughlin Bio |url=https://www.lpga.com/players/lauren-coughlin/88815/bio |publisher=LPGA |access-date=April 22, 2024}}

Early life and amateur career

Coughlin was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia. She started playing golf at the age of seven, and was named the Chesapeake Scholar Athlete in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She became the first female to play four years on the Hickory High School boys team, and finished runner-up in the Girls Championship of the Virginia State Golf Association in 2009 and 2010.{{cite magazine |last=Cradock |first=Matt |title=13 Things You Didn't Know About Lauren Coughlin |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/13-things-you-didnt-know-about-lauren-coughlin |magazine=Golf Monthly |access-date=April 22, 2024}}

She won the Virginia Women's Amateur back-to-back in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, she won the Virginia Women's Stroke Play Championship.

Coughlin attended the University of Virginia between 2011 and 2016, where she was named All-American and was 2016 ACC individual champion.{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Lauren Coughlin |date=April 28, 2020 |url=https://virginiasports.com/player/lauren-coughlin/ |publisher=University of Virginia Sports |access-date=22 April 2024}} After winning the ACC Championship, she moved to 31st in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.{{cite web |title=McNealy sets record with 10th win |url=https://www.wagr.com/news/2016/april/week-15 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=April 22, 2024 |date=April 20, 2016}}

Professional career

Coughlin turned professional in 2016 and started playing on the Symetra Tour, where she won the 2018 PHC Classic in Wisconsin. The win earned her a start in her first major, the 2018 Evian Championship. She joined the LPGA Tour in 2018 after securing her card by finishing in a tie for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.

In 2022, Coughlin made 13 cuts in 23 starts with a season-best result a tie for sixth at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. In 2023, she made 15 cuts in 23 starts with her best finish a tie for sixth at the CPKC Women's Open in Canada.

In March 2024, Coughlin revealed that her husband John Pond, a former University of Virginia football player, had quit his job to begin an apprenticeship caddying for her full time. A few weeks later she led the 2024 Chevron Championship by two strokes ahead of Nelly Korda after the first round, ultimately finishing in a tie for 3rd, trailing only Korda and Maja Stark.{{cite magazine |last=Hirsh |first=Jack |title=Her husband quit his job to caddie for her. Now she's leading a major |url=https://golf.com/news/pros-husband-caddie-leading-major/ |magazine=Golf Magazine |access-date=April 22, 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Vickers-Price |first1=Rachel |title=Lauren Coughlin holds first-round lead at the Chevron Championship |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/nelly-korda-texas-lpga-american-kpmg-b2531241.html |access-date=April 22, 2024 |newspaper=The Independent |date=April 19, 2024}} In July 2024, Coughlin won the 2024 CPKC Women's Open.{{cite web |title=Lauren Coughlin Wins the CPKC Women's Open For Her First LPGA Tour Title |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/lauren-coughlin-wins-the-cpkc-womens-open-for-her-1st-lpga-tour-title |publisher=LPGA |agency=Associated Press |date=July 28, 2024 |access-date=July 28, 2024}} In August 2024, she won the 2024 ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open.{{cite web |title=Coughlin surges to victory at Women's Scottish Open |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/golf/articles/cy54ed66769o |publisher=BBC |agency= |date=August 18, 2024 |access-date=August 18, 2024}} In November 2024, Coughlin won Rolex First-Time Winners award.{{cite web |title=Award Winners Recognized at 2024 Rolex LPGA Awards |url=https://www.lpga.com/news/2024/award-winners-recognized-at-2024-rolex-lpga-awards|publisher=LPGA |agency= |date=November 21, 2024 }}

Amateur wins

2012 Virginia Women's Amateur Championship
2013 Virginia Women's Amateur Championship
2014 Virginia Women's Stroke Play Championship
2016 ACC Championship

Source:{{cite web |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/lauren-coughlin-17451 |title=Lauren Coughlin |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=April 22, 2022}}

Professional wins (3)

=LPGA Tour wins (2)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning
score

!To par

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Jul 28, 2024

|CPKC Women's Open

|align=center|275

|align=center|−13

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Saigo

align=center|2

|align=right|Aug 18, 2024

|ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open^

|align=center|273

|align=center|−15

|4 strokes

|{{flagicon|DEU}} Esther Henseleit

^Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour

=Symetra Tour wins (1)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning
score

!To par

!Margin of
victory

!Runner-up

align=center|1

|align=right|Aug 12, 2018

|PHC Classic

|align=center|200

|align=center|−16

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|PHL}} Dottie Ardina

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

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!! Tournament !! 2018 !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024

align=left|Chevron Championship

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|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|T3

align=left|U.S. Women's Open

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|CUT

align=left|Women's PGA Championship

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|CUT

|T16

|T15

|T24

align=left|The Evian Championship

|CUT

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|NT

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|CUT

|style="background:yellow;"|4

align=left|Women's British Open

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|CUT

CUT = missed the half-way cut

NT = no tournament

T = tied

LPGA Tour career summary

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; " ! Year !! Tournaments played !! Cuts made* !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top 10s !! Best finish !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Scoring average !! Scoring rank
2017 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|CUT \|align=right\|n/a \|n/a \|74.50 \|n/a
2018 \|18 \|4 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|T50 \|align=right\|12,625 \|154 \|73.81 \|154
2019 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|CUT \|align=right\|0 \|n/a \|74.50 \|n/a
2020 \|5 \|2 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|T34 \|align=right\|11,213 \|149 \|72.23 \|n/a
2021 \|14 \|9 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|T16 \|align=right\|116,113 \|106 \|70.63 \|30
2022 \|23 \|12 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|T8 \|align=right\|299,990 \|76 \|71.51 \|81
2023 \|23 \|15 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|2 \|T6 \|align=right\|427,256 \|69 \|71.21 \|55
2024 \|25 \|19 \|2 \|0 \|1 \|8 \|1 \|align=right\|2,062,822 \|10 \|70.43 \|10
Totals^ !109 (2018) !61 (2018) !2 !0 !1 !11 !1 !align=right\|2,930,019 !154 ! !

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! Year !! Tournaments
played !! Cuts
made* !! Wins !! 2nd !! 3rd !! Top
10s !! Best
finish !! Earnings
($) !! Money
list rank !! Scoring
average !! Scoring
rank

2017

|2

|0

|CUT

|align=right|n/a

|n/a

|74.50

|n/a

2018

|18

|4

|0

|T50

|align=right|12,625

|154

|73.81

|154

2019

|1

|0

|CUT

|align=right|0

|n/a

|74.50

|n/a

2020

|5

|2

|0

|T34

|align=right|11,213

|149

|72.23

|n/a

2021

|14

|9

|0

|T16

|align=right|116,113

|106

|70.63

|30

2022

|23

|12

|0

|1

|T8

|align=right|299,990

|76

|71.51

|81

2023

|23

|15

|0

|2

|T6

|align=right|427,256

|69

|71.21

|55

2024

|25

|19

|2

|0

|1

|8

|1

|align=right|2,062,822

|10

|70.43

|10

Totals^

!109 (2018)

!61 (2018)

!2

!0

!1

!11

!1

!align=right|2,930,019

!154

!

^ Official as of 2024 season{{cite web |access-date=November 27, 2024 |title=Lauren Coughlin stats |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/lauren-coughlin/88815/stats}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/lauren-coughlin/88815/results |title=Lauren Coughlin results |publisher=LPGA |access-date=November 27, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.lpga.com/stats-and-rankings/money-and-finishes#tab-list |title=Career Money |publisher=LPGA |access-date=November 27, 2024}}

*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

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2017	889	{{cite web \|url=http://www.rolexrankings.com/en/rankings/2017-12-25 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 25, 2017}}
2018	452	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2018-12-31 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 31, 2018}}
2019	431	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2019-12-30 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 30, 2019}}
2020	409	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2020-12-28 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 28, 2020}}
2021	270	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2021-12-27 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 27, 2021}}
2022	166	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2022-12-26 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 26, 2022}}
2023	109	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2023-12-25 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 25, 2023}}
2024	15	{{cite web \|url=https://www.rolexrankings.com/rankings/2024-12-30 \|title=Women's World Golf Rankings \|date=December 30, 2024}}