Marina Alex
Alex at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Born (1990-08-02) August 2, 1990 (age 33)
Wayne, New Jersey, U.S.
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeVanderbilt University
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Former tour(s)Symetra Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT21: 2017
Women's PGA C'shipT18: 2018
U.S. Women's OpenT11: 2017
Women's British OpenT9: 2014
Evian Championship16th: 2019

Marina Dee Alex (born August 2, 1990)[1] is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

Early life and education

Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Alex played interscholastic golf at Wayne Hills High School, where she won individual state titles in 2007 and 2008.[2][3]

Alex played college golf at Vanderbilt University. She won one tournament, the 2010 SEC Championship.[1] She qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur but missed the cut.[1]

Career

Alex turned professional in 2012 following the NCAA Championship. She played on the Symetra Tour in 2012 and 2013 with a best finish of second at the 2013 Four Winds Invitational. She finished third on the money list in 2013 to earn an LPGA Tour card for 2014.

Alex has played on the LPGA Tour since 2014 and won her first event at the 2018 Cambia Portland Classic.[4]

She won for the second time on May 1, 2022, with a 10-under-par 274, beating the number 1 ranked Ko Jin-young by one stroke, both shooting a final round 66. Lydia Ko and Megan Khang tied for third at 276.[5] She was ranked 61st in the world before her win,[6] and earned 53 points for a gain of 33 rankings to 28 on May 2, 2022.[7]

Amateur wins

Source:[1][8]

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Sep 2, 2018 Cambia Portland Classic 62-71-71-65=269 −19 4 strokes England Georgia Hall 195,000
2 May 1, 2022 Palos Verdes Championship 70-68-70-66=274 −10 1 stroke South Korea Ko Jin-young 225,000

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2023.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Chevron Championship T51 T56 T21 T25 T71
Women's PGA Championship CUT T53 T26 T25 T18 T37
U.S. Women's Open CUT T20 CUT T11 T27 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T29 T38 T52 T26 58 16
Women's British Open T9 T36 T60 T43 T28 T16
Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T32 CUT T35 T28
Women's PGA Championship T33 CUT CUT
U.S. Women's Open T26 T51 T48
The Evian Championship ^ NT T35 T69 CUT
Women's British Open T14 T55 T41 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 8
Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 6
U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 6
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 8
Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 9
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 10 46 37

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2012 1 1 0 0 0 0 T40 n/a n/a 71.67 n/a
2013 3 0 0 0 0 0 CUT n/a n/a 73.33 n/a
2014 25 15 0 0 0 1 T9 224,330 65 72.06 59
2015 24 15 0 0 0 1 T9 182,967 71 73.07 110
2016 26 19 0 0 0 3 T6 282,972 65 71.63 50
2017 25 21 0 0 1 6 T3 699,895 27 70.29 19
2018 24 20 1 T2 T3 6 1 901,322 17 70.54 19
2019 24 21 0 0 1 5 3 609,290 37 70.67 23
2020 7 6 0 0 0 2 T4 225,882 52 70.96 14
2021 20 15 0 0 0 1 T7 295,606 64 71.36 69
2022 23 20 1 0 0 5 1 665,878 44 70.82 40
2023 21 13 0 0 0 0 T12 226,360 95 71.94 97
Totals^ 222 165 2 0 2 30 1 4,314,502 100

^ Official as of 2023 season[9][10][11]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

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

Year Ranking Source
2012 476 [12]
2013 428 [13]
2014 149 [14]
2015 150 [15]
2016 113 [16]
2017 47 [17]
2018 26 [18]
2019 33 [19]
2020 42 [20]
2021 61 [21]
2022 40 [22]
2023 122 [23]

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 4 1–1–2 0–1–0 1–0–1 0–0–1 2 50.0
2019 4 1–1–2 0–1–0 lost to S. Pettersen 1 dn 1–0–1 halved w/ M. Pressel
won w/ M. Pressel 2&1 		0–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson 2 50.0

References

  1. ^ a b c d "2011–12 Women's Golf Roster – Marina Alex". Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Mattura, Greg. "Marina Alex returns to Jersey playing best golf of her career", July 7, 2017. Accessed May 18, 2020. "In April, Marina Alex had a hole-in-one while competing with friends, her first in more than a decade. In May, the Wayne native and LPGA veteran earned her first hole-in-one on the Tour.... Alex, 26, is excited about her return to her native state, where she won back-to-back state titles for Wayne Hills High School."
  3. ^ NJSIAA Girls Golf Tournament Of Champions History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "Marina Alex rallies to win Cambia Portland Classic". USA Today. Associated Press. September 2, 2018.
  5. ^ "Marina Alex Wins LPGA Tour's Palos Verdes Championship". LPGA. May 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". Rolex Rankings. April 25, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". May 2, 2022.
  8. ^ "Marina Alex". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  9. ^ "Marina Alex stats". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  10. ^ "Marina Alex results". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  11. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  12. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012.
  13. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013.
  14. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
  15. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
  16. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
  17. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
  18. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2018.
  19. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2019.
  20. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2020.
  21. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2021.
  22. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2022.
  23. ^ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2023.

External links

United States Solheim Cup team – 2019
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