In the Winner’s Circle with Cheyenne Knight

Hometown/Resides: Aledo, Texas

Birthdate: Jan. 22, 1997; currently 22 years, 8 months and 14 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T27 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn Priority List Category 14 status for the 2019 LPGA Tour season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2018/2019             

VICTORIES
With her win, Knight becomes a Rolex First-Time Winner on the LPGA Tour

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE

With her win, Knight earns 500 points and is projected to move from 114th to 48th in the Race to the CME Globe with 704 points

MONEY

With her win, Knight earns $195,000; she has earned $266,346 for the season and her career

PREVIOUS VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA CLASSIC RESULT

2016 – T29 (as an amateur non-Member)

2019 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

19 events played, 10 cuts made, $266,346, one victory

OF NOTE

• Knight is the sixth Rolex First-Time Winner of the 2019 LPGA Tour season, joining Celine Boutier, Hannah Green, Bronte Law, Jeongeun Lee6 and Cydney Clanton
• She is the season’s fourth winner from the United States, joining Nelly Korda, Lexi Thompson and Cydney Clanton
• She is the second 2019 rookie to win this season, joining Jeongeun Lee6
• With the win, Knight will move to 94th on the LPGA Priority List in Category 4 (Members who have won an official event as a Member in the last two calendar years); she entered the tournament in 146th on the Priority List in Category 13
• She is the first player from the University of Alabama to win on the LPGA Tour     
• At the University of Alabama, Knight was named WGCA First Team All-American in 2016, 2017 and 2018 and was the 2017 SEC Player of the Year
• She finished T27 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn her LPGA Tour card for 2019