Mariajo Uribe
Maríajo Uribe | |
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— Golfer — | |
Personal information | |
Full name | María José Uribe Durán |
Born | Girón, Colombia |
27 February 1990
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Nationality | ![]() |
Residence | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
Career | |
College | UCLA (1.5 years) |
Turned professional | 2009 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2010) |
Former tour(s) | LET (joined 2010) Futures Tour (2009) |
Professional wins | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships |
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ANA Inspiration | T32: 2013 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T30: 2012 |
U.S. Women's Open | T10: 2008 |
Women's British Open | T22: 2013 |
Evian Championship | T10: 2014 |
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María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
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Amateur career
Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Amanda Blumenherst 1 up. She is the only player from Latin America to have won this championship. Uribe tied for tenth and low amateur at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open. She played college golf at UCLA, and was an All-American First Team selection in 2008 and 2009.
Professional career
Uribe left UCLA in the spring of 2009 to return to her native Colombia. Prior to the 2009 U.S. Women's Open, Uribe ended her amateur status and competed in the tournament as a professional.[1][2]
Uribe joined the Duramed Futures Tour in July 2009 and competed in the ING New England Golf Classic, finishing in a tie for 15th place. At the end of the year she qualified for both LPGA and LET membership for 2010 on her first attempt.
On 29 May 2011, Uribe won the HSBC Brazil Cup, an unofficial LPGA event, defeating Lindsey Wright by one stroke.
Uribe won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and the silver medal at the 2014 South American Games.
Professional wins (1)
- 2011 HSBC Brazil Cup (unofficial LPGA Tour event)
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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ANA Inspiration | DNP | DNP | T58 | DNP | DNP | T47 | DNP | T32 | T34 | T64 |
Women's PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | T67 | CUT | T30 | T53 | CUT | CUT |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | T10LA | T48 | DNP | T55 | DNP | T17 | T30 | CUT |
Women's British Open | DNP | DNP | T75 | DNP | T69 | DNP | CUT | T22 | CUT | CUT |
The Evian Championship ^ | T67 | T10 | T38 |
LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 19 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (twice)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
LPGA Tour career summary
Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006[3] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | n/a | 76.00 | n/a | |
2007[4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | n/a | 76.00 | n/a | |
2008[5] | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T10 | n/a | 73.50 | n/a | |
2009[6] | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 38,3811 | n/a | 72.91 | n/a |
2010 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T7 | 101,013 | 70 | 73.08 | 78 |
2011 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T29 | 34,300 | 103 | 73.87 | 102 |
2012 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T7 | 196,360 | 60 | 72.03 | 35 |
2013 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T8 | 197,839 | 62 | 72.80 | 84 |
2014 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | T9 | 385,313 | 43 | 71.69 | 41 |
2015 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 333,993 | 56 | 72.08 | 61 |
1Uribe played the first of her three events in 2009 as an amateur.
- official through the 2015 season[7]
Team appearances
Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Colombia): 2006
References
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External links
- Mariajo Uribe at the LPGA Tour official site
- Mariajo Uribe at the Futures Tour official site
- Profile on the Colombian Golf Federation's official site
- Mariajo Uribe Rookie Blog
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- ↑ Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2006 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2007 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2008 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2009 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Pages with reference errors
- Colombian golfers
- Female golfers
- UCLA Bruins women's golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Ladies European Tour golfers
- Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
- Golfers at the 2015 Pan American Games
- People from Santander Department
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010