Jade Schaeffer

Jade Schaeffer
Schaeffer at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameJade Schaeffer-Calmels
Born (1986-07-01) 1 July 1986 (age 38)
Réunion
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationality France
ResidenceParis, France
Career
Turned professional2006
Former tour(s)LET (joined 2007)
LET Access Series
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour2
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipDNP
Women's PGA C'shipDNP
U.S. Women's OpenCUT: 2016
Women's British OpenT27: 2009
Evian ChampionshipDNP

Jade Schaeffer (born 1 July 1986) is a French professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and won the 2009 Ladies German Open and the 2011 Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters.[1]

Career

Schaeffer had success as an amateur and won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2005, which also earned her a start at the 2006 Women's British Open.

She turned professional in 2006 and joined the Ladies European Tour in 2007. In her rookie season, she finished 3rd at the Ladies Open of Portugal and recorded two further top-5 finishes.[2]

In 2009, she won her maiden professional title at the Ladies German Open, prevailing in a playoff over Paula Marti of Spain, and in 2011 she won the Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters. In 2012 she made it into the top-200 on the Women's World Golf Rankings and was runner up at the Sanya Ladies Open in China, two strokes behind her compatriot Cassandra Kirkland. In 2015, she tied for 4th at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters.[2]

Schaeffer made the cut at the 2009 Women's British Open and qualified for the 2016 U.S. Women's Open through winning the sectional qualifying tournament in Buckinghamshire, England.[3]

Schaeffer also participated in the inaugural season of the LET Access Series in 2010, securing two titles on French soil to finish second in the rankings.

Personal life

Schaeffer is married to European Tour player François Calmels.[4]

She has an older sister, Fanny, who also is a professional golfer and played on the LET between 2004 and 2007.[5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning
score 		To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 24 May 2009 Ladies German Open 66-72-70-67=275 −13 Playoff Spain Paula Martí
2 11 Sep 2011 Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters 69-64-70=203 −13 2 strokes France Julie Greciet

LET Access Series wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. ^ "Jade Schaeffer". FOX Sports. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Jade Schaeffer". Golfdata. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. ^ "2016 U.S. Women's Open Qualifying Results". USGA. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
  4. ^ "Meet François Calmels". European Tour. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Fanny Schaeffer". Golfdata. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ "European Lady Junior's Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 25 February 2023.