Kirsten Rudgeley

Kirsten Rudgeley
Personal information
Born	2001 (age 23–24) London, England
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Carramar, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional	2022
Current tour(s)	LET (joined 2023) WPGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	DNP
Women's PGA C'ship	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	DNP
Women's British Open	CUT: 2021
Evian Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Golf Australia Women’s Order of Merit 2021 Karrie Webb Scholarship 2021, 2022

Kirsten Rudgeley (born 2001) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was runner-up at the 2024 Lacoste Ladies Open de France. In 2022, she won The Athena Golf Challenge on the WPGA Tour of Australasia.[1]

Early life and amateur career

Rudgeley was born in London, England and relocated with her family to Perth, Western Australia when she was four.[2] Her father introduced her to golf when she was 7 years old, but she didn't consider herself a serious golfer until she represented Western Australia at age 14.

Domestically, Rudgeley was runner-up at the 2020 Riversdale Cup and won the Port Phillip Open Amateur, Victorian Amateur, North Shore Classic and the Rene Erichsen Salver, plus the Western Australia Amateur three times.[3]

In 2021, she won the Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship and the English Women's Amateur Championship, before qualifying for the 2021 Women's British Open at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland, her first major. She was also runner-up at the Australian Women's Amateur and finished second behind Su Oh at the TPS Victoria, a WPGA Tour of Australasia event.[4] She finished in a tie for seventh at the Women's Victorian Open, a Ladies European Tour event, and received the Golf Australia Women's Order of Merit award for 2021.[3]

Rudgeley beat Grace Kim in the final to win The Athena Golf Challenge amongst a field of professionals on the 2022 WPGA Tour of Australasia.[5]

She was Australia's sole representative at the 2022 Augusta National Women's Amateur, where she finished 8th.[6] She received the Karrie Webb Scholarship for the second straight year, as Australia's leading female amateur.[7]

She recorded a career high of 24th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings.[8]

Professional career

Rudgeley turned professional after earning her Ladies European Tour card for 2023 by finishing T9 at Q-School.[9] In her rookie season, she was runner-up at the 2024 Lacoste Ladies Open de France after she lost a playoff to Chiara Tamburlini.[10]

Amateur wins

• 2017 Western Australia Amateur
• 2019 Western Australia Amateur
• 2020 Western Australia Amateur, Port Phillip Open Amateur and Victorian Women's Amateur Championship
• 2021 Rene Erichsen Salver, North Shore Classic, Helen Holm Scottish Women's Open Championship, English Women's Amateur Championship
• 2022 Avondale Amateur

Source:[8]

Professional wins (1)

WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	27 Feb 2022	The Athena (as an amateur)	Playoff			Grace Kim

Playoff record

Ladies European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2024	Lacoste Ladies Open de France	Chiara Tamburlini	Lost to with birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

• Australian Girls' Interstate Teams Matches (representing Western Australia): 2017, 2018
• Australian Women's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Western Australia): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022
• Junior Golf World Cup (representing Australia): 2019
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Australia): 2022
• Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 2022

References

1. "Kirsten Rudgeley Bio". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
2. "Kirsten Rudgeley Biography". Augusta National Women's Amateur. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
3. "Kirsten Rudgeley caps year to remember with Golf Australia women's Order of Merit win". The West Australian. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. "2021 TPS Victoria, Hosted by Geoff Ogilvy". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
5. "Rudgeley rules the Athena". Golf WA. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
6. "Journeys: Kirsten Rudgeley". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. "Rudgeley and Peirce receive Karrie Webb Scholarship". Golf Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
8. "Kirsten Rudgeley". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
9. "Amateur Nadaud in Front after Day Two at La Manga". Ladies European Tour. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
10. "Chiara Tamburlini clinches second LET title with play-off win victory in Lacoste Ladies Open de France". Sky Sports. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

External links

• Kirsten Rudgeley at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Kirsten Rudgeley at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site