Rosie Jones
| Rosie Jones | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born |
November 13, 1959 Santa Ana, California |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
|
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| Partner | Carrie Sexton |
| Career | |
| College | Ohio State University |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Retired | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) | Legends Tour (joined 2006) |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1982) |
| Professional wins | 23 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 13 |
| Ladies European Tour | 2 |
| Other | 8 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
|
| ANA Inspiration | 2nd: 2005 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 2nd: 1990 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 2nd: 1984 |
| du Maurier Classic | 2nd: 2000 |
| Women's British Open | T12: 2001 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| AIAW All-American | 1981 |
Rosie Jones (born November 13, 1959) is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.
Jones was born in Santa Ana, California. In her amateur career, she was a three time New Mexico Junior Champion (1974–76) and won the New Mexico State Championship in 1979.
Jones attended Ohio State University where in 1981 she was an AIAW All-American.
Jones qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in July 1982.
Jones's best position on the LPGA money list was third in 1988, when she was tied as the winning-most player with three victories, including the LPGA World Championship; she won that championship with a one-shot victory over Liselotte Neumann, that year's U.S. Open champion. She completed her career with thirteen LPGA Tour titles. She also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup seven times. She placed second in a major tournament four times (1984 U.S. Open; 1991 LPGA Championship; 2000 du Maurier Classic; 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship), but never won a major tournament.
Jones achieved back-to-back wins in 1996-97 at the LPGA Corning Classic, earning her the nickname "Queen of Corning"; she is also that tournament's all-time money leader "by a wide margin."
At the conclusion of the 2006 U.S. Women's Open, in which she finished tied for 57th, she retired from competitive golf; as a symbol of her departure she removed her golf shoes, visor, and glove and placed them on the side of the 18th green.
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