Vicky Hurst
American professional golfer
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::summary American professional golfer ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox golfer"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Vicky Hurst |
| image | 2009 LPGA Championship - Vicky Hurst (2).jpg |
| imagesize | 250px |
| caption | Hurst at the 2009 LPGA Championship |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Andrews AFB, Maryland, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| height | |
| nationality | |
| residence | Melbourne, Florida, U.S. |
| yearpro | 2008 |
| retired | |
| tour | LPGA Tour (joined 2009) |
| Symetra Tour (joined 2008) | |
| prowins | 8 |
| letwins | |
| jlpgawins | |
| klpgawins | |
| lagtwins | |
| alpgwins | |
| futwins | 8 |
| nabisco | T11: 2012 |
| lpga | T44: 2013 |
| wusopen | T18: 2012 |
| wbritopen | T17: 2012 |
| evian | T44: 2013 |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | AJGA Player of the Year |
| year1 | 2007 |
| award2 | [Futures Tour |
| Rookie of the Year](futures-tour-rookie-of-the-year) | |
| year2 | 2008 |
| award3 | [Futures Tour |
| Player of the Year](futures-tour-player-of-the-year) | |
| year3 | 2008 |
| awardssection | |
| :: |
| name = Vicky Hurst | image = 2009 LPGA Championship - Vicky Hurst (2).jpg | imagesize = 250px | caption = Hurst at the 2009 LPGA Championship | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = | birth_place = Andrews AFB, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | nationality = | residence = Melbourne, Florida, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 2008 | retired = | tour = LPGA Tour (joined 2009) Symetra Tour (joined 2008) | extour = | prowins = 8 | lpgawins = | letwins = | jlpgawins = | klpgawins = | lagtwins = | alpgwins = | futwins = 8 | otherwins = | majorwins = | nabisco = T11: 2012 | lpga = T44: 2013 | wusopen = T18: 2012 | wbritopen = T17: 2012 | evian = T44: 2013 | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = AJGA Player of the Year | year1 = 2007 | award2 = Futures Tour Rookie of the Year | year2 = 2008 | award3 = Futures Tour Player of the Year | year3 = 2008 | awardssection = Vicky Hurst (born June 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107.
Childhood and family life
Hurst was born to a golfing family. While pregnant with Vicky, her mother Koko, a native Korean, was completing a round of golf at Andrews AFB near Washington, D.C. when her water broke on the 16th hole. | last = Tramel | first = Jimmie | title = Born to Play Golf | work = Tulsa World | date = 2008-05-22 | url = http://www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?subjectID=224&articleID=20080502_2_B6_hVick03830 | access-date = 2009-02-20 }} | title = Vicky Hurst Capsule Bio | work = Seoul Sisters | url = http://www.seoulsisters.com/players/misc/vicky.htm# | access-date = 2009-09-24 }} Although winning the round, Koko left to give birth to Vicky at the base's medical center. Her father, Joe, who met Koko while he was stationed in Korea in the 1980s, was a retired Air Force colonel. | last = Andrews | first = Dave | title = An LPGA Rookie to Keep Your Eye On In 2009 | work = Cybergolf | url = http://www.cybergolf.com/golf_news/an_lpga_rookie_to_keep_your_eye_on_in_2009 | access-date = 2009-02-20 }} He died suddenly of a massive stroke in April 2006 while Vicky, age 15, was practicing for the LPGA Ginn Open to which she had received a sponsor exemption. Hurst withdrew from the tournament and said she would dedicate the rest of her career to her father's memory. | last = Baldry | first = Beth Ann | title = Slideshow: Hurst ready for Futures | magazine = GolfWeek | date = 2008-03-12 | url = http://www.golfweek.com/protours/lpga/story/hurst-news-031208www.tulsaworld.com/sports/article.aspx?subjectID=224&articleID=20080502_2_B6_hVick03830 | access-date = 2009-02-20 }} Hurst was raised in Melbourne, Florida, where she attended Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy and graduated in June 2008, part-way through her Futures Tour rookie year. She has an older sister, Kelly, also an accomplished golfer, was a member of the University of Florida golf team, though she never played. | title = Slideshow: Hurst ready for Futures | work = Kelly O. Hurst roster profile | publisher = University of Florida women's golf team | url = http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2006&player_id=5 | access-date = 2009-02-20 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120513230143/http://www.gatorzone.com/golf/women/bios.php?year=2006&player_id=5 | archive-date = 2012-05-13 | url-status = dead
Amateur career
Hurst had a standout amateur career. In 2005, she won the Florida Women's State Golf Association Junior Girls' Championship, was named the FWSGA Junior Player of the Year and finished second at the Florida high school girls golf championship. In 2006, she was runner-up at the U.S. Girls' Junior and tied for second at the FWSGA Junior Girls' Championship. Also in 2006, she played in the U.S. Women's Open, less than two weeks after turning 16. | last = Konecky | first = Chuck | title = Player Profile: Vicky Hurst | publisher = SI.com | date = 2006-10-13 | url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/highschool/10/13/player.profile/index.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090219215443/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/highschool/10/13/player.profile/index.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 19 February 2009 | access-date = 2009-02-20 }} She was named Florida Junior Player of the Year in 2006-07 and qualified again for the U.S. Women's Open in 2007. In 2007, she won three American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events, and earned spots on the 2007 U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Team and Canon Cup, representing the East Team. She ended 2007 as the top-ranked amateur in the Polo Golf Rankings and was named the 2007 AJGA Player of the Year.
Professional career
In the fall of 2007 at the start of her senior year in high school, Hurst faced a choice between pursuing a college golf career, for which she was heavily recruited by coaches, and turning professional. She participated in, and won, the Futures Tour qualifying school in November. In December she announced that she would skip college and join the Futures Tour in 2008, while completing high school at the same time. She also received sponsor exemptions to three LPGA Tour events in 2008, missing the cut in two of the events and finishing tied for 21st in the third.
In 2008, she competed full-time on the Futures Tour, winning five times and setting a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107. She was named Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year and automatically qualified for full playing status on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season. Her first tournament as an LPGA member was the 2009 season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay at which she finished tied for 15th and led the field in driving distance. Hurst finished her rookie year leading the LPGA Tour in driving distance with an average distance of 272.5 yards.{{cite web | title = LPGA 2009 Stats | publisher = LPGA Tour | date = 2010-02-18 | url = http://www.lpga.com/player_stats.aspx?mid=4&pid=5 | access-date = 2010-04-05 }}
Hurst's endorsement contracts include Callaway Golf and Under Armour.{{cite web | title = Vicky Hurst | publisher = Callaway | url = http://www.callawaygolf.com/Global/en-US/TheTour/StaffPros/VickyHurst.html | access-date = 2010-04-05 | archive-date = 5 March 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100305012626/http://www.callawaygolf.com/Global/en-US/TheTour/StaffPros/VickyHurst.html | url-status = dead | title = Under Armour Signs LPGA Phenom Vicky Hurst | publisher = LPGA Tour | date = 2010-04-01 | url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=23627&mid=2 | access-date = 2010-04-05 }}
Professional wins (8)
Symetra Tour wins (8)
::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | title = Former Player Bios | publisher = LPGA Futures Tour | year = 2008 | url = http://www.lpgafuturestour.com/content/FormerPlayerBios/HurstVicky.html | access-date = 2011-09-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120224130643/http://www.lpgafuturestour.com/content/FormerPlayerBios/HurstVicky.html | archive-date = 2012-02-24 | url-status = dead | | 1 | Apr 27, 2008 | Jalapeno Golf Classic | 67-67-64=198 | −18 | 3 strokes | USA Ashley Prange | 11,900 | | 2 | Jun 17, 2008 | Michelob Ultra Futures Players Championship | 69-70-68-65=272 | −8 | 4 strokes | AUS Sarah Jane Kenyon | 16,100 | | 3 | Jun 29, 2008 | Horseshoe Casino Classic at Lost Marsh Golf Course | 70-76-67=213 | −3 | 1 stroke | KOR Jin Young Pak | 12,600 | | 4 | Jul 13, 2008 | CIGNA Golf Classic | 68-73-68=209 | −7 | 8 strokes | USA Natalie Sheary | 11,200 | | 5 | Oct 19, 2008 | Duramed Invitational | 71-69-71=211 | −8 | 1 stroke | SCO Vikki Laing | 21,0001 | | 6 | Aug 16, 2015 | W. B. Mason Championship | 67-65-68=200 | −13 | 3 strokes | USA Brittany Benvenuto, MEX Alejandra Llaneza | 16,500 | | 7 | Sep 20, 2015 | Garden City Charity Classic | 70-66-72=208 | −8 | 2 strokes | JER Olivia Jordan-Higgins | 15,000 | | 8 | May 13, 2018 | Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women's Health Classic | 71-70-71-67=279 | −9 | 1 stroke | PHL Dottie Ardina | 30,000 | ::
1 unofficial victory and earnings
Futures Tour majors are shown in bold.
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2015. ::data[format=table]
| Tournament | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | T44 | T41 | T11 | T55 | CUT | |||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T54 | CUT | CUT | T44 | CUT | CUT | |||||
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T41 | T45 | T18 | CUT | |||||
| Women's British Open | T28 | T31 | T28 | T17 | CUT | 75 | ||||||
| The Evian Championship ^ | T44 | CUT | ||||||||||
| :: |
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Summary
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| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |||||||||
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| :: |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2009 British Open – 2011 Kraft Nabisco)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 0
LPGA Tour career summary
::data[format=table] | Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | 80.00 | n/a | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | 74.50 | n/a | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T21 | 19,864 | n/a | 72.75 | n/a | | 2009 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | T5 | 305,773 | 44 | 71.76 | 30 | | 2010 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 409,655 | 28 | 72.79 | 62 | | 2011 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T5 | 201,425 | 45 | 72.99 | 65 | | 2012 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 401,457 | 35 | 72.95 | 71 | | 2013 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T17 | 135,119 | 74 | 72.69 | 77 | | 2014 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T65 | 2,939 | 162 | 75.95 | 156 | | 2015 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | 75.70 | n/a | | 2016 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T10 | 85,991 | 101 | 73.07 | 122 | | 2017 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T31 | 60,471 | 125 | 72.43 | 124 | | 2018 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T53 | 10,995 | 160 | 74.79 | 162 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | – | n/a | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | 75.33 | n/a | | 2021 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T35 | 13,388 | 164 | 73.40 | n/a | | 2022 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4,660 | 195 | 73.17 | n/a | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | MC | 0 | n/a | 76.50 | n/a | ::
- official through the 2023 season
- Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
Futures Tour career summary
::data[format=table] | Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 2008 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 93,107 | 1 | 70.28 | 1 | ::
^ Does not include victory and $21,000 won at Duramed Invitational, an unofficial event after the season on October 19.
Team appearances
Amateur
- Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2006
- Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007
Professional
- Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2011
Solheim Cup record
::data[format=table] | Year | Total matches | Total W-L-H | Singles W-L-H | Foursomes W-L-H | Fourballs W-L-H | Points won | Points % | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Career | 2 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 | 1.0 | 50.0 | | 2011 | 2 | 1-1-0 | 1-0-0 def. M. Reid 2 up | 0-0-0 | 0-1-0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 5&4 | 1.0 | 50.0 | ::
References
References
- "Vicky Hurst – Results". LPGA.
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