Alena Sharp
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| Alena Sharp | |||
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| File:2009 Women's British Open – Alena Sharp (4).jpg Sharp in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | March 7, 1981 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Sporting nationality | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | ||
| Residence | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | ||
| Career | |||
| College | New Mexico State University | ||
| Turned professional | 2003 | ||
| Current tours | LPGA Tour (joined 2005) Symetra Tour (2004–05, 2013–14) | ||
| Professional wins | 9 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Epson Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 8 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T17: 2019 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T22: 2016 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T21: 2016 | ||
| Women's British Open | T22: 2020 | ||
| Evian Championship | T37: 2018 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Alena Sharp (born March 7, 1981) is a Canadian professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. A graduate of New Mexico State University, where she played on the golf team, Sharp turned professional in 2003, playing two seasons on the Futures Tour and on other minor tours before joining the LPGA Tour in 2005.
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In 2017, Sharp came out as a lesbian woman.[1]
Professional wins (10)
[edit | edit source]Epson Tour wins (2)
[edit | edit source]Canadian Women's Tour (2)
[edit | edit source]- 2004 (1) Canadian PGA Women's Championship
- 2005 (1) Canadian PGA Women's Championship
West Coast Ladies Golf Tour (4)
[edit | edit source]- 2004 (4) Inland Empire Open, The International, Estrella Summer Classic, Vistal Classic
Cactus Tour (2)
[edit | edit source]- 2009 (2) two wins
Team appearances
[edit | edit source]Amateur
- Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Canada): 2000
Professional
- World Cup (representing Canada): 2008
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Alena Sharp at the LPGA Tour official site
- Alena Sharp at the LPGA Futures Tour official site (archived)
- Alena Sharp at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
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Categories:
- Canadian female golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Olympic golfers for Canada
- Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Golfers at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Golfers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in golf
- LGBTQ golfers
- Golf people from Ontario
- Sportswomen from Ontario
- New Mexico State University alumni
- Canadian lesbian sportswomen
- Sportspeople from Hamilton, Ontario
- 1981 births
- Living people
- 21st-century Canadian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen