María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Amateur career Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Amanda Blumenherst 1 up. She is the only player from Latin America to have won this championship. Uribe tied for tenth and low amateur at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open and won the 2008 Mexican International Amateur. She played college golf at UCLA, and was an All-American First Team selection in 2008 and 2009.
Professional career Uribe left UCLA in the spring of 2009 to return to her native Colombia. Prior to the 2009 U.S. Women's Open, Uribe ended her amateur status and competed in the tournament as a professional.
Uribe joined the Futures Tour in July 2009 and competed in the ING New England Golf Classic, finishing in a tie for 15th place. At the end of the year she qualified for both LPGA and LET membership for 2010 on her first attempt.
On 29 May 2011, Uribe won the HSBC Brazil Cup, an unofficial LPGA event, defeating Lindsey Wright by one stroke.
Uribe won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and the silver medal at the 2014 South American Games. Uribe won the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
Uribe retired following the 2024 season.
Amateur wins 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur 2008 Mexican International Amateur
Professional wins (2) Ladies European Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-up131 Mar 2024Women's NSW Open^67-65-70=202−141 stroke Bronte Law ^Co-sanctioned with the WPGA Tour of Australasia
Other wins (1) 2011 HSBC Brazil Cup (unofficial LPGA Tour event)
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Chevron ChampionshipT58T47U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT10LAT48T55Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT67CUTT30Women's British OpenT75T69CUT
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024Chevron ChampionshipT32T34T64T65CUTCUTT61U.S. Women's OpenT17T30CUTCUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT53CUTCUTT64CUTCUTT48CUTThe Evian ChampionshipT67T10T38CUTCUTT59T55Women's British OpenT22CUTCUTCUTT50T67CUT
LA = low amateur CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 7U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 1 2 11 5Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 5Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 5Totals 0 0 0 0 2 4 49 27 Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (twice) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank2006Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2006 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.100000MCn/a76.00n/a2007Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2007 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.100000MCn/a76.00n/a2008Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2008 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.430001T10n/a73.50n/a2009Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2009 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.330001T838,3811n/a72.91n/a201015100001T7 101,0137073.087820111460000T2934,30010373.87102201219140001T7196,3606072.0335201324160001T8197,8396272.8084201426180003T9385,3134371.69412015272000133333,9935672.0861201627170003T4291,2516372.3280201722110000T11110,2969872.35116201825150002T7207,1317772.36106201918100000T11141,3349372.001002020310000T457,73815773.50n/a2021310000T772,72518774.00n/a2022910000T286,6681910.00n/a20231670000T2765,02314772.721362024300000MC0n/a74.67n/a 1 Uribe played the first of her three events in 2009 as an amateur. Official through the 2024 season
Team appearances Amateur Espirito Santo Trophy (representing Colombia): 2006, 2008
References
External links
Profile on the Colombian Golf Federation's official site (archived) Mariajo Uribe Rookie Blog