Marina Dee Alex (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Early life and education Raised in Wayne, New Jersey, Alex played interscholastic golf at Wayne Hills High School, where she won individual state titles in 2007 and 2008.Mattura, Greg. "Marina Alex returns to Jersey playing best golf of her career", July 7, 2017. Accessed May 18, 2020. "In April, Marina Alex had a hole-in-one while competing with friends, her first in more than a decade. In May, the Wayne native and LPGA veteran earned her first hole-in-one on the Tour.... Alex, 26, is excited about her return to her native state, where she won back-to-back state titles for Wayne Hills High School."NJSIAA Girls Golf Tournament Of Champions History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 18, 2020.
Alex played college golf at Vanderbilt University. She won one tournament, the 2010 SEC Championship. She qualified for the 2009 U.S. Women's Open as an amateur but missed the cut.
Career Alex turned professional in 2012 following the NCAA Championship. She played on the Symetra Tour in 2012 and 2013 with a best finish of second at the 2013 Four Winds Invitational. She finished third on the money list in 2013 to earn an LPGA Tour card for 2014.
Alex has played on the LPGA Tour since 2014 and won her first event at the 2018 Cambia Portland Classic.
She won for the second time on May 1, 2022, with a 10-under-par 274, beating the number 1 ranked Ko Jin-young by one stroke, both shooting a final round 66. Lydia Ko and Megan Khang tied for third at 276. She was ranked 61st in the world before her win, and earned 53 points for a gain of 33 rankings to 28 on May 2, 2022.
Alex retired following the 2024 season.
Amateur wins 2010 SEC Women's Championship
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Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMarginof victoryRunner-upWinner'sshare ($)1Sep 2, 2018Cambia Portland Classic62-71-71-65=269−194 strokes Georgia Hall195,0002May 1, 2022Palos Verdes Championship70-68-70-66=274−101 stroke Ko Jin-young225,000
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12024Toto Japan Classic Rio TakedaLost to birdie on sixth extra hole
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order before 2023.
Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019Chevron ChampionshipT51T56T21T25T71Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT53T26T25T18T37U.S. Women's OpenCUTT20CUTT11T27CUTThe Evian Championship ^ T29T38T52T265816Women's British OpenT9T36T60T43T28T16 Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024Chevron ChampionshipT32CUTT35T28T30U.S. Women's OpenT26T51T48Women's PGA ChampionshipT33CUTCUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^NTT35T69CUTCUTWomen's British OpenT14T55T41CUTCUT ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 9U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 6Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 6The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 8Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 1 3 11 9Totals 0 0 0 0 1 10 50 38 Most consecutive cuts made – 13 (2016 British – 2019 ANA) Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (once)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2012110000T40n/an/a71.67n/a2013300000CUTn/an/a73.33n/a201425150001T9224,3306572.0659201524150001T9182,9677173.07110201626190003T6282,9726571.6350201725210016T3699,8952770.2919201824201T2T361901,3221770.54192019242100153609,2903770.67232020760002T4225,8825270.9614202120150001T7295,6066471.36692022232010051665,8784470.8240202321130000T12226,3609571.94972024251601052719,8555771.1847Totals^247 181 2 2 2 35 1 5,034,357 92 ^ Official as of 2024 season * Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Ranking Source 2012 476 2013 428 2014 149 2015 150 2016 113 2017 47 2018 26 2019 33 2020 42 2021 61 2022 40 2023 122 2024 81
Team appearances Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2019
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career41–1–2 0–1–0 1–0–1 0–0–1 250.0201941–1–20–1–0 lost to S. Pettersen 1 dn1–0–1 halved w/ M. Pressel won w/ M. Pressel 2&10–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson250.0
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