Lauren Elizabeth Coughlin (born September 27, 1992) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. In 2024, she won the Canadian Women's Open and the Women's Scottish Open.
Early life and amateur career Coughlin was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Chesapeake, Virginia. She started playing golf at the age of seven, and was named the Chesapeake Scholar Athlete in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She became the first female to play four years on the Hickory High School boys team, and finished runner-up in the Girls Championship of the Virginia State Golf Association in 2009 and 2010.
She won the Virginia Women's Amateur back-to-back in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, she won the Virginia Women's Stroke Play Championship.
Coughlin attended the University of Virginia, first as a walk-on, between 2011 and 2016, where she was named All-American and was 2016 ACC individual champion. After winning the ACC Championship, she moved to 31st in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.
Professional career Coughlin turned professional in 2016 and started playing on the Symetra Tour, where she won the 2018 PHC Classic in Wisconsin. The win earned her a start in her first major, the 2018 Evian Championship. She joined the LPGA Tour in 2018 after securing her card by finishing in a tie for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
In 2022, Coughlin made 13 cuts in 23 starts with a season-best result a tie for sixth at the LPGA Mediheal Championship. In 2023, she made 15 cuts in 23 starts with her best finish a tie for sixth at the CPKC Women's Open in Canada.
In March 2024, Coughlin revealed that her husband John Pond, a former University of Virginia football player, had quit his job to begin an apprenticeship caddying for her full time. A few weeks later she led the 2024 Chevron Championship by two strokes ahead of Nelly Korda after the first round, ultimately finishing in a tie for 3rd, trailing only Korda and Maja Stark. In July 2024, Coughlin won the 2024 CPKC Women's Open. In August 2024, she won the 2024 ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open. In November 2024, Coughlin won Rolex First-Time Winners award.
Amateur wins 2012 Virginia Women's Amateur Championship 2013 Virginia Women's Amateur Championship 2014 Virginia Women's Stroke Play Championship 2016 ACC Championship
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Professional wins (5) LPGA Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Jul 28, 2024CPKC Women's Open275−132 strokes Mao Saigo2Aug 18, 2024ISPS Handa Women's Scottish Open^273−154 strokes Esther Henseleit3Apr 5, 2026Aramco Championship^281–75 strokes Nelly Korda Leona Maguire ^Co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour
Symetra Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner-up1Aug 12, 2018PHC Classic200−161 stroke Dottie Ardina
Other wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Dec 14, 2025Grant Thornton Invitational(with Andrew Novak)−28 (57-68-63=188)3 strokes Michael Brennan and Charley Hull, Chris Gotterup and Jennifer Kupcho, Nelly Korda and Denny McCarthy
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTT3T18T55U.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT14Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT16T15T24CUTCUTThe Evian ChampionshipCUTNTCUTCUT4CUTCUTWomen's British OpenCUTCUTCUTT13T16
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2017200000CUTn/an/a74.50n/a20181840000T5012,62515473.811542019100000CUT0n/a 74.50n/a2020520000T3411,21314972.23n/a 20211490000T16116,11310670.6330202223 12 0001T8299,9907671.5181202323150002T6427,2566971.215520242519201812,062,8221070.431020252217011521,009,6964370.6130Totals^131 (2018) 78 (2018) 2 1 2 16 1 3,939,715 131 ^ Official as of 2025 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 Worldranking Source 2017 889 2018 452 2019 431 2020 409 2021 270 2022 166 2023 109 2024 15 2025 22
U.S. national team appearances Professional Solheim Cup: 2024 (winners), 2026 International Crown: 2025
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career43–0–10–0–12–0–01–0–03.587.5202443–0–10–0–1 halved w/ M. Stark2–0–0 won w/ R. Zhang 3&2won w/ L. Thompson 4&31–0–0 won w/ S. Schmelzel 3&23.587.5
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