Austin Ernst, winner of the LPGA Drive On Championship event

Hometown/Resides: Seneca, South Carolina/Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Birthdate: January 31, 1992; currently 29 years, 1 month and 7 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished 14th at the 2012 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to first earn LPGA Tour membership

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2012/2013

LPGA: Third career victory
PREVIOUS WINS: 2014 Cambia Portland Classic, 2020 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship presented by P&G

With her win, Ernst earns 500 points and is projected to move from 32nd to third with 551 points

With her win, Ernst earns $225,000; she has earned $245,466 this season and $4,127,272 in her career

Three events played, two cuts made, $245,466 earned; one win, one additional top-20 finish

Seventeen events played, 14 cuts made, $771,092 earned; one win, three additional top-10 finishes

Ernst hit 10 of 14 fairways and 12 greens in regulation, with 28 putts
With the win, Ernst surpasses the $4 million threshold in career earnings ($4,127,272)
Her 72-hole total 273 is the sixth lowest of her career; she carded a 266 at the 2013 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic
Becomes the third American to win on the LPGA Tour in 2021, joining Jessica Korda (Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions) and Nelly Korda (Gainbridge LPGA)
This is Ernst’s third event of the 2021 season; her previous best finish was T17 at the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions presented by Insurance Office of America
Ernst is in her ninth season on the LPGA Tour; she has three career wins with the first two at the 2014 Cambia Portland Classic and 2020 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship pres. by P&G
She was a member of Team USA at the 2017 Solheim Cup with a 2-2-0 overall record
Her brother Drew played collegiate golf at Coastal Carolina University and caddies for Ernst
Hosts the annual Austin Ernst Charity Pro-Am event to benefit Safe Harbor, a domestic violence shelter
Won the 2011 NCAA Championships individual title at LSU; graduated in 2014 with a degree in Business Management
Her father Mark is the General Manager and Director of Golf at Cross Creek Plantation in South Carolina and taught Ernst to play

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