By Carey Van Lue

Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational

Midland Country Club | Midland, MI | July 19-22, 2023

In The Winner’s Circle with Cheyenne Knight

July 22, 2023

Hometown/Resides: The Woodlands, Texas/Aledo, Texas

Birthdate: January 22, 1997; currently 26 years and six months

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished T27 at the inaugural LPGA Q-Series to earn Priority List Category 14 status for the 2019 season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2018/2019
Caddie: Chad Payne

VICTORIES

LPGA: Second career victory 

PREVIOUS LPGA TOUR WINS: 2019 Ascendant LPGA benefitting Volunteers of America

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Knight earns 410 points in the Race to the CME Globe

MONEY
With her win, Knight earns $328,115 ($656,230 split between the winners); she has earned $801,116 this season and $2,365,429 in her career

2023 LPGA TOUR PERFORMANCE
13 events played, 13 cuts made; $801,116 earned with one win and two additional top-10 finishes

OF NOTE

• Knight earns her second career victory
  • Her first came at the 2019 Ascendant LPGA benefitting Volunteers of America
  • It has been 1,388 days since her last win
• Knight earns her fourth top-10 finish of the 2023 season and the 11th of her career
• Knight was the 54-hole leader following Saturday’s third round
  • It was the second time she has held a 54-hole lead in her LPGA Tour career
    • She last held a 54-hole lead at the 2023 JM Eagle LA Championship presented by Plastpro
• She is the first native Texan to win on the LPGA Tour since Angela Stanford at the 2020 The Ascendant LPGA
• Her and Szokol win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in their third start as a team at this event
  • They finished T4 in 2022 and missed the cut in 2021
• They become the second American duo to win this event, joining defending champions Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas
• Knight crosses the $500,000 threshold in Official Money for the second time in her career
• Her and Szokol become the Tour’s 14th and 15th different winners this season and the fourth and fifth from the United States (Corpuz, Vu and Zhang)
• This is her fifth season on the LPGA Tour
  • She has one win and six additional top-10 finishes in her LPGA Tour career

In The Winner’s Circle with Elizabeth Szokol

July 22, 2023

Hometown/Resides: Winnetka, Ill./Tampa, Fla.

Birthdate: June 16, 1994; currently 29 years, 1 month and 6 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Finished fourth on the Epson Tour Official Money List to earn membership for the 2019 LPGA Tour season

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2018/2019
Caddie: Sarah Butler

VICTORIES

LPGA: First career victory 

PREVIOUS EPSON TOUR WINS: 2018 IOA Invitational

RACE TO THE CME GLOBE
With her win, Szokol earns 410 points in the Race to the CME Globe

MONEY
With her win, Szokol earns $328,115 ($656,230 split between the winners); she has earned $408,497 this season and $1,287,628 in her career

2023 LPGA TOUR PERFORMANCE
12 events played, seven cuts made; $408,497 earned with one win and one additional top-10 finish

OF NOTE

• Szokol becomes the seventh Rolex First-Time Winner of the season joining Lilia Vu (Honda LPGA Thailand), Ruoning Yin (DIO Implant LA Open), Grace Kim (LOTTE Championship), Rose Zhang (Mizuho Americas Open), Allisen Corpuz (U.S. Women’s Open) and Linn Grant (Dana Open)
• Szokol earns her first career win in her 82nd start
• Szokol earns her second top-10 finish in 2023 and her seventh career top-10 finish
• Her and Knight win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational in their third start as a team at this event
  • They finished T4 in 2022 and missed the cut in 2021
• They become the second American duo to win this event, joining defending champions Jennifer Kupcho and Lizette Salas
• Szokol crosses the $1 million mark in career earnings with $1,287,628
• Her and Knight are the Tour’s 14th and 15th different winners this season and the fourth and fifth from the United States (Corpuz, Vu and Zhang)

LPGA 2023 Dow Invitational Michigan winners Cheyenne Knight & Elizabeth Szokol July 17-22.mp3

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