Vicky Hurst

She turned professional as a 17-year-old in 2008, while still in high school. Playing on the Futures Tour that year, she won five times and set a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107.

Childhood and family life

Hurst was born to a golfing family. While pregnant with Vicky, her mother Koko, a native Korean, was completing a round of golf at Andrews AFB near Washington, D.C. when her water broke on the 16th hole.^[1]^[2] Although winning the round, Koko left to give birth to Vicky at the base's medical center.^[2] Her father, Joe, who met Koko while he was stationed in Korea in the 1980s, was a retired Air Force colonel.^[3] He died suddenly of a massive stroke in April 2006 while Vicky, age 15, was practicing for the LPGA Ginn Open to which she had received a sponsor exemption. Hurst withdrew from the tournament and said she would dedicate the rest of her career to her father's memory.^[4] Hurst was raised in Melbourne, Florida, where she attended Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy and graduated in June 2008, part-way through her Futures Tour rookie year.^[3] She has an older sister, Kelly, also an accomplished golfer, was a member of the University of Florida golf team, though she never played.^[5]

Amateur career

Hurst had a standout amateur career. In 2005, she won the Florida Women's State Golf Association Junior Girls' Championship, was named the FWSGA Junior Player of the Year and finished second at the Florida high school girls golf championship. In 2006, she was runner-up at the U.S. Girls' Junior and tied for second at the FWSGA Junior Girls' Championship. Also in 2006, she played in the U.S. Women's Open, less than two weeks after turning 16.^[6] She was named Florida Junior Player of the Year in 2006-07 and qualified again for the U.S. Women's Open in 2007. In 2007, she won three American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events, and earned spots on the 2007 U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Team and Canon Cup, representing the East Team. She ended 2007 as the top-ranked amateur in the Polo Golf Rankings and was named the 2007 AJGA Player of the Year.

Professional career

In the fall of 2007 at the start of her senior year in high school, Hurst faced a choice between pursuing a college golf career, for which she was heavily recruited by coaches, and turning professional. She participated in, and won, the Futures Tour qualifying school in November. In December she announced that she would skip college and join the Futures Tour in 2008, while completing high school at the same time.^[7] She also received sponsor exemptions to three LPGA Tour events in 2008, missing the cut in two of the events and finishing tied for 21st in the third.

In 2008, she competed full-time on the Futures Tour, winning five times and setting a Tour record for single season earnings with $93,107. She was named Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year and automatically qualified for full playing status on the LPGA Tour for the 2009 season. Her first tournament as an LPGA member was the 2009 season-opening SBS Open at Turtle Bay at which she finished tied for 15th and led the field in driving distance. Hurst finished her rookie year leading the LPGA Tour in driving distance with an average distance of 272.5 yards.^[8]

Hurst's endorsement contracts include Callaway Golf and Under Armour.^[9]^[10]

Professional wins (8)

Symetra Tour wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's^[11] share ($)
1	Apr 27, 2008	Jalapeno Golf Classic	67-67-64=198	−18	3 strokes	Ashley Prange	11,900
2	Jun 17, 2008	Michelob Ultra Futures Players Championship	69-70-68-65=272	−8	4 strokes	Sarah Jane Kenyon	16,100
3	Jun 29, 2008	Horseshoe Casino Classic at Lost Marsh Golf Course	70-76-67=213	−3	1 stroke	Jin Young Pak	12,600
4	Jul 13, 2008	CIGNA Golf Classic	68-73-68=209	−7	8 strokes	Natalie Sheary	11,200
5	Oct 19, 2008	Duramed Invitational	71-69-71=211	−8	1 stroke	Vikki Laing	21,000¹
6	Aug 16, 2015	W. B. Mason Championship	67-65-68=200	−13	3 strokes	Brittany Benvenuto, Alejandra Llaneza	16,500
7	Sep 20, 2015	Garden City Charity Classic	70-66-72=208	−8	2 strokes	Olivia Jordan-Higgins	15,000
8	May 13, 2018	Self Regional Healthcare Foundation Women's Health Classic	71-70-71-67=279	−9	1 stroke	Dottie Ardina	30,000

¹ unofficial victory and earnings
Futures Tour majors are shown in bold.

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2016	2017
ANA Inspiration					T44	T41	T11	T55	CUT
Women's PGA Championship				CUT	T54	CUT	CUT	T44		CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	CUT		T41	T45	T18	CUT
Women's British Open				T28	T31	T28	T17	CUT		75
The Evian Championship ^								T44		CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	1	5	4
Women's PGA Championship	0	7	2
U.S. Women's Open	1	7	3
Women's British Open	1	6	5
The Evian Championship	0	2	1
Totals	3	27	15

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (2009 British Open – 2011 Kraft Nabisco)
Longest streak of top-10s – 0

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	2nd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2006	1	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	80.00	n/a
2007	2	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	74.50	n/a
2008	3	1	0	0	T21	19,864	n/a	72.75	n/a
2009	26	21	0	3	T5	305,773	44	71.76	30
2010	24	19	1	1	2	409,655	28	72.79	62
2011	23	17	0	1	T5	201,425	45	72.99	65
2012	27	18	0	3	4	401,457	35	72.95	71
2013	25	17	0	0	T17	135,119	74	72.69	77
2014	11	1	0	0	T65	2,939	162	75.95	156
2015	6	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	75.70	n/a
2016	21	8	0	1	T10	85,991	101	73.07	122
2017	20	8	0	0	T31	60,471	125	72.43	124
2018	11	3	0	0	T53	10,995	160	74.79	162
2019	1	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	–	n/a
2020	3	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	75.33	n/a
2021	6	4	0	0	T35	13,388	164	73.40	n/a
2022	4	1	0	0	38	4,660	195	73.17	n/a
2023	1	0	0	0	MC	0	n/a	76.50	n/a

official through the 2023 season^[12]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

Futures Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2008	13	13	4	3	0	9	1	93,107	1	70.28	1

^ Does not include victory and $21,000 won at Duramed Invitational, an unofficial event after the season on October 19.

Team appearances

Amateur

Junior Ryder Cup (representing the United States): 2006
Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2011

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points won	Points %
Career	2	1-1-0	1-0-0	0-0-0	0-1-0	1.0	50.0
2011	2	1-1-0	1-0-0 def. M. Reid 2 up	0-0-0	0-1-0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 5&4	1.0	50.0

References

^ Tramel, Jimmie (22 May 2008). "Born to Play Golf". Tulsa World. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Vicky Hurst Capsule Bio". Seoul Sisters. Retrieved 24 September 2009.
^ ^a ^b Andrews, Dave. "An LPGA Rookie to Keep Your Eye On In 2009". Cybergolf. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ Baldry, Beth Ann (12 March 2008). "Slideshow: Hurst ready for Futures". GolfWeek. Retrieved 20 February 2009.^{[dead link]}
^ "Slideshow: Hurst ready for Futures". Kelly O. Hurst roster profile. University of Florida women's golf team. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ Konecky, Chuck (13 October 2006). "Player Profile: Vicky Hurst". SI.com. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ Baldry, Beth Ann (4 December 2007). "Hurst to skip college, turn pro". GolfWeek. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ "LPGA 2009 Stats". LPGA Tour. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Vicky Hurst". Callaway. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Under Armour Signs LPGA Phenom Vicky Hurst". LPGA Tour. 1 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
^ "Former Player Bios". LPGA Futures Tour. 2008. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Vicky Hurst – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

External links

Vicky Hurst at the LPGA Tour official site
Vicky Hurst at the Epson Tour official site
Vicky Hurst at the LPGA Futures Tour official site (archived)
Vicky Hurst at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
Vicky Hurst at Seoul Sisters website
Vicky Hurst on Twitter

v t e United States Solheim Cup team – 2011
Paula Creamer Vicky Hurst Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Ryann O'Toole Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Rosie Jones (non-playing captain) Juli Inkster (playing assistant captain) Sherri Steinhauer (non-playing assistant captain)
Lost: 13–15

This page was last edited on 19 December 2023, at 21:39

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