Former University of Colorado golfer Jenny Coleman will make her debut as an LPGA Tour member this week as she’s in the field for the Lotte Championship that runs Wednesday through Saturday in Oahu, Hawaii.
The tournament features a $2 million purse and the 144-golfer field includes 80 of the top 100 players in the world.
Coleman, who played for the Buffs from 2010-14, earned conditional LPGA Tour status for 2017 by finishing 29th in the third and final stage of Tour qualifying in December in Daytona Beach, Fla. The 24-year-old from Rolling Hills Estates, Calif., is the only player with strong Colorado ties to have LPGA Tour privileges in 2017. She’s also the first former CU golfer to earn LPGA Tour status.
Although the Lotte Championship will be Coleman’s first tournament as an LPGA Tour member, she did compete in the 2015 U.S. Women’s Open, missing the 36-hole cut by three. Last year, she ended up 31st on the Symetra Tour money list, placing in the top 10 three times, with third-place her best showing.
Waiting for her first LPGA Tour start this year, Coleman finished 14th last week in the Symetra Tour’s POC Med Golf Classic.
(April 14 Update: Coleman missed the cut at the Lotte Championship, posting back-to-back rounds of 4-over-par 76.)
