María José Uribe Durán is a professional golf

Golf

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er from Colombia

Colombia

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, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Uribe was born in Girón, Santander

Girón, Santander

Girón is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia....

. At age 17, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Amanda Blumenherst

Amanda Blumenherst

Amanda Blumenherst is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She was a three-time National Player of the Year at Duke University and won the U.S. Women's Amateur title in 2008....

 1 up. She is the only player from Latin America to have won this championship. Uribe played college golf at UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...

, where she was an All-American First Team selection in 2008 and 2009.

Professional career

Uribe left UCLA in the spring of 2009 to return to her native Colombia. Prior to the 2009 U.S. Women's Open

2009 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 2009 United States Women's Open Golf Championship was the 64th U.S. Women's Open, and was played from July 9–12, 2009. It was the first U.S. Open to be played at Saucon Valley Country Club....

, Uribe ended her amateur status and competed in the tournament as a professional.

Uribe joined the Duramed Futures Tour in July 2009 and competed in the ING New England Golf Classic, finishing in a tie for 15th place. In 2010 she earned both LPGA and LET membership on her first attempt.

On 29 May 2011, Uribe won the HSBC Brazil Cup, an unofficial LPGA event, defeating Lindsey Wright

Lindsey Wright

Lindsey Elizabeth Wright is an Australian professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour. She earned exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season in 2005, and has been competing full time on the Tour since.-Personal life:...

 by one stroke.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...	DNP	DNP	T58	DNP	DNP	T47
LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T67	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	T10LA	T48	DNP	T55
Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...	DNP	DNP	T75	DNP	T69	DNP

LA = Low Amateur

DNP = did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2006 2007 LPGA Tour The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	n/a	n/a	n/a
2007 2007 LPGA Tour The 2007 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2007. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	n/a	n/a	n/a
2008 2008 LPGA Tour The 2008 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through December 2008. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	4	3	0	0	0	1	T10	--	n/a	73.50	n/a
2009 2009 LPGA Tour The 2009 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that took place from February through November 2009. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association ....	3	3	0	0	0	1	T8	24,9001	n/a	72.91	n/a
2010 2010 LPGA Tour The 2010 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 13, 2010 and ended in Florida on December 5, 2010...	15	10	0	0	0	1	T7	101,013	70	73.08	78
2011 2011 LPGA Tour The 2011 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world that began in Thailand on February 17, 2011 and had its last official event end on November 20, 2011 in Florida...	10	4	0	0	0	0	T29	22,107	99	74.33	T121

• Official as of 5 August 2011
  

¹ Uribe played the first of the her three events in 2009 as an amateur.

External links

• Profile on the Colombian Golf Federation's official site
• Mariajo Uribe Rookie Blog