Paige Mackenzie is a professional golfer

Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

 currently playing on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Early years

Born and raised in Yakima

Yakima, Washington

Yakima is an American city southeast of Mount Rainier National Park and the county seat of Yakima County, Washington, United States, and the eighth largest city by population in the state itself. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 91,196 and a metropolitan population of...

, Washington, Mackenzie is a 2001 graduate of Eisenhower High School

Eisenhower High School (Yakima, Washington)

Dwight David Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Washington is a school named after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. It is one of four high schools in the Yakima School District with the others being Davis High School, Stanton Academy and O.I.C. Alternative...

, where she was selected as a first-team All-Big-9 selection all four seasons. She was named the 2000 Girl Golfer of the Year for both the Washington Junior Golf Association and the Pacific Northwest Golf Association. By the time she graduated from high school, Mackenzie had posted five top-10 finishes in national tournaments, claiming one championship.

Collegiate career

Mackenzie continued her successful amateur career at the University of Washington

University of Washington

University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...

 in Seattle, where she graduated in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in business.
She recorded 22 top-10 finishes during her collegiate career, placing her first on the Huskies

Washington Huskies

Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The school is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The athletic program is made up of 9 men's sports and 10 women's sports Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The...

' all-time list. Additionally, Mackenzie was one of eight women selected to represent the U.S. at the 2006 Curtis Cup

Curtis Cup

The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...

. Among her numerous amateur awards and achievements, Mackenzie was T13 at the 2005 U.S. Women's Open

2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship

The 2005 U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship was contested from June 23 to June 26 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. It was the 60th edition of the U.S. Women's Open....

, was named the 2005 Pacific Northwest Golf Association’s Women’s Player of the Year, and won both the match play and stroke play competitions of the 2005 Trans National Championship. Mackenzie finished her senior year ranked as the No. 1 amateur in the nation by Golfweek

Golfweek

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.

Professional career

Mackenzie turned professional in September 2006 and won exempt status for the 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...

 season with a T12 finish at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...

 in December 2006.

She carded three Top-25 finishes in her 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...

 campaign, including a 23rd place finish at the Corona Morelia Championship, a 22nd place finish at The P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship presented by John Q. Hammons and a T24 finish at the Safeway Classic. Mackenzie started 2008 by winning the Sharp Open on the Cactus Tour.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2005	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	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T34	T57
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	CUT	T23	CUT	T20
U.S. Women's Open	T13	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T55	DNP
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	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT

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 ($ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... )	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2005 2005 LPGA Tour The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	1	1	0	0	0	0	T13	n.a.	n.a.	73.25	n.a.
2006 2006 LPGA Tour The 2006 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2006. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association...	51	3	0	0	0	0	T23	12,046	n.a.	73.29	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...	19	9	0	0	0	0	T17	49,104	118	73.87	106
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...	17	8	0	0	0	0	T22	78,807	120	73.11	97
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 ....	16	10	0	0	0	1	T8	140,671	69	72.23	45
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...	16	9	0	0	0	0	T34	58,988	93	73.54	98
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...	16	11	0	0	0	1	T9	177,925	47	72.35	38

¹ - first three of the five LPGA events played in 2006 were as an amateur

• official as of October 23, 2011

External links

• Go Huskies.com - UW athletics - women's golf - profile - Paige Mackenzie