Rising senior earns honor as the top ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. & ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND – Wake Forest women’s golf rising senior Jennifer Kupcho won the 2018 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings after the final elite event of the year. She is the first American woman to receive the honor since the female award was established in 2011.
“It’s a really big honor to get this medal,” said Kupcho. “Obviously it’s been a long stretch of hard work, and it’s great to see it pay off and to have the pride of coming out on top. I’m looking forward to the next college season.”
The honor caps a stellar 2017-18 season for Kupcho, who became Wake Forest’s first women’s golfer to receive national player of the year honors when she won the Honda Award. Her historic year was highlighted with her victory at the 2018 NCAA Championship. Her junior season featured four victories and two other top-5 finishes as she finished under par in a school-record eight events. Her scoring average of 70.60 set a school record, breaking the previous mark of 70.61 that she set during her sophomore season. Kupcho tied her own school 54-hole scoring record with a 15-under performance to win the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, which included a school-record 8-under 64 in the second round.
This summer she has helped the United States to victories at the Curtis Cup and Palmer Cup. After receiving an exemption into the LPGA Marathon Classic in July, she posted a T-16th finish while competing as an amateur.
The USGA and The R&A co-award the McCormack Medal annually. It is named after Mark H. McCormack, who founded sports marketing company IMG and was a great supporter of amateur golf.
With the honor, Kupcho will be awarded exemptions into the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open and Women’s British Open, if she remains an amateur.
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. & ST. ANDREWS, SCOTLAND – Wake Forest women’s golf rising senior Jennifer Kupcho won the 2018 Mark H. McCormack Medal as the top-ranked player in the World Amateur Golf Rankings after the final elite event of the year. She is the first American woman to receive the honor since the female award was established in 2011.
“It’s a really big honor to get this medal,” said Kupcho. “Obviously it’s been a long stretch of hard work, and it’s great to see it pay off and to have the pride of coming out on top. I’m looking forward to the next college season.”
The honor caps a stellar 2017-18 season for Kupcho, who became Wake Forest’s first women’s golfer to receive national player of the year honors when she won the Honda Award. Her historic year was highlighted with her victory at the 2018 NCAA Championship. Her junior season featured four victories and two other top-5 finishes as she finished under par in a school-record eight events. Her scoring average of 70.60 set a school record, breaking the previous mark of 70.61 that she set during her sophomore season. Kupcho tied her own school 54-hole scoring record with a 15-under performance to win the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, which included a school-record 8-under 64 in the second round.
This summer she has helped the United States to victories at the Curtis Cup and Palmer Cup. After receiving an exemption into the LPGA Marathon Classic in July, she posted a T-16th finish while competing as an amateur.
The USGA and The R&A co-award the McCormack Medal annually. It is named after Mark H. McCormack, who founded sports marketing company IMG and was a great supporter of amateur golf.
With the honor, Kupcho will be awarded exemptions into the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open and Women’s British Open, if she remains an amateur.
