Rosie Jones began playing golf at the age of eleven, credits Tom Nielsen, Elmer Prieskorn, Rick Jensen, Mike Adams & Jeff Peltz as the individuals most influence her profession, served as the honorary chair of the 2004 Executive Women’s Golf Association (EWGA) Member-Get-A-Member campaign, enjoys dancing, woodworking, fishing, working outside in the yard, planting flowers & any crafts and arts projects. She was a member of the LPGA Player Executive Committee since 2000-03, serving as co-vice president in 2003. In 2006, she launched Rosie Jones Golf Getaways using her, www.rosiejones.com, web site.
In 2007, Rosie Jones won 2 events on The Legends Tour: the Wendy’s Charity Challenge & the Legends Tour Open Championship. In 2006, carded a season-low sixty seven in the second round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic, where she finished tied for twenty fifth. In 2005, recorded 8 top-10 finishes, counting a second-place finish at the Kraft Nabisco Championship; made her 7th appearance on the champion U.S. Solheim Cup Team, posting a 1-0-2 record; became the 7th player in Tour history to cross the $8 million mark in career earnings with a tie for 9th at the LPGA Corning Classic. In 2004, tied for second on 2 occasions: at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez & at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA Presented by Lincoln Mercury; tied for 8th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship; suffered from a herniated disc in her back all over the season. In 2003, won her thirteenth profession LPGA title at the Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage; crossed the $7 million mark in job earnings at the Evian Masters; carded a career-low sixty two during the first round of the Kellogg-Keebler Classic; was a associate of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team for the 6th time in her career.
In 2002, Rosie Jones recorded 4 top-three finishes: second place at the LPGA Corning Classic & ties for third at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, ARIC at Mount Vintage & Safeway Classic; passed the $6 million mark in job earnings after tying for eleventh at the Evian Masters; qualified for her 5th Solheim Cup, posting a 2-1-0 record for the victorious U.S. Team; in the last singles match of the event, Rosie Jones sank the putt that clinched The Solheim Cup for the U.S. Team. In 2001, won 2 titles: the Kathy Ireland Championship Honoring Harvey Penick behind a playoff with Mi Hyun Kim & the Sybase Big Apple Classic Presented by GOLF MAGAZINE; passed the $5 million mark in career earnings after her 1st win of the season; recorded the 5th hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the 2nd round of the McDonald’s LPGA Championship Presented by AIG. In 2000, posted runner-up ends at the Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic & du Maurier Classic; was an associate of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team.
In 1999, Rosie Jones captured the tenth win of her career at the Firstar LPGA Classic, wherever she defeated Jan Stephenson & Becky Iverson on the 4th hole of a sudden-death playoff; crossed the $4 million mark in job earnings following her tie for 9th at the du Maurier Classic. In 1998, recorded her 9th LPGA win at the Wegmans Rochester International; finished 2nd at the Standard Register PING, wherever Rosie Joneslost to Liselotte Neumann on the 3rd hole of a sudden-death playoff; recorded her 4th LPGA career hole-in-one during the 3rd round of the du Maurier Classic; was a captain’s pick for U.S. Solheim Cup Team.
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