Background
Jones, Rosie was born on November 13, 1959 in Santa Ana, California, United States.
Jones, Rosie was born on November 13, 1959 in Santa Ana, California, United States.
Jones attended Ohio State University where in 1981 she was an AIAW All-American. She completed her career with thirteen LPGA Tour titles.
Jones qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for seventh at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament in July 1982. She also played for the United States in the Solheim Cup seven times. At the conclusion of the 2006 United States. Women"s Open, in which she finished tied for 57th, she retired from competitive golf.
As a symbol of her departure she removed her golf shoes, visor, and glove and placed them on the side of the 18th green.
Since retiring from full-time play, Jones has competed on the Legends Tour, winning two of the five non-team tournaments in 2007. She has also worked as a commentator for the Golf Channel.
She came out of retirement in 2008 to play the Corning Classic on a sponsor"s exemption. She missed the cut by four strokes.
In 2009 she qualified for the United States. Women"s Open.
She missed the cut at the tournament by three strokes. In February 2010, Jones was named the captain of the United States. team for the 2011 Solheim Cup. In 2004, Jones came out publicly as lesbian, an announcement timed with her acceptance of a sponsorship from Olivia, a travel agency that targets lesbians.
Among people who knew her, she had been out since the late 1970s.
LPGA Tour wins (13) Ladies European Tour (2) Other wins (1) Legends Tour wins (7) DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut World Development = withdrew "T" = tied Yellow background for a top-10 finish. Summary Starts – 92 Wins – 0 2nd-place finishes – 4 3rd-place finishes – 4 Top 3 finishes – 8 Top 5 finishes – 13 Top 10 finishes – 28 Top 25 finishes – 52 Missed cuts – 13 Most consecutive cuts made – 23 Longest streak of top-10s – 6 Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1990 (winners), 1996 (winners), 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners) Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013, 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners).
Member of Ladies Professional Golf Association Executive Women's Golf Association (honorary chair member-get-a-member campaign 2004, co-vice president 2003).