Mariajo Uribe

María José Uribe Durán (known more commonly as Mariajo Uribe; born 27 February 1990) is a professional golfer from Colombia, currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Maríajo Uribe
Personal information
Full nameMaría José Uribe Durán
Born (1990-02-27) 27 February 1990
Girón, Colombia
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality Colombia
ResidenceBucaramanga, Colombia
Career
CollegeUCLA
(1.5 years)
Turned professional2009
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2010)
Former tour(s)LET (joined 2010)
Futures Tour (2009)
Professional wins1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT32: 2013
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2012
U.S. Women's OpenT10: 2008
Women's British OpenT22: 2013
Evian ChampionshipT10: 2014
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Women's Golf
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoIndividual
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoMixed team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place2014 VeracruzIndividual
South American Games
Silver medal – second place2014 SantiagoIndividual
Bolivarian Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Santa MartaMixed team
Gold medal – first place2022 ValleduparIndividual
Gold medal – first place2022 ValleduparMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2017 Santa MartaIndividual
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Uribe and the second or maternal family name is Durán.

Amateur career

Uribe was born in Girón, Santander. At age 17, she won the 2007 U.S. Women's Amateur, defeating Amanda Blumenherst 1 up. She is the only player from Latin America to have won this championship. Uribe tied for tenth and low amateur at the 2008 U.S. Women's Open and won the 2008 Mexican International Amateur. She played college golf at UCLA, and 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, Uribe ended her amateur status and competed in the tournament as a professional.[1][2]

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. At the end of the year she qualified for both LPGA and LET membership for 2010 on her first attempt.

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

Uribe won the gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and the silver medal at the 2014 South American Games.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship T58 T47 T32 T34 T64 T65 CUT CUT T61
Women's PGA Championship CUT T67 CUT T30 T53 CUT CUT T64 CUT CUT T48 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT CUT T10LA T48 T55 T17 T30 CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T67 T10 T38 CUT CUT T59 T55
Women's British Open T75 T69 CUT T22 CUT CUT CUT T50 T67 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship00000097
Women's PGA Championship000000125
U.S. Women's Open000012105
The Evian Championship00001175
Women's British Open000001105
Totals0000244827
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

LPGA Tour career summary
YearTournaments
played		Cuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		Scoring
average		Scoring
rank
2006[3] 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a 76.00 n/a
2007[4] 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a 76.00 n/a
2008[5] 4 3 0 0 0 1 T10 n/a 73.50 n/a
2009[6] 3 3 0 0 0 1 T8 38,3811 n/a 72.91 n/a
2010 15 10 0 0 0 1 T7 101,013 70 73.08 78
2011 14 6 0 0 0 0 T29 34,300 103 73.87 102
2012 19 14 0 0 0 1 T7 196,360 60 72.03 35
2013 24 16 0 0 0 1 T8 197,839 62 72.80 84
2014 26 18 0 0 0 3 T9 385,313 43 71.69 41
2015 27 20 0 0 1 3 3 333,993 56 72.08 61
2016 27 17 0 0 0 3 T4 291,251 63 72.32 80
2017 22 11 0 0 0 0 T11 110,296 98 72.35 116
2018 25 15 0 0 0 2 T7 207,131 77 72.36 106
2019 18 10 0 0 0 0 T11 141,334 93 72.00 100
2020 3 1 0 0 0 0 T45 7,738 157 73.50 n/a
2021 3 1 0 0 0 0 T77 2,725 187 74.00 n/a
2022 9 1 0 0 0 0 T28 6,668 191 0.00 n/a

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

  • official through the 2022 season[7]

Team appearances

Amateur

References
  1. "María José Uribe Durán, el golf es su pasión". Crónica Viva. 17 December 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
  2. "María José Uribe debutará como profesional en el US Open de golf; Carolina Llano también estará". El Tiempo. 8 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  3. Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2006 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  4. Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2007 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  5. Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2008 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  6. Yahoo Sports, Mariajo Uribe 2009 Tournament Log Retrieved 9 September 2010.
  7. "Azahara Munoz – Results". LPGA. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
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