Blackwelder started playing golf at the age of 11 years old. She enjoys reading, cooking and baking.
2015 in a Nutshell
Career Highlights:
2014:
- 20 events, 17 cuts made, $41,381 (10)
- Four top-10 finishes including a career-best victory at the Epson Classic
- Finished 10th on the Epson Tour's Volvik Race for the Card money list to earn LPGA membership for the 2015 season
2013:
- 14 events played, seven cuts made $3,866 (95).
2012:
- Three events played, three cuts made, $1,890 (139).
Highlights
- Winner of the 2005 Kentucky State High School Championship.
- Recorded one win in collegiate competition while at the University of Kentucky and one while at University of Florida.
- Winner of the 2007 Women's Western Amateur Championship.
- Runner-up at the 2007 Women's Trans National Amateur Championship.
- Winner of the 2010 Kentucky Women's Open.
- Finished third on Golf Channel's "Big Break" Ireland (2012) and third on Big Break NFL (2013)
- Competed in the 2011 U.S. Women's Open Championship.
- Member of the LPGA Tour and LET (2010).