Valarie Jenkins is a professional disc golfer currently living in
Bend, Oregon. As of the end of 2016, she is the third ranked female disc golfer in the world.
She was around the sport from an early age and grew up in a disc golf family. Her mother, Sharon is a three-time Women’s Masters World Champion and her brother,
Avery Jenkins is a former Men's World Champion. She began her professional career in 2003 after placing second in the PDGA Amateur World Championship. She is currently sponsored by
Discraft
Discraft is a company that originated in 1978 in London, Ontario. It was started by a group of disc sport enthusiasts including Jim Kenner, Gail McColl,Chris and Mary Greenwood and Wallace Kenny. In 1979 Jim and Gail moved to Michigan and started ...
.
Jenkins has won 16 majors during the course of her career, including four World Championships, fourth most all time (Elaine King, Juliana Korver and
Paige Pierce
Paige Pierce is a professional disc golfer from Plano, Texas. She has won 5 World Championships and 15 total Major Championships, and has been consistently ranked among the top professional women since 2011. In 2018 she broke the record for th ...
each have won 5).
World championship era (2007–2009)
During the three years that Jenkins was the world champion, she completely dominated her sport. Over the course of these three years, she won 22 tournaments that were National Tour events or Majors. Out of the 93 events she played, she won 46. Jenkins remains one of only four women in the history of Disc Golf to have won at least 4
PDGA Professional World Championships.
2012 season
Jenkins started the 2012 season very well. She started the year by winning the A-Tier Gentlemen's Club Challenge by 7 strokes, followed by her first National Tour win of the year at the Memorial Championship.
Notable wins
Major Championships (16)
National Tour (29)
Summary
Annual statistics
*The above information was gathered from Jenkins's PDGA player pag
†At Year End
Sponsorship and equipment
Jenkins is currently sponsored by Discraft.
References
External links
Valarie Jenkins Website
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American disc golfers
Living people
1986 births
People from Hinckley, Ohio
People from Bend, Oregon
Sportspeople from Ohio