Ally Ewing Facts: 20 Things To Know About The LPGA Tour Golfer

Learn more about three-time LPGA Tour winner and four-time Solheim Cup player Ally Ewing

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Ally Ewing is a three-time LPGA Tour winner who has made four US Solheim Cup teams.

The Mississippi native is one of the LPGA Tour's most consistent players, get to know her life and career better with these facts...

Ally Ewing facts:

1. Ally Ewing was born 25 October 1992, in Tupelo, Mississippi - though McDonald is her maiden name.

2. She grew up in Fulton, Mississippi, and first started playing golf competitively when she was 10-years-old. Ewing credits her family and Stanley Ramey, the course superintendent where she played in her formative years, as having the most influence on her career.

3. She won the Mississippi State Amateur twice, plus the North and South Women's Amateur.

4. She played college golf at Mississippi State University, where she won five events. She graduated in 2015, after becoming a two-time First Team All-American at the university.

5. She was on the winning 2014 USA Curtis Cup team at St. Louis Country Club. She won 3 points from 4 matches including her singles match vs Annabel Dimmock.

6. Ewing turned professional in 2015, and finished T22 at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn a conditional LPGA Tour card for the 2016 season.

7. She recorded four runner-up finishes on the Symetra Tour (now Epson Tour) in 2016 to finish 2nd on the money list and earn her full LPGA Tour card.

Ally Ewing holds the 2020 LPGA Drive On Championship trophy

Her maiden win came at the 2020 LPGA Drive On Championship

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8. She won her maiden pro title on the LPGA Tour at the 2020 LPGA Drive On Championship at Reynolds Lake Oconee in Georgia, where she beat Danielle Kang by one.

9. She replaced the injured Stacy Lewis on the 2019 USA Solheim Cup team, where she won once and lost three times in her debut at Gleneagles.

10. Ally started using her married named Ewing in late 2020, switching from her maiden McDonald after marrying her husband Charlie in May 2020. He is the head coach of the Mississippi State women's golf team.

11. She won her second LPGA Tour title at the 2021 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-Play, where she defeated Sophia Popov 2&1 in the final.

12. Her third LPGA Tour win came in 2022 at the inaugural Kroger Queen City Championship in Cincinatti, Ohio. She finished at 22-under-par to win by one.

Ally Ewing holds the trophy after she won the 2022 Queen City Championship in Ohio

She won her third LPGA Tour title at the 2022 Kroger Queen City Championship in Ohio

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13. Her best Major finish is a T3 at the 2024 US Women's Open. She was also T5 at the 2024 KPMG Women's PGA and made the cut in all five women's Majors in 2024.

14. Ally has Type 1 diabetes which she was diagnosed with right after learning she had secured her card on the Epson Tour.

15. Her caddie is Kurt Moskaly, an Ohioan who had previously been on the bag for Solheim Cup player Megan Khang

16. Ewing is a Christian.

17. She enjoys hunting with her family and husband, mostly hunting deer.

18. She led the LPGA Tour in greens in regulation for the 2022 season with 77.69%.

19. She has represented USA at the Solheim Cup four times: in 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2024.

20. She is sponsored by Ping and uses a full bag of the company's products. She plays a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball and wears FootJoy shoes.

Ally Ewing fist pumps at the Solheim Cup

Ewing has made four Solheim Cup appearances

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Ally Ewing bio
BornOctober 25, 1992, Tupelo, Mississippi
ResidesFulton, Mississippi
Height5'6"
CollegeMississippi State University
Turned pro2015
Current tourLPGA Tour
LPGA wins3
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Ally Ewing wins
EventTourScore
2020 LPGA Drive On ChampionshipLPGA Tour-16 (1 stroke)
2021 Bank of Hope LPGA Match-PlayLPGA Tour2&1 (Sophia Popov)
2022 Kroger Queen City ChampionshipLPGA Tour-22 (1 stroke)
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV