Madison Bailey Tardy (born August 8, 1996) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player.
Early life, college and amateur career Tardy enjoyed a successful junior career, and was an AJGA Rolex All-American in 2013, 2014 and 2015, and also competed in the Wyndham Cup each of those years. She played in the 2013 Symetra Tour Championship where she finished tied 27th, and was medalist at the 2013 U.S. Girls' Junior.
Tardy qualified for the U.S. Women's Open in 2014, 2016 and 2017 while still an amateur. In 2017, she was tied 13th after shooting an opening 70, but missed the cut following a second round 82. She also won the 2015 North and South Women's Amateur. In 2018, she finished as low amateur at the Georgia Women's Open, placing third overall after shooting a 2-under 142, and won the Georgia State Amateur wire-to-wire by an eight-stroke gap after shooting an 8-under 208.
Tardy played collegiate golf at the University of Georgia and was named the 2016 SEC Freshman of the Year. She played in the 2016 Curtis Cup alongside Andrea Lee and finished with a 3–2 record, although Great Britain and Ireland won 11.5–8.5 at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club in Ireland.
Professional career Tardy turned professional following the fall semester in 2018 after she earned Epson Tour membership at LPGA Q-Series, but did remain in school to graduate from UGA in May 2019.
She finished sixth on the 2020 money list, narrowly missing out on LPGA Tour promotion by just $343. In 2021, her first professional win came with a three-shot victory at the Copper Rock Championship, but she again missed out on promotion, finishing 12th on the money list with 10 cards on offer. In 2022, she recorded four top-five finishes on the Epson Tour before finally earning her LPGA card by finishing second at LPGA Q-Series.
In her rookie season on the LPGA Tour, she held the second round lead at the 2023 U.S. Women's Open before finishing tied 4th, collecting $482,136.
On March 10, 2024, Tardy won her first LPGA title at the Blue Bay LPGA by 4 strokes over Sarah Schmelzel. In November 2024, Tardy won Rolex First-Time Winners award.
Amateur wins 2012 AJGA Junior at River Landing, Junior All-Star at Ocala 2013 Georgia Junior Championship, Arrowhead Junior at The Bluffs, Trusted Choice Big I National Championship 2015 North and South Women's Amateur, Windy City Collegiate Championship 2016 NCAA Bryan Regional 2018 Georgia Women's State Amateur
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Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin ofvictory Runner-up Winner'sshare ($)1Mar 10, 2024Blue Bay LPGA68-70-66-65=269−194 strokes Sarah Schmelzel330,000
Epson Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunners-up1Apr 24, 2021Copper Rock Championship−10 (66–70–70=206)3 strokes Maude-Aimée LeBlanc Samantha Wagner
Results in LPGA majors Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT4CUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTThe Evian ChampionshipNTCUTCUTWomen's British Open CUTT78
CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied
Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 1Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1Totals 0 0 0 1 1 1 16 2
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nds 3rds Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Moneylist rank Scoring average Scoringrank2014100000MCn/an/a79.50n/a2015 Did not play2016100000MCn/an/a79.00n/a2017100000MCn/an/a76.00n/a2018 Did not play2019 Did not play2020100000MCn/an/a72.50n/a2021 Did not play2022 Did not play202321120001T4581,4915172.54123202423810031652,0866072.3912320252090000T22104,38512872.60126Totals^64 (2023) 29 (2023) 1 0 0 4 1 1,337,962 283 ^ Official as of 2025 season * Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Ranking Source 2019 831 2020 510 2021 442 2022 442 2023 170 2024 91 2025 201
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Curtis Cup: 2016
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