England’s Mimi Rhodes is showing the world just why she is made for the professional golf spotlight.
The 22-year-old, playing in her maiden Ladies European Tour event at the Aramco Team Series Finals in Riyadh on a sponsor’s invite, has made a fast start to her professional golf career.
Rhodes contributed heavily to Team Tamburlini’s victory on November 1, with rounds of 67 and 72, adding to the impressive 43-under-par Team Tamburlini total and earning her a very nice first pay cheque — a share of $105,000.
Rhodes, who only turned professional at the end of October, got a late call up to the Saudi event after sharing the medalist honors at the 2024 LGPA Q-Series Qualifying Stage in Venice, Florida on October 25. She finished the 72-hole event there tied at 14-under with amateur Adela Cernousek.
No stranger to the winner’s circle, Rhodes signed off her amateur career as part of the victorious GB&I Curtis Cup team, who triumphed by a single point, 10 1/2 – 9 1/2, against Team USA on home soil at Sunningdale Golf Club just outside of London, in September.
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Cheered on by golfing idol Charley Hull
Ladies European Tour superstar Charley Hull, who lives on the edge of the exclusive members golf club, watched the Curtis Cup team seal their victory.
“Charley has always been a great idol of mine and I’ve looked up to her as a player,” Rhodes confessed. “Getting to hole that putt on 17 was so special in front of her and the home crowd, I was so excited.”
Mimi and sister Patience Rhodes are a golfing family
Mimi and her sister Patience, also an England International, grew up in Spain and were introduced to golf by their grandmother, a single-figure golfer, aged eight. The duo enjoyed stellar amateur careers as part of the England squad. Rhodes went on to secure a full scholarship to the top-ranking Division I Women’s College Golf Team at Wake Forest University (North Carolina).
‘Playing for Division I Wake Forest prepared me for the Tour’
Rhodes graduated from Wake Forest in May 2024 with a Major in Communications and Minors in Spanish and Marketing. She finished her college career with eight top-10 finishes, capped off by earning NCAA All-America honours for Wake Forest’s Demon Deacons team.
“Going to Wake was the best decision I ever made my life,” she insists. “I wouldn’t be out here on tour now if it wasn’t for that experience. My game developed so much playing college golf.”
Can Mimi Rhodes cap off a dream start to her pro golf career?
With one more round to go in the Aramco Team Series Finals individual event, Rhodes will be looking to maintain her position inside the Top 25 finishers to cap off a dream start to her professional career.
