{{short description|English professional golfer (born 2004)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Patience Rhodes | image = | image_size = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2004|1|3|df=y}} | birth_place = Bath, Somerset, England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|2004|1|3|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | residence = Tempe, Arizona, U.S. | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Arizona State University | yearpro = | status = Amateur | tour = | extour = | prowins = | lpgawins = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins --> | letwins = | jlpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins --> | klpgawins = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins --> | lagtwins = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins --> | alpgwins = | futwins = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins --> | otherwins = | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = | lpga = | wusopen = | wbritopen = | evian = | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Patience Rhodes''' (born 3 January 2004) is an English amateur golfer and Arizona State Sun Devils player. She won the 2023 St Rule Trophy, the 2024 Spirit International Amateur, and the 2025 Vagliano Trophy.<ref name=GolfMonthly>{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Mike |title=Patience Rhodes Facts: 15 Things To Know About The Arizona State Golfer |url=https://www.golfmonthly.com/tour/patience-rhodes-golfer-facts-bio-wins |access-date=30 September 2025 |work=Golf Monthly |date=13 February 2025}}</ref>
==Early life== Rhodes was born in Bath, Somerset, England, and raised in Sotogrande, Spain. She was introduced to golf by her grandmother, a single-figure handicap golfer. Her sister Mimi is also an accomplished golfer, and a Ladies European Tour player. Patience was educated at Kingswood School.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kingswood.bath.sch.uk/news/2021-11-10/success-continues-for-patience |title=Success Continues For Patience |work=Kingswood School |date=10 November 2021 |access-date=25 October 2025}}</ref>
==Amateur career== Rhodes won the 2021 English Girls' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and in 2023 she won the St Rule Trophy at St Andrews Links in Scotland, and reached the round of 32 in the Women's Amateur Championship in England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standrews.com/articles/n2023-st-rule-trophy-winner |title=Patience is key in St Rule Trophy victory |work=St Andrews Links |date=4 June 2023 |access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref>
In 2022, Rhodes enrolled at Arizona State University, but didn't start playing with the Arizona State Sun Devils women's golf team until 2023 after picking up wrist and back injuries.<ref name=GolfMonthly/> In 2025, she was a candidate for National Golfer of the Year and competed at the Augusta National Women's Amateur.<ref name=anwa>{{cite web |title=Women's Golf Roster: Patience Rhodes |url=https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-golf/roster/player/patience-rhodes |publisher=Arizona State University |access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Patience Rhodes |url=https://www.anwagolf.com/en_US/players/player_116214.html |publisher=Augusta National |access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref>
With team England, she earned silver at the 2023 European Ladies' Team Championship in Finland and, alongside her sister, bronze at the same tournament the following year in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Events, 2024, European Ladies' Team Championship, List of registered teams |url=https://www.ega-golf.ch/content/european-ladies-team-championship-2 |access-date=30 April 2024 |publisher=European Golf Association}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Events, Livescoring, 2024 European Ladies' Team Championship |url=https://www.ega-golf.ch/livescoring#/competition/4615098/results |access-date=11 July 2024 |publisher=European Golf Association}}</ref> She won the 2024 Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club, where she defeated world number four Zoe Campos of the United States in singles, 6 and 5.
In 2024, she won the Spirit International Amateur in Texas with the English team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Spirit Champions |url=https://www.thespiritgolf.com/championship-alumni-new-2024/ |publisher=The Spirit International |access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref>
== Amateur wins == *2019 FinnishGolf.com Open *2020 Memorial Norberto Goizueta *2021 English Girls' Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship *2023 St Rule Trophy
Source:<ref name=wagr>{{cite web |title=Patience Rhodes |url=https://www.wagr.com/playerprofile/patience-rhodes-31065 |publisher=World Amateur Golf Ranking |access-date=30 September 2025}}</ref>
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Junior Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2019 *European Young Masters (representing England): 2019 *Girls and Boys Home Internationals (representing England): 2021 (winners) *European Girls' Team Championship (representing England): 2022 *Women's and Men's Home Internationals (representing England): 2023 (winners), 2024, 2025 *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 2023, 2024, 2025 *Patsy Hankins Trophy (representing Europe): 2023 (winners), 2025 *Curtis Cup (representing the Great Britain & Ireland): 2024 (winners) *Spirit International Amateur (representing England): 2024 (winners) *Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2025 (winners) *Espirito Santo Trophy (representing England): 2025
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{WWGR|11268}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodes, Patience}} Category:English female golfers Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's golfers Category:Sportspeople from Bath, Somerset Category:People educated at Millfield Category:2004 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century English sportswomen