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Beth Daniel

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Beth Daniel is an American professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship
Women's major golf championships
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...

, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
World Golf Hall of Fame
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Beth Daniel is an American professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...

. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship
Women's major golf championships
Women's golf has a set of major championships which parallels that in men's golf, but the women's system is younger and has been less stable than the men's. Many professional stroke play events for women are played over three rounds , but the majors are played over four rounds , which is the...

, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame
World Golf Hall of Fame
The World Golf Hall of Fame is located at World Golf Village near St. Augustine, Florida, in the United States, and it is unusual among sports halls of fame in that a single site serves both men and women. It is supported by a consortium of 26 golf organizations from all over the world.The Hall of...

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Amateur career


Daniel was born in Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...

. She played her collegiate golf at Furman University
Furman University
Furman University is a selective, private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Furman is one of the oldest, and more selective private institutions in South Carolina...

, and was on the 1976 national championship team that included future LPGA players Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...

, Sherri Turner
Sherri Turner
-Amateur career:Turner was born in Greenville, South Carolina. A golfer by the age of 5, she was the 1974-75 Carolinas Junior champion. While playing for Furman University, she was a medalist at three tournaments, including the Women's Southern Intercollegiate. She was selected for the All-American...

 and Cindy Ferro. Daniel won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1975 and 1977, the Women's Western Amateur
Women's Western Amateur
The Women's Western Amateur is an amateur golf tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the United States, having been played since 1901...

 in 1978, and was on the U.S. Curtis Cup
Curtis Cup
The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...

 teams in 1976 and 1978 (going 4-0 in 1976). She turned pro at the end of 1978 and joined the LPGA Tour in 1979.

Professional career


Daniel's first victory came in 1979 year at the Patty Berg Classic, and she went on to win the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. Over the next five years, when Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...

 was at her most dominant, Daniel still managed to win 13 tournaments, including four in 1980 when she was named LPGA Tour Player of the Year. Daniel led the Tour in wins in 1982, 1990 and 1994. She also led in scoring three times, including in 1989 when she became the second golfer in Tour history to record a scoring average below 71.00.

The year 1990 was her best. She won seven times, including her lone major at the Mazda LPGA Championship. That year she was also named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
Associated Press Athlete of the Year
The first Athlete of the Year award in the United States was initiated by the Associated Press in 1931. At a time when women in sports were never given the same recognition as men, the AP offered a male and a female athlete of the year award to either a professional or amateur athlete...

. Along the way, Daniel endured two major slumps. She was winless from 1986 to 1988 and again from 1996 to 2002. When she finally won again in 2003, she became - at age 46 years, 8 months and 29 days - the oldest winner in Tour history. She had outlasted most of her contemporaries such as King, Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

 and Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975, and won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

, remaining competitive on the LPGA Tour.

Daniel played on eight U.S. Solheim Cup
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...

 teams (1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005).

By 2005 she had cut back her schedule, and played just five events by 2007. That year she also served as assistant captain on the U.S. Solheim Cup
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...

 team, and was named captain for the American squad in 2009. In 2007, she joined the Golf Channel as a substitute analyst for LPGA Tournament coverage. Her first event was the 2007 Safeway Classic
Safeway Classic
The Safeway Classic is an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1972, the 54-hole event takes place every year in the Portland, Oregon area and is the oldest continuous event on the LPGA Tour. Tournament Golf Foundation has managed the tournament since...

.

Daniel also awards the best junior female golfer in South Carolina with the "Beth Daniel Award." The award is given to the player with the most SCJGA (South Carolina Junior Golf Association) points in a year.

In 2009, Daniel was the captain of the U.S. Solheim Cup team that defeated Europe by a score of 16-12 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois
Sugar Grove, Illinois
Sugar Grove is a far west suburban Chicago village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,909 at the 2000 census. The population was 6,016 in the 2003 special census. The population was 7,958 in the 2005 special census...

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LPGA Tour wins (33)

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Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (32)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Aug 26, 1979
1979 LPGA Tour
The 1979 LPGA Tour was the 30th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 15 to November 3. The season consisted of 35 official money events. Nancy Lopez won the most tournaments, eight...

Patty Berg Classic
Patty Berg Classic
The Patty Berg Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1973 to 1980. It was played at the Keller Golf Course in St. Paul, Minnesota.-Winners:Patty Berg Golf Classic*1980 Beth DanielPatty Berg Classic*1979 Beth Daniel*1978 Shelley Hamlin...

-11 (68-69-71=208) 4 strokes   Hollis Stacy
Hollis Stacy
Hollis Stacy is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2011 in the veterans category and will be inducted in May 2012.-Amateur career:Stacy...

2 Jun 1, 1980
1980 LPGA Tour
The 1980 LPGA Tour was the 31st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 9. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner won the most tournaments, five each...

Golden Lights Championship
Golden Lights Championship
The Golden Lights Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1975 to 1981. It was played at the All-American Sports City Country club in Pine Plains, New York in 1975, at the Wykagyl Country Club in New Rochelle, New York from 1976 to 1980 and at The Stanwich Club in Greenwich,...

-1 (72-74-70-71=287) 2 strokes   Nancy Lopez
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events during her LPGA career, including three major championships.-Amateur career:...


  Jo Ann Washam
Jo Ann Washam
Jo Ann Washam is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Washam was born in Auburn, Washington. She played college golf and basketball at Washington State University...

3 Aug 17, 1980
1980 LPGA Tour
The 1980 LPGA Tour was the 31st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 9. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner won the most tournaments, five each...

Patty Berg Golf Classic -9 (60-70-72=210) 2 strokes   Hollis Stacy
4 Aug 24, 1980
1980 LPGA Tour
The 1980 LPGA Tour was the 31st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 9. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner won the most tournaments, five each...

Columbia Savings LPGA Classic -12 (71-66-67-72=276) 6 strokes   Jane Blalock
Jane Blalock
Jane Blalock is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1969 and won 27 LPGA Tour events in all.-Amateur career:...


  Sandra Post
Sandra Post
Sandra Post, CM is a Canadian professional golfer. She was the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour.-Early years, junior and amateur golf:...

5 Sep 7, 1980
1980 LPGA Tour
The 1980 LPGA Tour was the 31st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 1 to November 9. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Donna Caponi and JoAnne Carner won the most tournaments, five each...

World Championship of Women's Golf -6 (71-72-68-71=282) 1 stroke   Nancy Lopez
6 Apr 19, 1981
1981 LPGA Tour
The 1981 LPGA Tour was the 32nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Donna Caponi won the most tournaments, five...

Florida Lady Citrus -7 (68-67-74-72-281) Playoff   Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open...


  Cindy Hill
Cindy Hill
Cynthia "Cindy" Hill is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Hill won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1974 after having lost the final twice before . She won the 1975 North and South Women's Amateur. She represented the U.S...


  Patti Rizzo
Patti Rizzo
Patrice "Patti" Rizzo is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.Rizzo was born in Hollywood, Florida. A collegiate All-American at the University of Miami, among her significant victories as an amateur were the Eastern Women's Amateur and Mexican Amateur in 1980, a year when she was...


  Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

7 Aug 23, 1981
1981 LPGA Tour
The 1981 LPGA Tour was the 32nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 29 to November 8. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Donna Caponi won the most tournaments, five...

World Championship of Women's Golf -4 (72-72-69-71=284) 1 stroke   Jan Stephenson
Jan Stephenson
Jan Lynne Stephenson is an Australian professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won three major championships and 16 LPGA Tour events in all....

8 Feb 21, 1982
1982 LPGA Tour
The 1982 LPGA Tour was the 33rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 28 to November 7. The season consisted of 35 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, five each...

Bent Tree Ladies Classic -12 (71-71-66-68=276) 4 strokes   Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott
Amy Alcott is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1975, and won five major championships and 29 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

9 Mar 7, 1982
1982 LPGA Tour
The 1982 LPGA Tour was the 33rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 28 to November 7. The season consisted of 35 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, five each...

American Express Sun City Classic -10 (70-67-71-70=278) Playoff   Carole Jo Callison
10 May 2, 1982
1982 LPGA Tour
The 1982 LPGA Tour was the 33rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 28 to November 7. The season consisted of 35 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, five each...

Birmingham Classic
Birmingham Classic
The Birmingham Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1972 to 1982. It was played at the Green Valley Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama.-Winners:Birmingham Classic*1982 Beth Daniel*1981 Beth Solomon*1980 Barbara BarrowOtey Crisman Classic...

-13 (64-70-69=203) 4 strokes   Patty Sheehan
11 Aug 1, 1982
1982 LPGA Tour
The 1982 LPGA Tour was the 33rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 28 to November 7. The season consisted of 35 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, five each...

Columbia Savings Classic -12 (72-68-72-64=276) 2 strokes   Patty Sheehan
12 Aug 15, 1982
1982 LPGA Tour
The 1982 LPGA Tour was the 33rd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 28 to November 7. The season consisted of 35 official money events. JoAnne Carner and Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, five each...

WUI Classic
WUI Classic
The WUI Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1977 to 1982. It was played at three different courses on Long Island, New York.-Tournament locations:-Winners:WUI Classic*1982 Beth Daniel*1981 Donna Caponi*1980 Sally Little*1979 Judy Rankin...

-12 (68-68-67-73=276) 8 strokes   Martha Nause
Martha Nause
Martha Nause is an American golfer. She attended St. Olaf College and her rookie year on the LPGA Tour was 1978. She won three times on the Tour, including one major championship, the 1994 du Maurier Ltd. Classic. Her best money list finish was 19th in 1988...


  Ayako Okamoto
Ayako Okamoto
is a Japanese professional golfer. She won 62 tournaments internationally, including 17 on the American LPGA Tour. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.-Early career:...

13 Jul 17, 1983
1983 LPGA Tour
The 1983 LPGA Tour was the 34th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 27 to November 13. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Pat Bradley and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, four each...

McDonald's Kids Classic -2 (67-71-73-75=286) Playoff   JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to...

14 Apr 14, 1985
1985 LPGA Tour
The 1985 LPGA Tour was the 36th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 24 to November 10. The season consisted of 35 official money events. Nancy Lopez won the most tournaments, five...

Kyocera Inamori Classic
Kyocera Inamori Classic
The Kyocera Inamori Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1980 to 1993. It was played at several different courses in California, mostly in the San Diego area....

-2 (70-70-74-72=286) 2 strokes   Pat Meyers
Pat Meyers
Pat Meyers is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Meyers won once on the LPGA Tour in 1979.-LPGA Tour wins:*1979 Greater Baltimore Classic-External links:...

15 Aug 6, 1989
1989 LPGA Tour
The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six...

Greater Washington Open
Greater Washington Open
The Greater Washington Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1988 to 1989. It was played at the Bethesda Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland....

-8 (66-68-71=205) 4 strokes   Sherri Turner
Sherri Turner
-Amateur career:Turner was born in Greenville, South Carolina. A golfer by the age of 5, she was the 1974-75 Carolinas Junior champion. While playing for Furman University, she was a medalist at three tournaments, including the Women's Southern Intercollegiate. She was selected for the All-American...

16 Sep 4, 1989
1989 LPGA Tour
The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six...

Rail Charity Golf Classic -13 (69-70-64=203) 3 strokes   Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...


  Alice Ritzman
Alice Ritzman
Alice Ritzman is an American professional golfer, who played on the LPGA Tour from 1978 to 1998.-Early career:Ritzman was born in Kalispell, Montana. She won the Montana Junior Championship three times. She also won the Montana State Women's Amateur Championship in 1972 and 1973. She was inducted...

17 Sep 17, 1989
1989 LPGA Tour
The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six...

Safeco Classic
Safeco Classic
The Safeco Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in the Seattle area, sponsored by Safeco Insurance. It was played 18 times, from 1982 to 1999, at in Kent, Washington, usually in mid-September, the week following the Safeway Classic in Portland...

-15 (69-69-65-70=273 6 strokes   Cindy Rarick
Cindy Rarick
Cindy Rarick is an American professional golfer. She competed as Cindy Flom in 1985 and from 1999 to 2001.- Amateur career :...

18 Oct 1, 1989
1989 LPGA Tour
The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six...

Konica San Jose Classic
Konica San Jose Classic
The Konica San Jose Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1983 to 1989. It was played at the Almaden Golf & Country Club in San Jose, California.-Winners:Konica San Jose Classic*1989 Beth Daniel*1988 Kathy Guadagnino*1987 Jan Stephenson...

-11 (65-67-73=205) 1 stroke   Pat Bradley
Pat Bradley
Pat Bradley is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974 and won six major championships and 31 LPGA Tour events in all.-Early life and family:...

19 Feb 24, 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open -6 (71-67-72=210) 3 strokes   Amy Benz
  Patty Sheehan
20 Mar 4, 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Women's Kemper Open
Women's Kemper Open
The Women's Kemper Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1979 to 1992. It was played at several different courses in California and Hawaii.-Tournament locations:-Winners:*1992 Dawn Coe*1991 Deb Richard*1990 Beth Daniel*1989 Betsy King...

-1 (73-75-66-69=283) 1 stroke   Laura Davies
Laura Davies
Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...


  Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.-Amateur career:Jones was born in Santa Ana, California...

21 Jul 23, 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

The Phar-Mor in Youngstown -9 (65-69-73=207) Playoff   Patty Sheehan
22 Jul 29 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Mazda LPGA Championship -4 (71-73-70-66=280) 1 stroke   Rosie Jones
23 Aug 26, 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Northgate Classic -13 (66-69-68=203) 6 strokes   Penny Hammel
Penny Hammel
Penny Hammel is an American professional golfer, who joined the LPGA Tour in 1985.-Amateur career:Hammel was born in Decatur, Illinois. She won several amateur tournaments including the 1979 U.S. Girls' Junior. In the 1979 PGA Junior Championship she finished five strokes ahead of her closest...


  Christa Johnson
Christa Johnson
Christa Johnson is an American professional golfer.Johnson was born in Arcata, California. She attended the University of Arizona....

24 Sep 3, 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Rail Charity Golf Classic -13 (67-69-67=203) 3 strokes   Susan Sanders
25 Oct 7, 1990
1990 LPGA Tour
The 1990 LPGA Tour was the 41st season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 19 to November 4. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, seven...

Centel Classic
Centel Classic (LPGA Tour)
The Mercury Titleholders Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1999. It was played at three different courses in Florida...

-17 (71-63-68-69=271) 1 stroke   Nancy Lopez
26 Feb 10, 1991
1991 LPGA Tour
The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of...

The Phar-Mor at Inverrary
The Phar-Mor at Inverrary
The Phar-Mor at Inverrary was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1990 to 1992. It was played at the Inverrary Country Club & Resort in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida....

-7 (67-73-69=209) 2 strokes   Nancy Lopez
27 Jul 23, 1991
1991 LPGA Tour
The 1991 LPGA Tour was the 42nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 18 to November 10. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Pat Bradley and Meg Mallon won the most tournaments, four each. Bradley led the money list with earnings of...

McDonald's Championship
McDonald's Championship (golf)
The McDonald's Championship was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 1993. It was played at the White Manor Country Club in Malvern, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1986 and at the DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware from 1987 to 1993.-Winners:...

-11 (67-71-67-68=273) 4 strokes   Pat Bradley
  Sally Little
Sally Little
Sally Little is a professional golfer. She originally had South African nationality, but became a United States citizen in August 1982....

28 May 29, 1994
1994 LPGA Tour
The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four...

LPGA Corning Classic
LPGA Corning Classic
The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....

-10 (67-71-71-69=278) 1 stroke   Stephanie Farwig
  Nancy Ramsbottom
29 Jun 5, 1994
1994 LPGA Tour
The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four...

Oldsmobile Classic
Oldsmobile Classic
The Oldsmobile Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 2000. It was played at Walnut Hills Country Club in East Lansing, Michigan.-Winners:*2000 Karrie Webb*1999 Dottie Pepper*1998 Lisa Walters*1997 Pat Hurst*1996 Michelle McGann...

-20 (67-63-70-68-268) 4 strokes   Lisa Kiggens
Lisa Kiggens
Lisa Kiggens is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Kiggens was born in Salinas, California. She played college golf for one year at UCLA, earning All-American honors and helping her team win the NCAA Women's Division I Golf Championship.Kiggens played on the LPGA Tour from...

30 Jul 17, 1994
1994 LPGA Tour
The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four...

JAL Big Apple Classic -8 (70-69-66-71=276) Playoff   Laura Davies
31 Oct 16, 1994
1994 LPGA Tour
The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four...

World Championship of Women's Golf -14 (68-70-71-65=274) 3 strokes   Elaine Crosby
Elaine Crosby
Elaine Crosby is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Crosby won twice on the LPGA Tour in 1989 and 1994.Crosby was elected to the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996....

32 Aug 13, 1995
1995 LPGA Tour
The 1995 LPGA Tour was the 46th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, three. She also led the money list with earnings of $666,533.The season saw...

PING/Welch's Championship
PING/Welch's Championship
The PING/Welch's Championship was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1980 as the Boston Five Classic, it took place every year in the Boston, Massachusetts area from 1980 through 1997...

 (Boston)
-17 (65-68-69-69=271) 3 strokes   Meg Mallon
  Colleen Walker
Colleen Walker
Colleen Walker is an American golfer who formerly played on the LPGA Tour. She is currently playing on the Legends Tour....

33 Jul 15, 2003
2003 LPGA Tour
The 2003 LPGA Tour was the 54th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 13 to November 23. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six...

BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open -13 (69-69-69-68=275) 1 stroke   Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...



LPGA Tour playoff record (5-6)
No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1981 Florida Lady Citrus   Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi
Donna Caponi-Byrnes is an American professional golfer.Caponi was born in Detroit, Michigan. The daughter of a club pro, Caponi began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the LPGA Tour at 20. Caponi captured her first win on the Tour four years later in 1970, winning the U.S. Women's Open...

,   Cindy Hill
Cindy Hill
Cynthia "Cindy" Hill is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.Hill won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1974 after having lost the final twice before . She won the 1975 North and South Women's Amateur. She represented the U.S...


  Patti Rizzo
Patti Rizzo
Patrice "Patti" Rizzo is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.Rizzo was born in Hollywood, Florida. A collegiate All-American at the University of Miami, among her significant victories as an amateur were the Eastern Women's Amateur and Mexican Amateur in 1980, a year when she was...

,   Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

Won with birdie on second extra hole
Hill, Rizzo, and Sheehan eliminated with par on first hole
2 1982 American Express Sun City Classic   Carole Jo Callison Won with birdie on second extra hole
3 1983 McDonald's Kids Classic   JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Carner
JoAnne Gunderson Carner is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to...

Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 1983 Columbia Savings Classic   Pat Bradley Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 1988 Atlantic City LPGA Classic   Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster
Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings...

Lost to par on first extra hole
6 1989 Oldsmobile LPGA Classic   Dottie Mochrie Lost to par on fifth extra hole
7 1990 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown   Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan
Patty Sheehan is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won six major championships and 35 LPGA Tour events in all. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame....

Won with birdie on first extra hole
8 1991 Northgate Computer Classic   Jody Anschutz
Jody Anschutz
Jody Anschutz is an American professional golfer. She competed as Jody Rosenthal prior to marrying Fred Anschutz on October 14, 1989....


  Cindy Rarick
Cindy Rarick
Cindy Rarick is an American professional golfer. She competed as Cindy Flom in 1985 and from 1999 to 2001.- Amateur career :...

Rarick won with birdie on third extra hole
Anschutz eliminated with par on first hole
9 1992 The Phar-Mor in Youngstown   Donna Andrews,   Betsy King
Betsy King
Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...


  Meg Mallon
King won with birdie on first extra hole
10 1992 Sun-Times Challenge   Judy Dickinson
Judy Dickinson
Judy Dickinson is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She competed as Judy Clark from 1978 until her marriage to PGA Tour golfer Gardner Dickinson in 1985....


  Dottie Pepper
Dottie Pepper
Dottie Pepper is an American professional golfer and television golf broadcaster. From 1988 to 1995 she competed as Dottie Mochrie, which was her married name before a divorce...

Pepper won with par on sixth extra hole
Daniel eliminated with par on fourth hole
11 1994 JAL Big Apple Classic   Laura Davies
Laura Davies
Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...

Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (8)

  • 1979 World Ladies
  • 1981 JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (with Tom Kite
    Tom Kite
    Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. is an American professional golfer and golf course architect. He spent 175 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1989 and 1994....

    )
  • 1988 Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Championship
  • 1990 JCPenney Classic
    JCPenney Classic
    The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour. Teams consisted of one PGA Tour player and one LPGA Tour player . It was played in California and Florida...

     (with Davis Love III
    Davis Love III
    Davis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...

    ), Konica World Ladies
  • 1991 Konica World Ladies
  • 1995 JCPenney Classic
    JCPenney Classic
    The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the LPGA Tour. Teams consisted of one PGA Tour player and one LPGA Tour player . It was played in California and Florida...

     (with Davis Love III
    Davis Love III
    Davis Milton Love III is an American professional golfer.Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. He earned his PGA Tour card in the fall of 1985, on his first attempt. He quickly established himself on the PGA...

    )
  • 1999 World Golf Hall of Fame Championship (with Johnny Miller
    Johnny Miller
    John Laurence Miller is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour. He was one of the top players in the world during the mid-1970s; he ranked second in the world on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings in both 1974 and 1975 behind Jack Nicklaus. He is currently the lead golf...

    )

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning ScoreMarginRunner-up
1990
1990 LPGA Championship
The 1990 LPGA Championship was played at Bethesda Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. This was the 36th edition of the LPGA Championship and was played from July 26-29.This championship was won by Beth Daniel.-Final leaderboard:-External links:*...

 
Mazda LPGA Championship 
1 stroke   Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones
Rosie Jones is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.-Amateur career:Jones was born in Santa Ana, California...


Results timeline

Tournament 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

... ... ... ... ...
LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

DNP DNP DNP T38 T3
U.S. Women's Open CUT T24 T53 T20 T10
du Maurier Classic ... ... ... T16 T5

Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

... ... T2 4 T11 T7 T22 DNP T6 T6
LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

T5 T7 T16 T2 T10 T15 T58 DNP T14 1
U.S. Women's Open 2 T2 WD T10 CUT T21 T33 T10 T20 T6
du Maurier Classic T17 2 T63 T6 T14 27 CUT T47 T7 3

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

T30 T8 T69 T19 T47 DNP CUT 72 T43 T47
LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

4 T35 T17 T7 T18 T26 DNP T58 CUT T33
U.S. Women's Open T11 CUT T53 T18 CUT T19 DNP T31 T47 8
du Maurier Classic DNP WD T17 CUT T45 T36 DNP T54 T13 T23

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship
Kraft Nabisco Championship
The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983...

T55 T14 T5 T40 T9 T13 DNP
LPGA Championship
LPGA Championship
The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour...

T26 2 T3 T39 T54 T39 CUT
U.S. Women's Open T24 T7 T20 T27 CUT DNP DNP
Women's British Open
Women's British Open
The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons...

 ^
CUT T16 T14 T5 T56 T6 T50


^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

DNP = did not play.

CUT = missed the half-way cut.

"T" = tied

WD = withdrew

DQ = disqualified

Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

See also

  • Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
    Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
    This table lists players with 10 or more wins on the LPGA Tour. It is based on the list on the LPGA Tour's official site, which differs slightly from the main win lists on player's personal profiles on the site...

  • Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
    Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins
    This article lists all the women who have won the LPGA Tour's, past and present major championships by number of victories. The four current majors are shown first in the order in which they are played each season, followed by the three defunct majors in alphabetical order...


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