Donna Caponi
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| Personal Information | |
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| Birth | January 29, 1945 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.803 m) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| College | none |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1965 |
| LPGA wins | 24 |
| Career earnings | $1,387,920 |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Kraft Nabisco | T13: 1985 |
| LPGA Championship | Won 1979, 1981 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won 1969, 1970 |
| du Maurier Classic | 3: 1980, 1982 |
| Awards | |
| Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year | 1981 |
| Elected to World Golf Hall of Fame | 2001 |
Donna Caponi-Byrnes (b. January 29, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional golfer.
Daughter of a club pro, Caponi-Byrnes began playing golf at the age of eight and joined the pro tour at 20. It took Caponi-Byrnes four years to capture her first win, but she did it on the tour's biggest stage, capturing the U.S. Women's Open. She won by one stroke, with a dramatic closing round score of 69 that included a birdie on the final hole. Only Mickey Wright had ever won back-to-back U.S. Women's Opens before Caponi-Byrnes turned the trick in 1970, when she also matched Wright's 72-hole scoring record of 287.
Caponi-Byrnes won twenty-four events on the LPGA Tour, including four major championships. She finished in the top ten on the money list ten times between 1968 and 1981, including second place finishes in 1976 and 1980. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.
She married her longtime boyfriend Edward "Ted" Byrnes on July 29, 2006. She is currently an announcer on The Golf Channel, covering the Champions Tour.
[edit] LPGA wins (24)
- 1969 (2) U.S. Open, Lincoln-Mercury Open
- 1970 (2) Bluegrass Invitational, U.S. Open
- 1973 (1) Bluegrass Invitational
- 1975 (2) Burdine’s Invitational, Lady Tara Classic
- 1976 (4) Peter Jackson Classic, Portland Classic, The Carlton, LPGA/Japan Mizuno Classic
- 1978 (2) The Sarah Coventry, Houston Exchange Clubs Classic
- 1979 (1) LPGA Championship
- 1980 (5) LPGA National Pro-Am, Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner’s Circle, Corning Classic, United Virginia Bank Classic, ERA Real Estate Classic
- 1981 (5) LPGA Desert Inn Pro-Am, American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic, LPGA Championship, WUI Classic, Boston Five Classic
- Note: Caponi won the Peter Jackson Classic (which became the du Maurier Classic) and the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winnder's Circle (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) before they became major championships.
LPGA Majors are shown in bold.
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