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Laura Davies

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Laura Davies
Personal Information
Birth 5 October 1963 (1963-10-05) (age 44)
Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Flag of England England
Residence Ottershaw, Surrey, England
College none
Career
Turned Pro 1985
Current tours LPGA Tour (joined 1988)

LET (Life Member)
Professional wins 69 (LPGA Tour: 20, other individual: 49)
Major Championship results
Wins: 4
Kraft Nabisco 2nd: 1994
LPGA Championship Won 1994, 1996
U.S. Women's Open Won 1987
du Maurier Classic Won 1996
Women's British Open T8: 2004
Awards
LET Rookie of the Year 1985
LET Order of Merit 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2006
Member of Order of British Empire 1988
LPGA Tour
Money Winner		 1994
Association of European Golf Writers Golf Writers' Trophy 1994
ESPY Awards Best Female Golfer 1995
Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year 1994, 1996
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year		 1996
Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year 1996
Commander of Order of British Empire 2000

Laura Jane Davies CBE (born 5 October 1963 in Coventry, England) is an English professional golfer.

She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times[1] [2] being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list.[1] She also won the LET Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006.[3] [4]

She currently has 69 professional wins worldwide, 20 on the LPGA including four majors.[5] She is a member of U.S. based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She needs only one major victory or two regular tour wins to enter the LPGA Hall of Fame.[6]

Contents

[edit] Amateur career

As an amateur Davies was an international player for Great Britain with a notable record. She was the 1983 English Intermediate Champion, the 1984 Welsh Open Stroke Play Champion and the South Eastern Champion in both 1983 and 1984.[3] She was also a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Team in 1984.[7] She turned professional in 1985.

[edit] Professional career

Laura Davies started her professional career on the WPGET (now LET) tour in 1985 when she won both Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit titles.[3] She subsequently won the Sports Journalists' Association Peter Wilson Trophy as International Newcomer of the Year 1985.[8] She repeated the Order of Merit win in 1986 having won four titles, one of which was the British Women's Open (prior to it becoming a major).[3]

In 1987 she went to the United States and won the U.S. Women's Open in an 18-hole playoff against Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner. It was a victory that led the LPGA to amend its constitution. Davies was not a member of the LPGA Tour, so the LPGA changed its constitution to grant Davies automatic membership.[9] Since 1988 Laura Davies has played on both the LPGA and LET tours.

In 1988 Davies won twice as a rookie on the LPGA Tour, three times on the LET Tour and once in Japan, becoming the first woman ever to win on all three major Tours in the same year.[1]

In 1990 she was a member of the inaugural European Solheim Cup Team. She returned as part of the winning European team in 1992.[10]

In 1994 she was the first golfer, male or female, to win on five different golf tours in one calendar year: US, Europe, Asia, Japan and Australia.[3] [11] and became the first European player to be ranked unofficial number one in the world.[1] She was named the Sports Journalists' Association Sportswoman of the Year 1995 and 1996.[8]

Davies is the only player to participate in all ten Solheim Cup teams to date (1990-2007) on either the United States or European side.[12] [13]

Davies was part of the LPGA team at the Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge three times between 1994 and 1996.[14]

She represented England at the Women's World Cup of Golf in 2005 (with Karen Stupples),[15] 2006 (with Kirsty Taylor)[16] and 2007 (with Trish Johnson).[17] She was a Captain's pick for the International Team at the 2006 Lexus Cup.[18]

In 2004 Davies was the first woman to compete in the men's European Tour, entering the ANZ Championship in Sydney, Australia.[19] [20] She failed to make the cut, finishing second to last.

Davies currently holds the LPGA record for most eagles in a season, scoring 19 during the 2004 season.

[edit] Other awards and honors

Davies was awarded an MBE in 1988 and a CBE in 2000.[21] [22]

[edit] Off-course activities

Laura Davies on the practice range during the Women's British Open 2004 at Sunningdale Golf Club
Laura Davies on the practice range during the Women's British Open 2004 at Sunningdale Golf Club

Davies published an autobiography in 1996.[23]

Davies enjoys all sports and is an avid football fan and a Liverpool FC supporter.[3] She organises the annual football match at the Evian Masters Tournament in France[24] [25] [26] and she has in the past been fined by the Ladies European Tour for watching an England versus Spain European Championship football match on a portable television during the final round of the 1996 Evian Masters in France, a tournament she nevertheless won.[6]

She is also the captain of the Rest of the World team in the annual Rest of the World V Australia cricket match held during the ANZ Ladies Masters.[27] [28]

In 2001, Davies joined the BBC Sport commentary team member at The Open Championship.[29] and has regularly appeared in the commentary box for major golfing events on the BBC.

Davies has built a nine-hole golf course (one full size green and greenside bunker plus nine tees) in the garden of her house. In 2004 she hosted a celebrity fourball tournament for the charity Sport Relief.[30]

Davies has always had an interest in gambling being a former bookmaker's assistant[31] and her interest has led to her becoming a racehorse owner.[32]

In 2006 Davies completed a 56 mile charity walk along the Great Wall of China to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.[33]

[edit] Professional wins (69)

[edit] LPGA Tour (20)

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Ladies European Tour (40)

This list is incomplete. Her LET profile states she has 39 wins but only lists wins from 1991 on.
  • 1985 (1) Belgian Open
  • 1986 (4) British Women's Open, Greater Manchester Tournament, two other wins
  • 1987 (1) BMW Italian Ladies' Open
  • 1988 (2) BMW Italian Ladies' Open, one other win
  • 1990 (1) AGF Biarritz Open
  • 1991 (1) Valextra Classic
  • 1992 (3) The European Ladies Open, The Ladies' English Open, BMW Italian Ladies' Open
  • 1993 (1) Waterford Dairies English Open
  • 1994 (2) Irish Open, Skoda Scottish
  • 1995 (4) Evian Masters, Guardian Irish Open, Woodpecker Women's Welsh Open, Wilkinson Sword English Open
  • 1996 (3) Evian Masters, Wilkinson Sword English Open, Italian Open di Sicilia
  • 1997 (2) Ford-Stimorol Danish Open, Hennessy Cup
  • 1998 (1) Chrysler Open
  • 1999 (4) Chrysler Open, McDonald's WPGA Championship, Compaq Open, Praia d'El Rey European Cup (team event)
  • 2000 (1) TSN Ladies World Cup Golf Ind
  • 2001 (1) WPGA International Matchplay
  • 2002 (1) P4 Norwegian Masters
  • 2003 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters
  • 2004 (1) AAMI Women's Australian Open
  • 2006 (2) SAS Norwegian Masters, Volvo Cross Country Challenge
  • 2007 (1) UNIQA Ladies Golf Open

[edit] Other (9)

This list is incomplete.

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT T33 T21 T42
LPGA Championship DNP DNP CUT T65
U.S. Women's Open T11 1 T50 T7
du Maurier Classic DNP DNP 2 T17
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship T44 T23 CUT T12 2 T3 T15 T16 T3 T70 T35
LPGA Championship CUT T51 T52 T45 1 2 1 T4 T44 T7 T6
U.S. Women's Open T26 T44 CUT T11 T12 T24 6 CUT T11 CUT T9
du Maurier Classic CUT T3 T20 DNP T38 CUT 1 T16 T22 2 73
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Kraft Nabisco Championship T11 T21 4 T16 T23 CUT T20 T55
LPGA Championship T6 CUT CUT T42 T3 T65 T30 CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT T32 CUT CUT CUT CUT T32
Women's British Open ^ T25 CUT T19 T8 T29 T16 CUT

^ 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
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

  • Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1984

Professional

  • Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2002, 2003 (winners), 2005, 2007
  • Women's World Cup of Golf (representing England): 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2005 (winners)

[edit] LPGA Tour career summary

Year Majors Other wins LPGA wins Earnings ($) Money list rank Average
1988 0 2 2 160,382 15 72.98
1989 0 1 1 181,874 13 71.87
1990 0 0 0 64,863 64 73.72
1991 0 1 1 200,831 20 73.16
1992 0 0 0 150,163 39 72.94
1993 0 1 1 240,643 20 72.00
1994 1 2 3 687,201 1 70.91
1995 0 2 2 530,349 2 71.37
1996 2 2 4 927,302 2 70.32
1997 0 1 1 483,571 8 70.86
1998 0 1 1 517,547 11 71.9
1999 0 0 0 501,798 14 71.33
2000 0 2 2 557,158 11 71.91
2001 0 1 1 492,143 18 71.84
2002 0 0 0 344,232 29 71.68
2003 0 0 0 525,902 19 71.27
2004 0 0 0 351,961 36 71.04
2005 0 0 0 434,589 31 72.52
2006 0 0 0 364,531 34 72.94
2007 0 0 0 692,010 21 71.71

[edit] Solheim Cup Record

Year Total Matches Total W-L-H Singles W-L-H Foursomes W-L-H Fourballs W-L-H Points Won Points %
Career 41 21-16-4 5-5-0 8-6-1 8-5-3 23 56.1%
1990 3 2-1-0 1-0-0 def. R. Jones 3&2 1-0-0 won w/A.Nicholas 2&1 0-1-0 lost w/A.Nicholas 4&3 2 66.7%
1992 3 3-0-0 1-0-0 def. B. Burton 4&2 1-0-0 won w/A.Nicholas 1up 1-0-0 won w/A.Nicholas 1up 3 100%
1994 3 1-2-0 0-1-0 lost to B. Burton 1 dn 1-0-0 won w/A.Nicholas 2&1 0-1-0 lost w/A.Nicholas 2&1 1 33.3%
1996 5 3-2-0 0-1-0 lost to M. McGann 3&2 1-1-0 lost w/A. Nicholas, 1 down, won w/T. Johnson, 4&3 2-0-0 won w/T. Johnson, 6&5, won w/L. Hackney 6&5 3 60%
1998 5 3-1-1 1-0-0 def. P. Hurst 1 up 1-1-0 lost w/T. Johnson, 3&1, won w/C. Sorenstam, 3&2 1-0-1 halved w/C. Sorenstam, won w/L. Hackney 2up 3.5 70%
2000 4 1-2-1 0-1-0 lost to K. Robbins 3&2 1-1-0 won w/A. Nicholas, 4&3,lost w/A. Nicholas, 6&5 0-0-1 halved w/R. Carriedo 1.5 37.5%
2002 5 2-3-0 0-1-0 lost to M. Mallon 3&2 1-1-0 won w/P. Marti, 2 up, lost w/P. Marti, 2&1 1-1-0 lost w/P. Marti 1dn, won w/S. Gustafson 1up 2 40%
2003 4 1-2-1 1-0-0 def. M. Mallon conceded on 15 0-0-1 halved w/C. Koch 0-2-0 lost w/C. Matthew 2&1, lost w/S.Gustafson 2&1 1.5 37.5%
2005 5 3-2-0 0-1-0 lost to P. Creamer 7&5 1-1-0 won w/M. Hjorth 2&1, lost w/M. Hjorth 3&2 2-0-0 won w/S. Pettersen 4&3, won w/A. Sörenstam 4&2 3 60%
2007 4 2-1-1 1-0-0 def B. Lincicome 4&3 0-1-0 lost w/ B. Brewerton 2&1 1-0-1 halved w/ T. Johnson, won w/ B. Brewerton 2 up 2.5 62.5%

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes and References

  1. ^ a b c d St Andrews To Honour Golfing Greats. University of St. Andrews (2005-06-29). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  2. ^ Biographies Laura Davies Presenter. BBC (2007-01-01). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e f LET Player Profile. Ladies European Tour (2007-02-12). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  4. ^ Laura Davies captures New Star Money List. LET (2006-10-29). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  5. ^ Official Career Wins. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  6. ^ a b The Great Contradiction. GolfWorld (2003-09-05). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  7. ^ The 33rd Curtis Cup. Curtis Cup (2006-10-23). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  8. ^ a b Past winners of the SJA Sports Awards. Sports Journalists' Association. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  9. ^ Laura Davies Full Career Biography. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  10. ^ 1990-2003 Solheim Cup Teams. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  11. ^ Golf Tour For Women Tees Off With Hope. International Herald Tribune (1996-05-02). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  12. ^ 1990-2005 Solheim Cup Teams. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  13. ^ Meet the 2007 European Solheim Cup Team. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  14. ^ The Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge. Wendy's. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  15. ^ Australia, Sweden and England installed as favourites for World Cup. Women's World Cup of Golf (2005-02-11). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  16. ^ Creamer, Gulbis Ready to Take on the World. The Golf Channel (2006-01-17). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  17. ^ Sorenstam to miss Sweden title bid. CNN (2006-11-123). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  18. ^ Final Star-Studded Line Up Unvieled as Players Commit To Prestigious Lexus Cup 2006. LPGA (2006-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  19. ^ Davies out to prove she's cut above the rest. Sydney Morning Herald (2004-02-11). Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  20. ^ Davies a shaker, not mover. Sydney Morning Herald (2004-02-13). Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  21. ^ Sporting New Year honours in full. BBC News (1999-12-31). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  22. ^ People's champions knighted. BBC News (1999-12-31). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  23. ^ Laura Davies with Lewine Mair, Naturally...Laura Davies, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1996, ISBN 0-74752-764-4
  24. ^ Davies and Johnson vs French World Cup team. LET (2003-07-24). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  25. ^ Game of two halves for footballing golfers. LET (2004-07-23). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  26. ^ The annual football match at Evian. LET (2006-07-26). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  27. ^ Inside the ropes at the ANZ Masters. LET (2002-02-24). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  28. ^ ANZ Ladies Masters Cricket Test Match. LET (2006-02-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  29. ^ Lineker and Davies join BBC Open team. BBC (2001-06-29). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  30. ^ Davies stages garden party. BBC (2004-05-26). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  31. ^ Gambler Davies faces full house in SAFECO Field. SeattlePi.com (1994-09-15). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  32. ^ Owner's Champagne Moment. British Horseracing. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  33. ^ Great Wall is no barrier for fund-raiser Davies. Daily Telegraph (2006-10-13). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  34. ^ Davies wins in Japan

[edit] External links

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LPGA Champions

1955 Beverly Hanson · 1956 Marlene Hagge · 1957 Louise Suggs 1958 Mickey Wright · 1959 Betsy Rawls · 1960 Mickey Wright · 1961 Mickey Wright · 1962 Judy Kimball · 1963 Mickey Wright · 1964 Mary Mills · 1965 Sandra Haynie · 1966 Gloria Ehret · 1967 Kathy Whitworth · 1968 Sandra Post · 1969 Betsy Rawls · 1970 Shirley Englehorn · 1971 Kathy Whitworth · 1972 Kathy Ahern · 1973 Mary Mills · 1974 Sandra Haynie · 1975 Kathy Whitworth · 1976 Betty Burfeindt · 1977 Chako Higuchi · 1978 Nancy Lopez · 1979 Donna Caponi · 1980 Sally Little · 1981 Donna Caponi · 1982 Jan Stephenson · 1983 Patty Sheehan · 1984 Patty Sheehan · 1985 Nancy Lopez · 1986 Pat Bradley · 1987 Jane Geddes · 1988 Sherri Turner · 1989 Nancy Lopez · 1990 Beth Daniel · 1991 Meg Mallon · 1992 Betsy King · 1993 Patty Sheehan · 1994 Laura Davies · 1995 Kelly Robbins · 1996 Laura Davies · 1997 Christa Johnson · 1998 Se Ri Pak · 1999 Juli Inkster · 2000 Juli Inkster · 2001 Karrie Webb · 2002 Se Ri Pak · 2003 Annika Sörenstam · 2004 Annika Sörenstam · 2005 Annika Sörenstam · 2006 Se Ri Pak · 2007 Suzann Pettersen · 2008 Yani Tseng ·
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U.S. Women's Open Champions

1946 Patty Berg · 1947 Betty Jameson · 1948 Babe Zaharias · 1949 Louise Suggs · 1950 Babe Zaharias · 1951 Betsy Rawls · 1952 Louise Suggs · 1953 Betsy Rawls · 1954 Babe Zaharias · 1955 Fay Crocker · 1956 Kathy Cornelius · 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958 Mickey Wright · 1959 Mickey Wright · 1960 Betsy Rawls · 1961 Mickey Wright · 1962 Murle Breer · 1963 Mary Mills · 1964 Mickey Wright · 1965 Carol Mann · 1966 Sandra Spuzich · 1967 Catherine LaCoste (am) · 1968 Susie Berning · 1969 Donna Caponi · 1970 Donna Caponi · 1971 JoAnne Carner · 1972 Susie Berning · 1973 Susie Berning · 1974 Sandra Haynie · 1975 Sandra Palmer · 1976 JoAnne Carner · 1977 Hollis Stacy · 1978 Hollis Stacy · 1979 Jerilyn Britz · 1980 Amy Alcott · 1981 Pat Bradley · 1982 Janet Anderson · 1983 Jan Stephenson · 1984 Hollis Stacy · 1985 Kathy Baker · 1986 Jane Geddes · 1987 Laura Davies · 1988 Liselotte Neumann · 1989 Betsy King · 1990 Betsy King · 1991 Meg Mallon · 1992 Patty Sheehan · 1993 Lauri Merten · 1994 Patty Sheehan · 1995 Annika Sörenstam · 1996 Annika Sörenstam · 1997 Alison Nicholas · 1998 Se Ri Pak · 1999 Juli Inkster · 2000 Karrie Webb · 2001 Karrie Webb · 2002 Juli Inkster · 2003 Hilary Lunke · 2004 Meg Mallon · 2005 Birdie Kim · 2006 Annika Sörenstam · 2007 Cristie Kerr
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Canadian Women's Open (Peter Jackson/du Maurier Classic) Champions

Non-Major Championship
1973 Jocelyne Bourassa · 1974 Carole Jo Callison · 1975 JoAnne Carner · 1976 Donna Caponi · 1977 Judy Rankin · 1978 JoAnne Carner

Major Championship
1979 Amy Alcott · 1980 Pat Bradley · 1981 Jan Stephenson · 1982 Sandra Haynie · 1983 Hollis Stacy · 1984 Juli Inkster · 1985 Pat Bradley · 1986 Pat Bradley · 1987 Jody Rosenthal · 1988 Sally Little · 1989 Tammie Green · 1990 Cathy Johnston-Forbes · 1991 Nancy Scranton · 1992 Sherri Steinhauer · 1993 Brandie Burton · 1994 Martha Nause · 1995 Jenny Lidback · 1996 Laura Davies · 1997 Colleen Walker · 1998 Brandie Burton · 1999 Karrie Webb · 2000 Meg Mallon

Non-Major Championship
2001 Annika Sörenstam · 2002 Meg Mallon · 2003 Beth Daniel · 2004 Meg Mallon · 2005 Meena Lee · 2006 Cristie Kerr · 2007 Lorena Ochoa
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2007 European Solheim Cup Team


Persondata
NAME Davies, Laura
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Surrey, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH


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