Laura Davies

Dame
Laura Davies
DBE
Davies at the 2009 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameLaura Jane Davies
Born (1963-10-05) 5 October 1963 (age 60)
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceOttershaw, Surrey, England
Career
Turned professional1985
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 1988)
Ladies European Tour (joined 1985)
Professional wins87
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour20
Ladies European Tour45 (1st all-time)
LPGA of Japan Tour7
Ladies Asian Golf Tour2
ALPG Tour8
Other5 (regular)
4 (senior)
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 4)
Chevron Championship2nd: 1994
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 1994, 1996
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 1987
du Maurier ClassicWon: 1996
Women's British OpenT8: 2004
Evian ChampionshipT41: 2014
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame2015 (member page)
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
1996, 1999
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year
1985
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit
1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2006
LPGA Tour
Money Winner
1994
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year
1996
GWAA Female
Player of the Year
1994, 1996
Best Female Golfer
ESPY Award
1995
Commander of the Order
of the British Empire
2000
GWAA ASAPSports
/Jim Murray Award
2013
Middle East Golf Awards
Ultimate Recognition
2014
Laura Davies
Personal information
Position(s) Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Myrtle Beach Seadawgs 1 (0)
Total 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dame Laura Jane Davies, DBE (born 5 October 1963) is an English professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times,[2][3] being the second non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list[2] as well as winning the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006.[4][5]

As of 2018, Davies has 87 professional wins worldwide, with 20 on the LPGA Tour, including four majors.[6] From 1985 to 2010, she won at least one individual title somewhere in the world every season, except for 2005, and was the first golfer, male or female, to win tournaments on five continents in one year. She is a member of U.S.-based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour.[7] She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.[8]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Myrtle Beach Seadawgs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b "St Andrews To Honour Golfing Greats". University of St Andrews. 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Biographies Laura Davies Presenter". BBC. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
  4. ^ "LET Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Laura Davies captures New Star Money List". Ladies European Tour. 29 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Official Career Wins" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  7. ^ Huggan, John (5 September 2003). "The Great Contradiction". Golf World. Archived from the original on 20 September 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  8. ^ McAllister, Mike (15 October 2014). "Class of 2015 Hall of Famers receive surprise calls". PGA Tour.

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