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Lee-Anne Pace

South African professional golfer


South African professional golfer

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image2010 Women's British Open – Lee-Anne Pace (3).jpg
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captionPace at the 2010 Women's British Open
fullnameLee-Anne Pace
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birth_placePaarl, South Africa
death_date
height
nationality
spouseAnne-Lise Caudal
collegeMurray State University,
University of Tulsa
yearpro2005
retired
tourLadies European Tour
extourLPGA Tour
Futures Tour
prowins23
lpgawins1
letwins11
jlpgawins
klpgawins
lagtwins
alpgwins
futwins
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majorwins
nabiscoT14: 2016
lpgaT30: 2023
wusopenT43/43: 2014, 2017
wbritopenT17: 2016
evianT6: 2015
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award1Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner
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award2Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
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Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.

Career

Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.

Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe, the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit and won the LET Player of the Year.

After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixth Ladies European Tour event in May when she took a one stroke victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that victory up with another in July, again winning by a stroke, at the Open De España Femenino. She concluded the 2013 season by winning in a playoff at the Sanya Ladies Open. The victory was her eighth on tour and netted her a second LET Player of the Year award. In October 2014, Pace would win her ninth LET event when she was victorious in her home country, winning the Cell C South African Women's Open, in a playoff, after a final round comeback. A week later, Pace won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.

Personal life

In January 2024, Pace married fellow LET player Anne-Lise Caudal at a ceremony held in Yzerfontein, South Africa. The two became acquainted when Pace first started competing on the LET in 2008.

Amateur wins

  • 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Championship
  • 2005 Western Athletic Conference Championship

Professional wins (23)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner-up
126 Oct 2014Blue Bay LPGA−16 (67-66-67=200)3 strokesDEU Caroline Masson

Ladies European Tour wins (11)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner(s)-up
120 Jun 2010Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open−12 (69-67-68=204)1 strokeSCO Vikki Laing
215 Aug 2010S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe−6 (74-71-67-70=282)3 strokesENG Melissa Reid
NED Christel Boeljon
329 Aug 2010Finnair Masters−14 (66-64-69=199)3 strokesSCO Vikki Laing
424 Oct 2010Sanya Ladies Open−11 (68-71-66=205)1 strokeAUT Stefanie Michl
531 Oct 2010Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open−5 (71-72-68=211)PlayoffUSA Hannah Jun
PAR Julieta Granada
NED Christel Boeljon
612 May 2013Turkish Airlines Ladies Open−3 (70-77-70-72=289)1 strokeFIN Minea Blomqvist
ESP Carlota Ciganda
ENG Charley Hull
721 Jul 2013Open De España Femenino−13 (67-69-68-71=275)1 strokeSWE Mikaela Parmlid
827 Oct 2013Sanya Ladies Open−13 (67-66-70=203)PlayoffCHN Yu Yang Zhang
919 Oct 2014Cell C South African Women's Open1−5 (71-73-67=211)PlayoffENG Holly Clyburn
1016 May 2021Investec South African Women's Open1+2 (70-75-73-72=290)1 strokeGER Leonie Harm
112 Apr 2022Investec South African Women's Open1E (71-73-74-70=288)PlayoffARG Magdalena Simmermacher

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour

Sunshine Ladies Tour (14)

  • 2013-2014 (1) Investec Ladies Cup
  • 2014-2015 (4) South African Women's Open1, Ladies Tshwane Open, SuperSport Ladies Challenge, Investec Ladies Cup
  • 2015-2016 (4) South African Women's Open, Joburg Ladies Open, Cape Town Ladies Open, Dimension Data Ladies Challenge
  • 2017 (1) Chase to Investec Cup Final
  • 2018 (1) Cape Town Ladies Open
  • 2020 (1) Cape Town Ladies Open
  • 2021 (1) Investec South African Women's Open1
  • 2022 (1) Investec South African Women's Open1 1Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron ChampionshipT70CUTCUTT69T14CUT
U.S. Women's OpenT55CUTT43T56CUT43T64
Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT62WDT64DQCUTT30
The Evian Championship ^T54T6T43T48CUTNTCUTCUT
Women's British OpenCUTCUTT39T25T29T24T17CUTCUTT32WD65CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut

DQ = disqualified

WD = withdrew

NT = no tournament

T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts madeTotals0000154123
Chevron Championship00000163
U.S. Women's Open00000075
Women's PGA Championship00000073
The Evian Championship00001174
Women's British Open000003148
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2014 Evian – 2016 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Africa): 2002, 2004

References

References

  1. (10 April 2013). "Lee- Anne Pace on South Africa". Ladies European Tour.
  2. (15 August 2010). "Lee-Anne Pace secures Wales Ladies triumph". [[BBC Sport]].
  3. (11 December 2010). "Pace wins Order of Merit". [[Independent Online (South Africa)]].
  4. "Pace And Caudal Tie The Knot In South Africa". Ladies European Tour.
  5. (20 January 2020). "Friendship put aside for Cape Town showdown". News24.
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