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Wendy Ward
American professional golfer
American professional golfer
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wendy Ward |
| image | 2009 Women's British Open - Wendy Ward (6).jpg |
| imagesize | 225px |
| caption | Ward at the 2009 Women's British Open |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| height | |
| nationality | |
| residence | Edwall, Washington, U.S. |
| spouse | Nate Hair (m. 1998) |
| college | Arizona State University |
| (graduated 1995) | |
| yearpro | 1995 |
| retired | |
| extour | LPGA Tour (1996–2013) |
| prowins | 4 |
| lpgawins | 4 |
| otherwins | |
| majorwins | |
| nabisco | T28: 2004 |
| lpga | T3: 2000, 2001 |
| wusopen | T14: 2010 |
| dumaurier | T16: 1997 |
| wbritopen | T6: 2003 |
| evian | DNP |
| wghofid | |
| wghofyear | |
| award1 | Honda Award |
| year1 | 1994, 1995 |
| awardssection |
(graduated 1995) Wendy Ward (born May 6, 1973) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Early life, education and amateur career
Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas.
She attended Arizona State University where she had a successful National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) career. She was a two-time Honda Sports Award winner, a three-time first team All-American, the Pac-10 Champion in 1993 and 1995 and led ASU to team titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995. She graduated in 1995 with a degree in business Management.
In 1994, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur and represented the U.S. in the Curtis Cup, the biennial team competition between amateur golfers from the United States and those from Great Britain and Ireland.
Professional career
Ward turned professional in 1995 and qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt to become a rookie in 1996. Her first win came at the 1997 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic where she set both the all-time 54 and 72-hole LPGA scoring records; both records have since been broken.
She won four tournaments on the tour. Her best season was 2001, when she finished 12th on the official LPGA Tour money list.
Ward was a member of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 U.S. Solheim Cup teams. She was also selected as an assistant captain to Juli Inkster for the 2015 Solheim Cup team.
Personal life
Ward lives on a 300 acre cattle ranch in Edwall, Washington where she operates a cow/calf beef operation with her husband, Nate Hair.
Professional wins (4)
LPGA Tour wins (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | |||||||
| 1 | Sep 28, 1997 | Fieldcrest Cannon Classic | −23 (66-65-64-70=265) | 2 strokes | USA Jane Geddes | |||
| USA Rosie Jones | ||||||||
| 2 | Feb 21, 1998 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | −4 (65-69-70=204) | magazine=Golf Digest | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_2_50/ai_54378689/ | title=LPGA Tour 1998 At a Glance | access-date=2010-08-04}} | USA Dana Dormann |
| 3 | Aug 12, 2001 | Wendy's Championship for Children | −21 (65-62-68=195) | work=The Golf Channel | url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/lpga/2001-wendys-championship-for-children/scores/?sc=11323#11323 | title=2001 Wendy's Championship for Children Leaderboard | access-date=2010-08-04}} | USA Moira Dunn |
| SWE Annika Sörenstam | ||||||||
| 4 | Apr 16, 2005 | LPGA Takefuji Classic | −16 (65-68-67=200) | url=http://www.8monkeys.net/golf/history.shtml | title=Takefuji Classic Past Winners | access-date=2010-08-04}} | MEX Lorena Ochoa |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | USA Dana Dormann | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2001 | LPGA Champions Classic | AUS Wendy Doolan | Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole |
| 3 | 2003 | Wendy's Championship for Children | KOR Hee-Won Han | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | CUT | T33 | T43 | ||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T25 | T4 | CUT | T3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | T19 | T40 | |
| du Maurier Classic | T53 | T16 | T34 | T20 | T55 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T36 | T36 | T48 | T28 | T50 | T35 | WD | T58 | T36 |
| Women's PGA Championship | T3 | CUT | T11 | T30 | CUT | T16 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T36 | T41 | CUT | ||
| Women's British Open ^ | CUT | T56 | T6 | T56 | CUT | T67 | T23 | T59 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ... | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | CUT | T33 | T56 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | T14 | T34 | CUT | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | T67 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
| Women's British Open | CUT | |||||
| The Evian Championship ^^ |
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Summary
- Starts – 63
- Wins – 0
- 2nd-place finishes – 0
- 3rd-place finishes – 2
- Top 3 finishes – 2
- Top 5 finishes – 3
- Top 10 finishes – 4
- Top 25 finishes – 14
- Missed cuts – 23
- Most consecutive cuts made – 8
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup: 1994 (tie)
- Espirito Santo Trophy: 1994 (winners)
Professional
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 | 11 | *2–8–1* | *0–2–1* | *2–3–0* | *0–3–0* | 2.5 | 23% |
| 2002 | 4 | *2–1–1* | *0–0–1* halved w/ A. Sörenstam | *2–0–0* won w/ B. Daniel 1 up, won w/ E. Klein 3&2 | *0–1–0* lost w/ B. Daniel 4&3 | 2.5 | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 4 | *0–4–0* | *0–1–0* lost to I. Tinning 2&1 | *0–2–0* lost w/ J. Inkster 5&3, lost w/ H. Bowie 3&2 | *0–1–0* lost w/ R. Jones 4&3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2005 | 3 | *0–3–0* | *0–1–0* lost to C. Matthew 3&2 | *0–1–0* lost w/ L. Diaz 5&3 | *0–1–0* lost w/ P. Hurst 2&1 | 0 | 0% |
References
References
- (2010-02-18). "An LPGA Golfer's Passion for Pets". Doctors Foster and Smith Pet Blog.
- (2010-07-12). "Ward and Munoz finish in Top 20 at U.S. Women's Open". Arizona State University.
- (2008-12-04). "ASU golf great Wendy Ward inducted to NGCA Hall of Fame".
- "Golf". CWSA.
- (2010-05-13). "Women's golf looks to defend NCAA title". Arizona State University.
- (2010-07-07). "Seven former Sun Devil golfers set for U.S. Women's Open". Arizona State University.
- (1997-09-29). "Ward sets record; King finishes fifth". [[Reading Eagle]].
- "LPGA Tour 1998 At a Glance".
- "2001 Wendy's Championship for Children Leaderboard". The Golf Channel.
- "Takefuji Classic Past Winners".
- "Wendy Ward Event Results 2005". The Golf Channel.
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