Laura Davies MBE

Career:

Amateur:

Curtis Cup in 1984. South Eastern Champion 1983,1984. English Intermediate Champion 1983. Welsh Open Champion 1984.

Professional:

1996 highlights.

Ranked No 1 on the Ping Leaderboard

Played in 30 individual stoke play events and was 196 under par.

Her winnings from the 30 events was about $1.68 million (£1 million).

She won ten times.

1995 highlights.

Ranked No 1 Ping Leaderboard

Played 9 events. 2nd Ford Order of Merit, £100,725

Stroke Average 69.94

Seven top 10 finishes

Won four tournaments - Evian Masters, Guardian Irish Holidays Open, Woodpecker Welsh Open and Wilkinson sword English Open.

Established a new world record with 25-under par 267 in Guardian Irish Holidays Open at St Margarets.

Winning margin of 16 strokes new Tour record.

Total of 199 after three rounds a new Tour record for 54 holes.

Passes Dale Reid's record of 21 tour victories.

Played in 17 LPGA events and finished second on money earnings list with earnings of $530,349

Won Standard Register Ping and Chick-fil-A charity Championship.

Retained Iteon Tournament in Japan.

1994 highlights

Ranked No 1 on the Ping leaderboard

No 1 LPGA money list with $687,201. Stroke average 70.91 (22 tournaments). 11 Top 10 finishes.

Played 7 tournaments in Europe, six top 10 finishes.

3rd Order of Merit £59,384 - stroke average 71.43.

Won Holiday Ireland Open and New Skoda Scottish Open.

Won 3 LPGA tournaments, 2 European, 1 Asia, 1 Japan, 1 Australia, comfortably retained record winning at least once each year since turning professioinal.

Extended career earnings on LPGA Tour to $1,685,657 since 1988.

Made third appearance for Europe in Solheim Cup.

Achieved career second 2nd hole-in-one at Grand Cypress, Florida in final round of Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions.

Victory in McDonald's LPGA Championship for second major title.

Won Association of Golf Writer's Trophy.

Won Golf Writer's Association of America LPGA Player of the Year Award.

First golfer - man or women - to win on five different tours in one calander year.

Personal:

5ft 10 ins blonde hair, blue eyes. Enjoys all sports. Was awarded the MBE in 1988. Lists fast cars amongst her hobbies and owns a Ferrari.

Represents Sutton Green Golf Club, Surrey and Maruman. Laura signed a five-year contract with Maruman in 1996 even though the Japanese clubmaker was no longer selling clubs in the UK. She had played the clubs for three years prior to signing the contract. She is also considering playing on the Japanese Tour for a year during her contract with Maruman.

Tour Record:

*Note: Laura also finished 2nd on the LPGA money list with earnings of $927,302

Tour Victories: 25

1985 - Belgium Open

1986 - McEwan's Wirral Classic, British Women's Open, Greater Manchester Tournament, Spanish Open

1987 - Italian Open

1988 - Ford Classic, Italian Open, Biarritz Open.

1989 - Laing Charity Classic.

1990 - Biarrtiz Open.

1991 - Valextra Classic.

1992 - European Open, English Open, BMW Italian Open.

1993 - Waterford Dairies English Open.

1994 - Holiday Ireland Open, New Skoda Scottish Open.

1995 - Evian Masters, Guardian Irish Holidays Open, Woodpecker Welsh Open, Wilkinson Sword English Open.

1996 - Evian Masters, Wilkinson Sword English Open, Italian Open di Sicilia

Other Victories: 18

1987 - US Women's Open

1988 - Itoki Classic (Japan), Circle K LPGA Tuscon Open, Jamie Farr Toledo Classic.

1989 - Lady Keystone Open.

1991 - Inamori Classic.

1993 - McDonald's Championship, Thailand Open, Australian Masters.

1994 - Standard Register Ping Championship, Sara Lee Classic, McDonald's LPGA Championship, Thailand Open, Itoki Classic (Japan), Alpine Australian Masters.

1995 - Standard Register Ping, Chick-dil-A Charity Championship, Itoen Tournament Japan.

Teams:

Solheim Cup: 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996

World Team Championship: 1992

Career Highlights:

• 1985 Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit winner. Victory in Belgium Open.

• Retained Order of Merit in 1986 after four victories including British Women's Open. Also won Greater Manchester Tournament at Haigh Hall with 22-under-par winning score to equal world record set by Nancy Lopez. Equalled same score in 1994 Alpine Australian Open.

• Won 1987 US Women's Open. For six days Laura was holder of the US and British Opens. Won 3 European tournaments in 1988, 2 LPGA events and 1 in Japan.

• Equalled her own WPGET record low score with a round of 63 when winning the AGF Biarritz Open.

• Equalled record low score with record of 62 in the 1991 Rail Charity Golf Classic.

• Won three points out of three in Europe's Solheim Cup victory over the United States at Dalmahoy in 1992.

• Represented England in World Cup Team Championship, Taiwan, 1992.

• Won 1992 Order of Merit for record third time.

• Elected honorary member WPGET (1993) for services to Tour. Established a new world record with a 25-under par 267 in 1995 Guardian Irish Holidays Open at St Margaret's. Winning margin of 16 strokes new Tour record. Total of 199 after three rounds new Tour record for 54 holes.

• Won 1995 Wilkinson Sword English Open for Tour record 22nd victory.
• Winner of the United States LPGA Tour's Rolex Player of the Year Award.
• Laura is No 1 on the Ping Leaderboard (women's world rankings)

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