Laura Davies

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Laura Davies
Personal Information
Birth October 5, 1963 (age 43)
Coventry, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality Flag of United Kingdom United Kingdom Flag of England England
Residence Ottershaw, Surrey, England
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1985
Current tour LPGA Tour (joined 1988)
Other tour LET (Life Member)
Professional wins 67 (LPGA Tour: 20, other individual: 47)
Major Championship results
Wins: 4
LPGA Championship Won 1994, 1996
U.S. Women's Open Won 1987
du Maurier Classic Won 1996
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 Davies (born October 5, 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 67 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]

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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.

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 calender 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 nine Solheim Cup teams to date (1990-2005) on either the United States or European side.[10] [12]

Davies was part of the LPGA team at the Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge three times between 1994 and 1996.[13]

She represented England at the Women's World Cup of Golf in 2005 (with Karen Stupples),[14] 2006 (with Kirsty Taylor)[15] and 2007 (with Trish Johnson).[16] She was a Captain's pick for the International Team at the 2006 Lexus Cup.[17]

In 2004 Davies was the first woman to compete in the men's European Tour, entering the ANZ Championship in Sydney, Australia.[18] [19] 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.

Davies was awarded an MBE in 1988 and a CBE in 2000.[20] [21]

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.[22]

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[23] [24] [25] 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.[26] [27]

In 2001, Davies joined the BBC Sport commentary team member at The Open Championship.[28] 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.[29]

Davies has always had an interest in gambling being a former bookmaker's assistant[30] and her interest has led to her becoming a racehorse owner.[31]

In 2006 Davies completed a 56 mile charity walk along the Great Wall of China to raise funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital.[32]

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

This list may be incomplete.
  • 1985 (1) Belgian Open (Ladies European Tour (LET)),
  • 1986 (2) British Women's Open (LET), Greater Manchester Tournament (LET)
  • 1988 (1) Itoki Classic (JLPGA)
  • 1990 (1) AGF Biarritz Open (LET)
  • 1991 (1) Valextra Classic (LET)
  • 1992 (1) The European Ladies Open (LET), The Ladies' English Open (LET), BMW Italian Ladies' Open (LET)
  • 1993 (2) Australian Ladies Masters, Waterford Dairies English Open (LET)
  • 1994 (3) Australian Ladies Masters, Irish Open (LET), Skoda Scottish (LET)
  • 1995 (4) Evian Masters (LET), Guardian Irish Open (LET), Woodpecker Women's Welsh Open (LET), Wilkinson Sword English Open (LET)
  • 1996 (3) Evian Masters (LET), Wilkinson Sword English Open (LET), Italian Open di Sicilia
  • 1997 (2) Ford-Stimorol Danish Open (LET), Hennessy Cup (LET)
  • 1998 (1) Chrysler Open (LET)
  • 1999 (4) Chrysler Open (LET), McDonald's WPGA Championship (LET), Compaq Open (LET), Praia d'El Rey European Cup (LET; team event)
  • 2000 (1) TSN Ladies World Cup Golf Ind (LET)
  • 2001 (1) WPGA International Matchplay (LET), Itoen Ladies Open, (JLPGA)[33]
  • 2002 (1) P4 Norwegian Masters (LET)
  • 2003 (1) ANZ Ladies Masters (LET)
  • 2004 (1) AAMI Women's Australian Open (LET)
  • 2006 (1) SAS Norwegian Masters (LET)

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
Kraft Nabisco Championship T11 T21 4 T16 T23 CUT
LPGA Championship T6 CUT CUT T42 T3 T65
U.S. Women's Open CUT T32 CUT CUT CUT CUT
Women's British Open ^ T25 CUT T19 T8 T29 T16

^ 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.

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
  • Women's World Cup of Golf (representing England): 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Lexus Cup (representing International team ): 2005 (winners)

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

Year Total Matches Total W-L-H Singles W-L-H 4somes W-L-H 4balls W-L-H Points Won Points %
Career 37 19-15-3 4-5-0 8-5-1 7-5-2 20.5 55.4%
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%

  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. ^ a b 1990-2003 Solheim Cup Teams. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
  11. ^ [hhttp://www.iht.com/articles/1996/05/02/ian.t.php Golf Tour For Women Tees Off With Hope]. International Herald Tribune (1996-05-02). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  12. ^ 2005 European Solheim Cup Team. LPGA. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  13. ^ The Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge. Wendy's. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  14. ^ Australia, Sweden and England installed as favourites for World Cup. Women's World Cup of Golf (2005-02-11). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  15. ^ Creamer, Gulbis Ready to Take on the World. The Golf Channel (2006-01-17). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  16. ^ Sorenstam to miss Sweden title bid. CNN (2006-11-123). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  17. ^ Final Star-Studded Line Up Unvieled as Players Commit To Prestigious Lexus Cup 2006. LPGA (2006-11-30). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  18. ^ Davies out to prove she's cut above the rest. Sydney Morning Herald (2004-02-11). Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  19. ^ Davies a shaker, not mover. Sydney Morning Herald (2004-02-13). Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  20. ^ Sporting New Year honours in full. BBC News (1999-12-31). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  21. ^ People's champions knighted. BBC News (1999-12-31). Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  22. ^ Laura Davies with Lewine Mair, Naturally...Laura Davies, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1996, ISBN 0-74752-764-4
  23. ^ Davies and Johnson vs French World Cup team. LET (2003-07-24). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  24. ^ Game of two halves for footballing golfers. LET (2004-07-23). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  25. ^ The annual football match at Evian. LET (2006-07-26). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  26. ^ Inside the ropes at the ANZ Masters. LET (2002-02-24). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  27. ^ ANZ Ladies Masters Cricket Test Match. LET (2006-02-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  28. ^ Lineker and Davies join BBC Open team. BBC (2001-06-29). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  29. ^ Davies stages garden party. BBC (2004-05-26). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  30. ^ Gambler Davies faces full house in SAFECO Field. SeattlePi.com (1994-09-15). Retrieved on 2007-03-15.
  31. ^ Owner's Champagne Moment. British Horseracing. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.
  32. ^ Great Wall is no barrier for fund-raiser Davies. Daily Telegraph (2006-10-13). Retrieved on 2007-03-08.
  33. ^ Davies wins in Japan

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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