2013 LET Tour Guide (pdf) - Ladies European Tour

Laura Davies CBE
Country
England
Born
5 October 1963 – Coventry
Exempt Status
Honorary Life Member
Turned Professional 1985
Joined Tour 1985
Career Victories (Last) 80 (2012 – ISPS Legends Tour Open)
LET Victories 45
LPGA Victories 20
Other Victories 15
Major championships 4
Career Holes-In-One LET 2
Career Earnings LET (Euro) 3,992,693.00
Tournaments Played 307
Top Ten Finishes 99
Lowest Round
63 (2 times)
PROFESSIONAL
n In 2012, Laura played in 18 tournaments and posted
4 top-10 finishes including a 2nd place at the UniCredit
Ladies German Open presented by Audi, where she lost
the play-off against Anne-Lise Caudal, and a tie for 2nd
at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen
and 3rd place at the Ladies Irish Open. She ended the
season ranked 9th on the ISPS Handa Order of Merit
and 14th on the Solheim Cup point list. She also made
her debut on the Legends Tour in America - the tour for
LPGA Tour members age 45 and over - and won the
ISPS Legends Tour Open
n In 2011, Laura played in18 tournaments on the LET
and her best finish of the season was a tie for 7th at the
Pegasus New Zealand Women’s Open hosted by
Christchurch. Laura was a member of the victorious
European Solheim Cup Team at Killeen Castle in Ireland
and remained the only player from either team to have
played in every Solheim Cup. With victory in the second
day fourballs, she reached the 24½ points needed to
overtake Annika Sorenstam as the all-time points record
holder and having halved her singles match against Juli
Inkster, she now holds the record with 25 points.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
1985 Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit winner.
Victory in Belgian Open. Retained Order of Merit in 1986
after four victories including British Women’s Open. Also
won Greater Manchester Tournament at Haigh Hall with
20-under-par winning score to equal world record set by
Nancy Lopez. Equalled same score in 1994 Alpine
Australian Masters. Won 1987 US Women’s Open. For
six memorable days Laura was holder of both the US and
British Open titles. Won three European tournaments in
1988, two LPGA events and one in Japan. Equalled her
own record low score with round of 63 when winning
1990 AGF Biarritz Open. Equalled LPGA record low score
with round of 62 in 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 Sunrise Cup World Team Championship,
Taiwan, 1992. Won 1992 Order of Merit for record third
time. Elected honorary member WPGET (1993) for
services to Tour. Established new world record with
25-under-par 267 in 1995 Guardian Holidays Irish Open
at St Margaret’s. Winning margin of 16 strokes new Tour
record. Total of 199 after three rounds set new Tour
record for 54 holes. Won 1995 Wilkinson Sword English
Open for Tour record 22nd victory. 1994 & 1996 ranked
number one on the PING Leaderboard. Won the 1994
LPGA money list.
Victory in the 1994 McDonald’s LPGA Championship
gave her a second major title. Won Association of Golf
Writers’ Trophy 1994. 1994 and 1996 won Golf Writers’
Association of America LPGA Player of the Year Award.
Was ranked number one on the PING leader board in
1996. Won Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year
award and Golf Writers Association of America LPGA
Player of the Year Award in 1996. In 1994 was first golfer,
man or woman, to win on five different Tours in one
calendar year. In 1999 became the first player to win
£1 million on the LET. Also finished top of the Order of
Merit for a record fifth time. 2000 partnered Trish Johnson
to second place behind Sweden in the inaugural TSN
Ladies World Cup Golf, where she finished with the
lowest individual aggregate. Represented the victorious
European team for the sixth consecutive time in The
Solheim Cup 2000 at Loch Lomond. Won twice on the
2000 LPGA Tour. Recognised during the LPGA's 50th
Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA's top 50 players.
Won in Europe for the first time in two years when she
beat Scotland’s Janice Moodie by 5&4 in the inaugural
WPGA International Matchplay at Gleneagles Monarch’s
course. Won once on the LPGA Tour at the Rochester
International and finished her season with a win in Japan.
Won P4 Norwegian Masters in a playoff with Spain’s Ana
Larraneta, making it at least one win in each season of
her career. Won two points in The Solheim Cup and
admitted to playing the best shot of her life, a driver from
a hanging lie in the rough from 287 yards to ten feet!
Set new record of 16 points won in The Solheim Cup,
surpassing her previous record she shared with the
USA’s Dottie Pepper. Won 2003 ANZ Masters and
helped Europe to an historic victory in The Solheim Cup
at Barsebäck in Sweden. Represented England in the
2005 Women’s World Cup of Golf with Karen Stupples.
Played in her ninth Solheim Cup at Crooked Stick GC,
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