Tammie Green is an American

United States

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

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Career

Green was born in Somerset, Ohio

Somerset, Ohio

Somerset is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,549 at the 2000 census.Saint Joseph Church, the oldest Catholic church in Ohio, is located just outside of Somerset on State Route 383.-Geography:...

. She attended Marshall University

Marshall University

Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

. She started her professional career on the Futures Tour

FUTURES Tour

The LPGA Futures Tour, previously styled in uppercase as FUTURES Tour and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed FUTURES Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tour...

, on which she won 11 tournaments and was Player of the Year in 1985 and 1986. She was Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour

LPGA

The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...

 in 1987. She won seven times on the Tour, including one major championship, the 1989 du Maurier Classic. Her best placing on the money list was 5th in 1997, which was one of four top ten seasons. She played for the United States in the Solheim Cup

Solheim Cup

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 in 1994 and 1998. In 2004 she was inducted into the Ohio Golf Hall of Fame.

LPGA Tour wins (7)

• 1989
  1989 LPGA Tour
  The 1989 LPGA Tour was the 40th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 13 to November 5. The season consisted of 33 official money events. Betsy King won the most tournaments, six...
  
   (1) du Maurier Classic
• 1993
  1993 LPGA Tour
  The 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three...
  
   (2) HealthSouth Palm Beach Classic, Rochester International
• 1994
  1994 LPGA Tour
  The 1994 LPGA Tour was the 45th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 4 to November 6. The season consisted of 32 official money events. Beth Daniel won the most tournaments, four...
  
   (1) Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic
• 1997
  1997 LPGA Tour
  The 1997 LPGA Tour was the 48th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 9 to November 23. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, six...
  
   (2) Sprint Titleholders Championship, Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
  Giant Eagle LPGA Classic
  The Giant Eagle LPGA Classic was an official golf tournament on the LPGA Tour held in the Youngstown, Ohio area.From its beginnings in 1990 until 1992, it was known as The Phar-Mor in Youngstown and was held at Squaw Creek Country Club in Vienna, Ohio. It became the Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic...
  
  
• 1998
  1998 LPGA Tour
  The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each...
  
   (1) LPGA Corning Classic
  LPGA Corning Classic
  The LPGA Corning Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. It took place every year from 1979 through 2009 at the Corning Country Club in Corning, New York....
  
  

Major championship

Women's major golf championships

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 is shown in bold.

Futures Tour wins (11)

• 1985 (4) Prescott Open, Decatur Visitors Bureau Classic, Seven-up Classic, Salisbury Classic
• 1986 (7) Bonita Bay Classic, Jupiter West Classic, Tapatio Springs Classic, St. George Open, Western Colorado Classic, Magna/Millikin Bank Classic, Salisbury Classic

Other wins

• 1994 Diner's Club Matches (with Kelly Robbins)
• 1995 Diner's Club Matches (with Kelly Robbins)

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runners-up
1989 1989 du Maurier Classic The 1989 du Maurier Classic was contested from June 29 thru July 2 at Beaconsfield Golf Club. It was the 17th edition of the du Maurier Classic, and the 11th edition as a major championship on the LPGA Tour.This event was won by Tammie Green....	du Maurier Classic Canadian Women's Open The CN Canadian Women's Open is a women's professional golf tournament managed by the Royal Canadian Golf Association. It has been Canada's national championship tournament since 1973, and is an official event on the LPGA Tour.-History:...
1 stroke	Pat Bradley,   Betsy King Betsy King Betsy King is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won six major championships and 34 LPGA Tour victories in all.-Career:...

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