Wendy Ward
Encyclopedia
Wendy Ward is an American
professional golf
er who plays on the LPGA Tour.
, Texas
.
She attended Arizona State University
where she had a successful National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) career. She was a two-time Honda 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.
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 has won four tournaments on the tour. Her best season to date has been 2001, when she finished 12th on the official LPGA money list.
Ward was a member of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 U.S. Solheim Cup
teams.
where she operates a cow/calf beef operation with her husband, Nate Hair.
^ 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
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Professional
United States
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professional golf
Professional golf
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er who plays on the LPGA Tour.
Early life, education and amateur career
Ward was born in San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
, Texas
Texas
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.
She attended Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
where she had a successful National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) career. She was a two-time Honda Award winner, a three-time first team All American
All-America
An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...
, 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
United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
The U.S. Women's Amateur is the leading golf tournament in the United States for female amateur golfers. It is played annually and is one of the 13 United States national golf championships organized by the United States Golf Association . Female amateurs from all nations are eligible to compete...
and represented the U.S. in the Curtis Cup
Curtis Cup
The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...
, 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 TourLPGA
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...
on her first attempt to become a rookie
Rookie
Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of their sport or has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity Rookie is a term for a person who is in his or her first year of play of...
in 1996. Her first win came at the 1997 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
The Fieldcrest Cannon Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1995 to 1997. It was played at the Peninsula Country Club in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Cornelius.-External links:*...
where she set both the all-time 54 and 72-hole LPGA scoring records; both records have since been broken.
She has won four tournaments on the tour. Her best season to date has been 2001, when she finished 12th on the official LPGA money list.
Ward was a member of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 U.S. Solheim Cup
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...
teams.
Personal life
Ward lives on a 300 acres (1.2 km²) cattle ranch in Edwall, WashingtonEdwall, Washington
Edwall is a small unincorporated village located about 35 miles from the city of Spokane in Lincoln County, Washington, United States. Edwall is part of the Reardan-Edwall School District. The school district was closed for a record amount of days due to a big snow storm in the inland area in...
where she operates a cow/calf beef operation with her husband, Nate Hair.
LPGA Tour (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 28, 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... |
Fieldcrest Cannon Classic Fieldcrest Cannon Classic The Fieldcrest Cannon Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1995 to 1997. It was played at the Peninsula Country Club in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Cornelius.-External links:*... |
2 strokes |  Rosie JonesRosie Jones Rosie Jones is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.-Amateur career:Jones was born in Santa Ana, California... Jane GeddesJane Geddes Jane Geddes is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1983 and won two major championships and 11 LPGA Tour victories overall.-Career:... |
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| 2 | Feb 21, 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... |
Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | Playoff | Dana Dormann Dana Dormann Dana Lofland Dormann is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also played under her maiden name Dana Lofland and as Dana Lofland-Dormann.Lofland won the 1985 U.S... |
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| 3 | Aug 12, 2001 2001 LPGA Tour The 2001 LPGA Tour was the 52nd season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 12 to November 18. The season consisted of 38 official money events. Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $2,105,868.This was... |
Wendy's Championship for Children Wendy's Championship for Children The Wendy's Championship for Children was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour from 1999 through 2006 in the Columbus, Ohio area. The tournament was played at the New Albany Country Club in New Albany, Ohio from 1999 to 2001... |
3 strokes | Moira Dunn Moira Dunn Moira C. Dunn is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour.Dunn has won once on the LPGA Tour in 2004.-Amateur wins :*1989 New York State Junior Girls*1992 New York State Women's Amateur, Women's Western Amateur...  Annika SörenstamAnnika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer... |
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| 4 | Apr 16, 2005 2005 LPGA Tour The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States based Ladies Professional Golf Association... |
LPGA Takefuji Classic LPGA Takefuji Classic The LPGA Takefuji Classic was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour that took place every year from 2000 through 2006. Between 2000 and 2002 it was held at two different courses in Hawaii... |
2 strokes |  Lorena OchoaLorena Ochoa Lorena Ochoa Reyes is a Mexican professional golfer who played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour from 2003 to 2010, and was the top-ranked female golfer in the world for over three years, from April 2007 to her retirement in May 2010... |
Results in LPGA majors
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... |
DNP | DNP | CUT | T33 | T43 |
| LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
CUT | T25 | T4 | CUT | T3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | T19 | T40 | DNP |
| du Maurier Classic | T53 | T16 | T34 | T20 | T55 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... |
T36 | T36 | T48 | T28 | T50 | T35 | WD | T58 | T36 |
| LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
T3 | CUT | T11 | T30 | CUT | T16 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T36 | T41 | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons... ^ |
CUT | T56 | T6 | T56 | CUT | T67 | T23 | T59 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship Kraft Nabisco Championship The Kraft Nabisco Championship is one of the four major championships on the LPGA Tour. It was founded in 1972 by Dinah Shore and has been classified as a major since 1983... |
CUT | T33 |
| LPGA Championship LPGA Championship The LPGA Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Wegmans LPGA Championship, is the second-longest running tournament in the history of the Ladies Professional Golf Association surpassed only by the U.S. Women's Open. It is one of four majors on the LPGA tour... |
T67 | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | T14 | T34 |
| Women's British Open Women's British Open The Women's British Open is a leading event in women's professional golf and the only tournament which is classified as a major championship by both the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. Since 2007, it has been called the Ricoh Women's British Open, for sponsorship reasons... |
DNP | CUT |
^ 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
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
Amateur- Curtis CupCurtis CupThe Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...
(representing the United States): 1994 (teams tied)
Professional
- Solheim CupSolheim CupThe Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...
(representing the United States): 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners)
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 % | Net Points | Net Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 2-8-1 | 0-2-1 | 2-3-0 | 0-3-0 | 2.5 | 23% | -6 | |
| 2002 2002 Solheim Cup The 7th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 20 and September 22, 2002 at Interlachen Country Club, Edina, Minnesota, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the fifth time by a score of 15½ to 12½ points... |
4 | 2-1-1 | 0-0-1 halved w/ A. Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam Annika Sörenstam is a Swedish-American professional golfer whose achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer... |
2-0-0 won w/ B. Daniel Beth Daniel Beth Daniel is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.... 1 up, won w/ E. Klein Emilee Klein Emilee Klein is an American professional golfer and college golf coach who played on the LPGA Tour.Klein was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. She had a successful amateur career winning several tournaments including the 1991 U.S. Girls' Junior... 3&2 |
0-1-0 lost w/ B. Daniel Beth Daniel Beth Daniel is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.... 4&3 |
2.5 | 62.5% | 1 | 25% |
| 2003 2003 Solheim Cup The 8th Solheim Cup Match was held between 12 September and 14 September 2003 at Barsebäck Golf & Country Club, Loddekopinge, Skåne, Sweden, the first time the contest had been held outside the US or UK. When Rosie Jones conceded a birdie putt to Catriona Matthew giving her a 3&1 win, Europe got... |
4 | 0-4-0 | 0-1-0 lost to I. Tinning 2&1 | 0-2-0 lost w/ J. Inkster Juli Inkster Juli Inkster is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. With a professional career spanning 27 years to date, Inkster's 31 wins rank her second in wins among all active players on the LPGA Tour; she has over $11 million in career earnings... 5&3, lost w/ H. Bowie 3&2 |
0-1-0 lost w/ R. Jones Rosie Jones Rosie Jones is an American professional golfer, with 13 LPGA Tour career victories and nearly $8.4 million in tournament earnings.-Amateur career:Jones was born in Santa Ana, California... 4&3 |
0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |
| 2005 2005 Solheim Cup The 9th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 9 and September 11, 2005 at Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the sixth time by a score of 15½ to 12½ points... |
3 | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 lost to C. Matthew Catriona Matthew Catriona Isobel Matthew MBE is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:... 3&2 |
0-1-0 lost w/ L. Diaz 5&3 | 0-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst Pat Hurst Pat Hurst is an American professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.Hurst's father is American and her mother is originally from Japan. She was born in San Leandro, California and raised in California.-Amateur career:... 2&1 |
0 | 0% | 0 | 0% |