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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 the first season that the Women's British Open was considered an LPGA major. There were seven first-time winners in 2001: Heather Daly-Donofrio, Wendy Doolan, Tina Fischer, Kate Golden, Carin Koch, Catriona Matthew, and Gloria Park. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below. Tournament results The following table shows all the official money events for the 2001 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annika Sörenstam
Annika Charlotta Sörenstam (; born 9 October 1970) is a Swedish professional golfer. She is regarded as one of the best female golfers in history. Before stepping away from competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season, she had won 90 international tournaments as a professional, making her the female golfer with the most wins to her name. She has won 72 official LPGA tournaments including ten majors and 24 other tournaments internationally. After turning 50, she came back from her retirement and added a win in the 2021 U.S. Senior Women's Open. In 2003, she achieved a career grand slam, winning, at least once in her career, each of the four tournaments recognized as major championships during the main part of her career. Despite retiring from regular tournament golf in 2008, as of the end of 2022, she still topped the LPGA's career money list with earnings of over $22 million—over $2 million ahead of her nearest rival while playing 187 fewer events. The win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Se Ri Pak
Pak Se-ri or Se-ri Pak ( ko, 박세리, ; born 28 September 1977) is a South Korean former professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour from 1998 to 2016. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2007. Career overview Born in Daejeon, she attended Yuseong Elementary School in that city and then Keumseong Girls’ High School in Gongju City, Chungnam Province, where she was the school's best amateur golfer. She then moved to Seoul for training. Pak turned professional in 1996, a year before she moved to the United States as a 20-year-old. In 1996 and 1997, she won six tournaments on the LPGA of Korea Tour. Pak joined the LPGA Tour full-time for the year 1998, crowning her rookie season with victories in two majors: the McDonald's LPGA Championship and U.S. Women's Open. At just 20 years of age, she became the youngest-ever winner of the U.S. Women's Open. About.com writes that "Pak won a 20-hole playoff for that victory, making that tournament - at 92 holes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territories of the United States by population, most populous U.S. state and the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 3rd largest by area. It is also the most populated Administrative division, subnational entity in North America and the 34th most populous in the world. The Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous Statistical area (United States), urban regions respectively, with the former having more than 18.7million residents and the latter having over 9.6million. Sacramento, California, Sacramento is the state's capital, while Los Angeles is the List of largest California cities by population, most populous city in the state and the List of United States cities by population, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Nabisco Championship
The 2001 Nabisco Championship was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 22–25 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the thirtieth edition of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, and the nineteenth as a major championship. Annika Sörenstam shot a final round 69 to win the first of her three titles at this event, three strokes ahead of five runners-up; it was the third of her ten major titles. She won eight times on tour in 2001 and this was the third in a streak of four consecutive; she successfully defended this title the following year. Final leaderboard ''Sunday, March 25, 2001'' Source: Amateurs: Lorena Ochoa (+2), Aree Song (+12), Naree Song (+12). References External linksGolf Observer leaderboard {{coord, 33.798, -116.433, type:event, display=title Chevron Championship Golf in California Sports competitions in California Nabisco Dinah Shore Nabisco Championship Nabisco Dinah Shore Kraft Nabisco Championship The C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Register PING
The J Golf Phoenix LPGA International, in full the J Golf Phoenix LPGA International Presented by Mirassou Winery, was a women's professional golf tournament in Arizona on the LPGA Tour. Founded as the "Sun City Classic" in 1980, it was held annually in the Phoenix area through 2009, making it one of the longest-lasting events on the LPGA Tour. Tournament Golf Foundation managed the tournament since its start and continues to manage the Safeway Classic tournament on the LPGA Tour. Proceeds from the event were donated to local medical charities; over $12 million was raised during the course of the tournament The tournament had a variety of sponsors during its history, including Safeway Inc., a California-based supermarket chain. It was at this tournament that Annika Sörenstam shot 59 in the second round in 2001, which stands as the record for the lowest scoring round ever shot for 18 holes in an LPGA Tour event. With thirteen birdies and no bogeys, she began the round with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Four Corners region with Utah to the north, Colorado to the northeast, and New Mexico to the east; its other neighboring states are Nevada to the northwest, California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest. Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912. Historically part of the territory of in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase. Southern Arizona is known for its desert cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welch's/Circle K Championship
The Welch's/Fry's Championship was a golf tournament for professional female golfers that was part of the LPGA Tour from 1981 to 2004. It was played at the Randolph Golf Course in Tucson, Arizona. From 1981 to 2002, it was played on the North Course and in 2003 and 2004 it was played on the Dell Urich Course. It had several different title sponsors during its history. Tournament names through the years: *1981–1982: Arizona Copper Classic *1983: Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Open *1984: Tucson Conquistadores Open *1985–1987: Circle K Tucson Open *1988–1990: Circle K LPGA Tucson Open *1991–1996: Ping/Welch's Championship *1997–2002: Welch's/Circle K Championship *2003–2004: Welch's/Fry's Championship The last tournament was held from March 11 through March 14, 2004. Winners Tournament record See also *PING/Welch's Championship The PING/Welch's Championship was an annual golf tournament for professional female golfers on the LPGA Tour. Founded in 1980 as the Boston F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open
The Hawaiian Ladies Open was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1987 to 2001. It was played at three different courses on the an island of . Tournament courses *1987–1989 , *1990–1995[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorie Kane
Lorie is a feminine name. It may refer to: People ;Given name *Lorie (singer) (full name Laure Pester) (born 1982), French singer *Lorie Conway, American independent producer and filmmaker *Lorie Griffin, American film and television actress *Lorie Kane (born 1964), Canadian professional golfer *Lorie Line (born 1958), American New Age pianist, composer, and performer *Lorie O'Clare, American author of erotic romance, romantic suspense and paranormal romance novels *Lorie Skjerven Gildea (born 1961), American attorney and Chief Justice *Lorie Tarshis (1911–1993), Canadian economist ;Middle name *Jill Lorie Hurst, American television soap opera writer and producer Film and television * ''Lorie'' (film), a 1984 Indian film directed by Vijay Talwar, starring Shabana Azmi and Farooq Shaikh *Lorie Brooks, a fictional character in ''The Young and the Restless'' Other uses *Lories and lorikeets Loriini is a tribe of small to medium-sized arboreal parrots characterized by their s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state geographically located within the tropics. Hawaii comprises nearly the entire Hawaiian archipelago, 137 volcanic islands spanning that are physiographically and ethnologically part of the Polynesian subregion of Oceania. The state's ocean coastline is consequently the fourth-longest in the U.S., at about . The eight main islands, from northwest to southeast, are Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lānai, Kahoolawe, Maui, and Hawaii—the last of these, after which the state is named, is often called the "Big Island" or "Hawaii Island" to avoid confusion with the state or archipelago. The uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands make up most of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the United States' largest protected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Between 2003 and 2006 it was played at Las Vegas Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vega .... In August, 2006 the LPGA declined to renew the LPGA Takefuji Classic's spot on the 2007 LPGA Tour schedule. In response the tournament operators posted this message on the official tournament web site: :''"To all our volunteers, media, sponsors and spectators: thank you all for the support, time and effort you gave to help make the LPGA Takefuji Classic such a success during the last four years. We regret to inform you that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Park (golfer)
Grace Park (born 6 March 1979) is a retired South Korean professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She was a member of the LPGA Tour from 2000 until her retirement in 2012 and won six LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. Amateur career Park was born Park Ji-eun (Korean: 박지은) in Seoul, South Korea. She moved to Hawaii at the age of 12, and then to Arizona. She received the 1996 Dial Award as top female high-school scholar-athlete in the United States. She attended Arizona State University and graduated from Ewha Womans University in 2003. In 2002, she won the Honda Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the best female collegiate golfer in the nation. Park had an outstanding amateur career in the United States being Rolex Junior Player of the Year in 1994 and 1996, winning several amateur championships in 1998 including the U.S. Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur. She tied for eighth as an amateur in the 1999 U.S. Women's Open. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
