Amy Benz (born May 12, 1962) is an American

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who played on the

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. As an amateur, Benz won the 1982 AIAW National Championship, was an AIAW

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All-American and was part of the team that won the 1982

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 R&A and is contested by teams representing the United States and " ...

and the 1982

Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fren ...

. Other wins include the 1981

Women's Western Amateur The Women's Western Amateur is an amateur golf tournament for women. It is organized by the Women's Western Golf Association, which also organized the Women's Western Open from 1930 to 1967. It is one of the oldest women's amateur tournaments in the ...

, the Orange Bowl Classic and the American Junior Golf Association Tournament of Champions. Benz played on the

from 1983 to 2000. She never won on tour but had five runner-up finishes: 1990

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, 1992

Sara Lee Classic The Sara Lee Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1988 to 2002. It was played at Hermitage Golf Course in Old Hickory, Tennessee from 1988 to 1999. In 2000, the tournament moved to the Legends Club of Tennessee in Franklin, Tennessee ...

, 1993

Nabisco Dinah Shore The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...

, 1993

ShopRite LPGA Classic The ShopRite LPGA Classic, known in full for sponsorship reasons as The ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer, is a women's professional golf tournament on the LPGA Tour in Galloway, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. It took place annually from ...

, 1996

. She won the unofficial mixed-team

JCPenney Classic The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the LPGA, LPGA Tour. Teams consisted of one PGA Tour player and one LPGA Tour player (except in 1967 when the teams were male only). It was played in California an ...

with

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in 1988 and won twice on the

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, the 1989

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and the 1991

Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament The Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament is an annual event on the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was first held in March 1988 at the Ryukyu GC in Okinawa Prefecture. The prize money in 2021 was ¥120,000,000 with ¥21,600,000 going to the winner. Winn ...

Amateur wins

*1978 Orange Bowl Classic *1979 American Junior Golf Association Tournament of Champions *1981

*1982 AIAW National Championship Source:

Professional wins

LPGA of Japan Tour wins

*1989

*1991

Other wins

*1988

(with

)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 1982 (winners) *

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(winners)

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* American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers SMU Mustangs women's golfers 1962 births Living people {{US-golf-bio-stub