Karen Marie Lunn (born 21 March 1966) is an Australian

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. She turned professional in 1985 and has spent much of her career on the

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, where she has won several tournaments including a

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title in 1993 (before that tournament was an

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major championship). She topped the Order of Merit in 1993. In 2004, Lunn was named the Ladies European Tour's Chairman of the Board. She was born in

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, Australia, and now lives in

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Professional wins (16)

Ladies European Tour wins (10)

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

Borlänge Ladies Open *

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

Godiva European Masters *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

BMW European Masters The Belgian Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour held in Belgium. The tournament was played annually 1985–1995. It was known as the Godiva Ladies European Masters 1988–1989 and the BMW European Ma ...

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

Slovenian Ladies Open *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

KRP World Ladies Classic The World Ladies Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place in Malaysia. It was only held in 1993 near Kuala Lumpur. The tournament was held 14–17 January with a purse of $300,000 and was the ...

Weetabix Women's British Open The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tou ...

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...

American Express Tour Player's Classic The Tour Player's Classic was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place in England. It was only held in 1990 and 1997 in Tytherington, Cheshire Tytherington is an area in the north of Macclesfield in ...

Open de France Dames The Open de France Dames is a women's professional golf tournament in France on the Ladies European Tour. It has been played annually since 1987, with four exceptions: 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1998. Since the 2011 edition, Lacoste has been the tit ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

Portugal Ladies Open The Ladies Open of Portugal was a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that took place Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland i ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

Lalla Meryem Cup The Lalla Meryem Cup is a women's professional golf tournament in Morocco under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. It was held in Rabat until it moved to Agadir in 2011. It moved back to Rabat in 2016. The tournament has been pl ...

ALPG Tour wins (4)

*1990 Daikyo Ladies Challenge Series 2 *2004 Eden Country Club Pro-Am *2008 Peugeot Kangaroo Valley ALPG Classic *2012 ActewAGL Royal Canberra Ladies Classic

Ladies Asia Golf Circuit wins (1)

*1988

Thailand Ladies Open The Thailand Ladies Open was a professional golf tournament in Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Penins ...

Other wins (1)

*1992 Malaysian Open

References

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* Australian female golfers ALPG Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Golfers from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales People from Surrey 1966 births Living people {{Australia-golf-bio-stub