Lindy Duncan (born January 16, 1991) is an American

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and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2018

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and the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship.

Early life, college and amateur career

Duncan grew up in

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and attended American Heritage School. She started playing golf at the age of 9 and had a successful amateur and college career, reaching the semi-finals in the 2006

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at the age of 15. In 2009, the same year she graduated high school, she qualified for the

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, and advanced to match play at the

for the fourth straight year, placing fifth in stroke-play qualifying. Duncan played collegiate golf at

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from 2009 to 2013 where she was a four-time first team All-American, recorded six wins, and was named 2010

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Rookie of the Year. She was named ACC Player of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and also NGCA National Player of the Year in 2012. In 2011, she made the cut in the

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after she was tied 5th after the first round, two strokes off the lead. She was runner-up with the

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team and individually at the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, behind

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. She was selected to represent the United States at the

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and 2013 Copa de las Americas.

Professional career

Duncan turned professional in June 2013 after graduating and joined the

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, where she recorded three top-10 finishes in seven events in her rookie season. She finished tied 15th in the

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. Duncan earned conditional status for the 2014 LPGA Tour at Q-School but only played one event. In 2015, she was runner-up at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship and finished tied 15th at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament and joined the LPGA Tour full-time for the 2016 season. In 2017, Duncan recorded the first two top-10 finishes of her LPGA Tour career, including a fourth place at the Manulife LPGA Classic. In 2018, she had her best LPGA season to date, recording three top-10s, including a runner-up finish at the

, where she birdied her final three holes for a 64, the low round of the tournament, but Park Sung-hyun chipped in on the final hole to win. Duncan finished 42nd on the money list after also making some of her best major appearances, finishing tied 15th at the

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and tied 22nd at

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. In 2023, Duncan recorded a solo third-place finish at the

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and was runner-up at the Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship in one of two Epson Tour starts that season.

Amateur wins

*2010 Dixie Amateur, Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic *2011 LSU Golf Classic, Mason Rudolph Championship *2012 Northrop Grumman Regional Women's Challenge, Bryan National Collegiate Championship, ACC Championship Source:

Results in LPGA majors

''Results not in chronological order.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur * Curtis Cup:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Duncan, Lindy American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Duke Blue Devils women's golfers Golfers from Florida Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1991 births Living people