Lora Diane Fairclough (born 26 January 1970) is an

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professional

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er. She was born in Chorley,

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and turned professional in January 1991. She played on the Ladies European Tour, and won four individual tournaments on it. She made the top-10 on the Order of Merit five times between 1993 and 1999 and was a member of Europe's 1994

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 b ...

team.

Professional wins (8)

Ladies European Tour wins (4)

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 peacefu ...

IBM Ladies' Open *

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Ford Golf Classic, Ladies European Masters *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

Ladies' German Open

Other wins (4)

*1996

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 ...

, Ladies Mauritius Open *1999

*2006 Women's Mauritius Open

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Ladies' Team Championship The European Ladies' Team Championship is a European amateur team golf championship for women organised by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1959. It was played in odd-numbered years from 1959 to 2007 and has been pla ...

(representing England):

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Vagliano Trophy The Vagliano Trophy is a biennial women's amateur golf tournament. It is co-organised by The R&A and the European Golf Association and is contested by teams representing "Great Britain and Ireland" and the "Continent of Europe". It is played in ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1989 (winners) Professional *

(representing Europe):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fairclough, Lora English female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Sportspeople from Chorley 1970 births Living people