Tracy Hanson (born October 28, 1971) is a retired American

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who played on the

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between 1995 and 2008. She was the 1991

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champion and won the 1994 Indonesia Ladies Open.

College and amateur career

Hanson captured numerous titles as an amateur, including the 1989 Women's Western Junior Championship and the 1991

. She was the low amateur at the 1991 U.S. Women's Open, and member of the 1992 U.S.

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Team. Hanson played collegiate golf at

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, where she won 10 collegiate titles and was a member of the 1992 NCAA National Championship team. She was a four-time All-American and three-time Academic All-American.

Professional career

Hanson turned professional in 1993 and played on the

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in 1994, where she was

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after runner-up finishes at the Austrian Ladies Open and the

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in Belgium. She won the Indonesia Ladies Open and two Pacific Northwest Golf Tour titles. Hanson tied for 12th at the

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to earn a card for the 1995 LPGA Tour. Her best finish was a tie for fourth at the

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, and she finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, just five points behind winner

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. Hanson was runner-up twice on the LPGA Tour, at the 1998

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where she lost to Hiromi Kobayashi on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, and at the 2001 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage, one stroke behind

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. In 2022, in her first year of eligibility, she qualified for the

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Amateur wins

*1989 Women's Western Junior Championship *1991

Professional wins (1)

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

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Indonesia Ladies Open

Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 1992

References

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