Jane Crafter (born 14 December 1955) is an Australian-American

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and golf broadcaster for ESPN who played on the

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. She has had dual citizenship in Australia and the United States since 2007. Her father

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was also a professional golfer, while her brother

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was a leading amateur golfer, representing Australia in the

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. Before playing professional golf, Crafter worked as a pharmacist for three years. Crafter won once on the LPGA Tour in 1990.LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99
She won three times on the ALPG Tour.

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

ALPG Tour wins (3)

*1992

Alpine Australian Ladies Masters The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LPGA ...

*1996

*1997 Toyota Women's Australian Open

Other wins (1)

*1987

JCPenney Classic The JCPenney Classic was a mixed team golf tournament sponsored by the PGA Tour and the 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 and Flor ...

(with

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)

Legends Tour wins (1)

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Fry's Desert Golf Classic (with

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)

Team appearances

Amateur *

Commonwealth Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 20 ...

(representing Australia): 1979 *

Tasman Cup The Tasman Cup was an amateur women's team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand from 1933 to 2016. From 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup. In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qua ...

(representing Australia): 1978 (tied) *

Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...

(representing Australia): 1980 Professional *

Handa Cup The Handa Cup is a series of senior women's golf matches between a United States team and a World Team drawn from players from the rest of the world. It was founded in 2006 and is an event on the LPGA Legends Tour. Since 2013 it has been officially ...

(representing World team): 2010, 2012 (tie), 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015

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* * Australian female golfers American female golfers ALPG Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golf writers and broadcasters Golfers from Phoenix, Arizona University of South Australia alumni Australian emigrants to the United States Golfers from Perth, Western Australia Sportswomen from Western Australia 1955 births Living people 21st-century American women {{US-golf-bio-stub