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Laura Davies
| Dame Laura Davies DBE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Davies at the 2009 Women's British Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Laura Jane Davies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1963 Coventry, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Ottershaw, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned professional | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1988) Ladies European Tour (joined 1985) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional wins | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| LPGA Tour | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ladies European Tour | 45 (1st all-time) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| LPGA of Japan Tour | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ALPG Tour | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 4 (regular) 4 (senior) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chevron Championship | 2nd: 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1994, 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | Won: 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| du Maurier Classic | Won: 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Women's British Open | T8: 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Evian Championship | T41: 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Forward[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997 | Myrtle Beach Seadawgs | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 1 | (0) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dame Laura Jane Davies, DBE (born 5 October 1963) is an English professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times,[2][3] being the second non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list[2] as well as winning the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006.[4][5]
As of 2018, Davies has 86 professional wins worldwide, with 20 on the LPGA Tour, including four majors.[6] From 1985 to 2010, she won at least one individual title somewhere in the world every season, except for 2005, and was the first golfer, male or female, to win tournaments on five continents in one year. She is a member of U.S.-based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour.[7] She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.[8]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Myrtle Beach Seadawgswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "St Andrews To Honour Golfing Greats". University of St Andrews. 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
- ^ "Biographies Laura Davies Presenter". BBC. 1 January 2007. Archived from the original on 21 May 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2007.
- ^ "LET Player Profile". Ladies European Tour. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Laura Davies captures New Star Money List". Ladies European Tour. 29 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 August 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Official Career Wins" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ Huggan, John (5 September 2003). "The Great Contradiction". Golf World. Archived from the original on 20 September 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ McAllister, Mike (15 October 2014). "Class of 2015 Hall of Famers receive surprise calls". PGA Tour.
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