| Wendy Ward | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Ward at the 2009Women's British Open | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1973-05-06)May 6, 1973 (age 52) San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||
| Residence | Edwall, Washington, U.S.[1] | ||
| Spouse | Nate Hair (m. 1998)[1] | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Arizona State University (graduated 1995) | ||
| Turned professional | 1995 | ||
| Former tour | LPGA Tour (1996–2013) | ||
| Professional wins | 4 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| LPGA Tour | 4 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | T28: 2004 | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | T3:2000,2001 | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T14: 2010 | ||
| du Maurier Classic | T16: 1997 | ||
| Women's British Open | T6:2003 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Wendy Ward (born May 6, 1973) is an Americanprofessional golfer who played on theLPGA Tour.
Ward was born inSan Antonio, Texas.
She attendedArizona State University[2] where she had a successfulNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) career. She was a two-timeHonda Sports Award winner,[3][4] a three-time first teamAll-American, the Pac-10 Champion in 1993 and 1995 and led ASU to team titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995. She graduated in 1995 with a degree in business Management.[5][6]
In 1994, she won theU.S. Women's Amateur and represented the U.S. in theCurtis Cup, the biennial team competition between amateur golfers from the United States and those from Great Britain and Ireland.
Ward turned professional in 1995 and qualified for theLPGA Tour on her first attempt to become arookie in 1996. Her first win came at the 1997Fieldcrest Cannon Classic where she set both the all-time 54 and 72-hole LPGA scoring records; both records have since been broken.[7]
She won four tournaments on the tour. Her best season was 2001, when she finished 12th on the official LPGA Tour money list.
Ward was a member of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 U.S.Solheim Cup teams. She was also selected as an assistant captain toJuli Inkster for the2015 Solheim Cup team.
Ward lives on a 300-acre (1.2 km2) cattle ranch inEdwall, Washington where she operates a cow/calf beef operation with her husband, Nate Hair.[1]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 28,1997 | Fieldcrest Cannon Classic | −23 (66-65-64-70=265) | 2 strokes[7] |  Jane GeddesRosie Jones |
| 2 | Feb 21,1998 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | −4 (65-69-70=204) | Playoff[8] | Dana Dormann |
| 3 | Aug 12,2001 | Wendy's Championship for Children | −21 (65-62-68=195) | 3 strokes[9] | Moira Dunn Annika Sörenstam |
| 4 | Apr 16,2005 | LPGA Takefuji Classic | −16 (65-68-67=200) | 2 strokes[10][11] |  Lorena Ochoa |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | Dana Dormann | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2001 | LPGA Champions Classic |  Wendy Doolan | Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole |
| 3 | 2003 | Wendy's Championship for Children |  Hee-Won Han | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
Results not in chronological order
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | CUT | T33 | T43 | ||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T25 | T4 | CUT | T3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | T19 | T40 | |
| du Maurier Classic | T53 | T16 | T34 | T20 | T55 |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | T36 | T36 | T48 | T28 | T50 | T35 | WD | T58 | T36 |
| Women's PGA Championship | T3 | CUT | T11 | T30 | CUT | T16 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T36 | T41 | CUT | ||
| Women's British Open ^ | CUT | T56 | T6 | T56 | CUT | T67 | T23 | T59 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | ... | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron Championship | CUT | T33 | T56 | |||
| U.S. Women's Open | T14 | T34 | CUT | |||
| Women's PGA Championship | T67 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |
| Women's British Open | CUT | |||||
| The Evian Championship ^^ | ||||||
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Amateur
Professional
| Year | Total matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points won | Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 11 | 2–8–1 | 0–2–1 | 2–3–0 | 0–3–0 | 2.5 | 23% |
| 2002 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 0–0–1 halved w/A. Sörenstam | 2–0–0 won w/B. Daniel 1 up, won w/E. Klein 3&2 | 0–1–0 lost w/B. Daniel 4&3 | 2.5 | 62.5% |
| 2003 | 4 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 lost toI. Tinning 2&1 | 0–2–0 lost w/J. Inkster 5&3, lost w/H. Bowie 3&2 | 0–1–0 lost w/R. Jones 4&3 | 0 | 0% |
| 2005 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 lost toC. Matthew 3&2 | 0–1–0 lost w/L. Diaz 5&3 | 0–1–0 lost w/P. Hurst 2&1 | 0 | 0% |
