Ever wanted to know all about Cristie Kerr? This is Cristie Kerr’s LPGA Bio which features all kinds of fascinating information.
Rookie year: 1997
Status: Exempt
Career victories (last): 10 (2007)
Majors won: 1
Career-low round: 61
Career earnings (rank): $7,830,051 (11)
LPGA career holes-in-one: 1
Playoff record: 1-1
Professional 2007
• Won her first major championship at the U.S. Women’s Open.
• Recorded five additional top-10 finishes, including third at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA, where she crossed the $7 million mark in career earnings.
• Also finished fourth at both the Wegmans LPGA and the ADT Championship.
• Made her fourth appearance at The Solheim Cup, where she scored 1-1/2 points for the victorious U.S. Team.
• Teamed with Natalie Gulbis and Morgan Pressel to win the Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge.
2007 Stats (rank)
Rds under par: 32/73 (21)
Rds in the 60s: 13/73 (30)
Birdies: 232 (25)
Eagles: 4 (20)
Greens in reg: 65.4% (18)
Driving accuracy: 66.9% (60)
Sand saves: 51.6% (6)
Putts per GIR: 1.80 (16)
Driving avg: 251.2 (57)
Career Summary
• In 2006, won the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup and fired a career-low 61 (-10) during the second round, which was the lowest round on Tour in 2006; came from eight strokes back in the final round to win the CN Canadian Women’s Open; also won the Franklin American Mortgage Championship benefiting the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt; had a career-high 19top-10 finishes; received the LPGA Komen Award for donating more than $250,000 through her Birdies for Breast Cancer program toward breast cancer research; crossed the $6 million mark in career earnings with her tie for second at the Weetabix Women’s British Open.
• In 2005, won both the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill and the Wendy’s Championship for Children; crossed the $4 million mark in career earnings at the Kraft Nabisco Championship; captured the State Farm LPGA Series Bonus Pool with a second-place finish at the State Farm Classic and crossed $5 million in career earnings; made her third appearance on the victorious U.S. Solheim Cup Team, posting a 2-2-0 record.
• In 2004, won her second LPGA title at the LPGA Takefuji Classic, where she led wire-to-wire but needed seven holes to defeat rookie Seo-Yeon Jeon in a sudden-death playoff, the longest on Tour since 1972;won both the ShopRite LPGA Classic and the State Farm Classic with all rounds in the 60s; finished second to Annika Sorenstam at the ADT Championship after a one-hole, sudden-death playoff; crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings at the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, where she tied for sixth;teamed with Juli Inkster and Grace Park to win the Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge, an unofficial event.
• In 2003, best finish was a tie for second at both the LPGA Takefuji Classic, where she crossed the $2million mark in career earnings, and the Michelob Light Open at Kingsmill; as a member of the U.S. Solheim Cup Team, posted a 3-1-0 record.
• In 2002, became a Rolex First-Time Winner with her wire-to-wire victory at the Longs Drugs Challenge; was a member of the victorious U.S. Solheim Cup Team; recorded the first hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the first round of the Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic and was awarded a 63-inch Samsung digital television worth $15,000.
• In 2001, best finish was third place at the LPGA Takefuji Classic; also tied for third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic; crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings after the U.S. Women’s Open.
• In 2000, tied for second at both the Firstar LPGA Classic in conjunction with the Children’s Medical Center and the U.S. Women’s Open.
• In 1999, best finish was a tie for fifth at both the City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic and the McDonald’s LPGA Championship.
• In 1998, best finish was a tie for fourth at the State Farm Rail Classic.
• In 1997, top finish was a tie for 15th at both the Star Bank LPGA Classic and the Fieldcrest Cannon Classic; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she was co-medalist with Se Ri Pak and earned exempt status for the 1998 LPGA season.
• In 1996, turned professional and competed in several events on both the Futures Tour and Players West Tour; tied for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to gain exempt status for the 1997 LPGA season.
Amateur
Kerr is a three-time winner of the Florida State Junior Girls Championship (1993-95). In 1994, she captured the Junior Orange Bowl Classic, the Doral Publix Junior Classic and the Women’s Western Junior Championship. In 1995, she was named the American Junior Golf Association Junior Player of the Year after winning the Harder Hall Women’s Championship, the Women’s Western Amateur Championship and the Florida State Women’s Championship. In 1996, she was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup Team and also won the South Atlantic Women’s Amateur title. Kerr was the low amateur at the 1996 U.S. Women’s Open.2008 LPGA Tour
Personal
5’3-1/2”…Started playing golf at the age of 8…Credits her parents, sister, Charlie DeLucca and Jim McLean as the individuals most influencing her career…Married Erik Stevens on Dec. 9, 2006…Spokesperson for Evelyn Lauder’s Breast Cancer Research Foundation…Launched the “Birdies for Breast Cancer” program to raise funds to fight the disease her mother was diagnosed with in July 2003; visit www.BirdiesforBreastCancer.com for more information…Her win at the 2006 CN Canadian Women’s Open was inspired by a “Lucky Quarter” given to her by Al Eagleson, the husband of Barb Eagleson who later died from breast cancer; Kerr donated $5,000 in their name, which they gave to the London Regional Cancer Center…Hobbies include cooking, baking, fishing, watching movies and working out…Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt…Represents Mutual of Omaha, Lacoste, Ginn Clubs & Resorts, Titleist, FootJoy and Audemars Piguet
LPGA Victories, Awards, Etc.
LPGA Victories (10): 2002 Longs Drugs Challenge. 2004 LPGA Takefuji Classic, ShopRite LPGA Classic, State Farm Classic. 2005 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, Wendy’s Championship for Children.2006 Franklin American Mortgage Championship benefiting the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, CN Canadian Women’s Open, John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup. 2007 U.S. Women’s Open
LPGA Awards (1): 2006 LPGA Komen Award
Unofficial Victories (2): 2004 Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge (with Juli Inkster and Grace Park). 2007 Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Morgan Pressel).The Solheim Cup (4): 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007.
Cristie Kerr’s Complete Bio and Statistical History can be found on the Cristie Kerr LPGA Bio Page.
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