Amy Fruhwirth

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Amy Fruhwirth
Personal information
Born (1968-07-23) July 23, 1968 (age 55)
Cypress, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Career
College Arizona State University
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1993-2004)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T3: 1997
Women's PGA C'ship T12: 2000
U.S. Women's Open T28: 1995
du Maurier Classic T10: 1996
Women's British Open CUT: 2003

Amy Fruhwirth (born July 23, 1968) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

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Fruhwirth was born in Cypress, California. She played college golf at Arizona State University where she was a three-time All-American. [1] In her amateur career, she won the 1991 California Women's Amateur [1] and U.S. Women's Amateur [1] [2] and 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. [1] [3] She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1992. [1] She also finished runner-up in the 1985 U.S. Girl's Junior. [4]

Fruhwirth played on the LPGA Tour from 1993 to 2004, winning once [5] in 1998. [6]

She was inducted into the Sun Devil Women's Golf Hall of Fame in 2005. [7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning ScoreMargin of
Victory
Runner(s)-up
1Jul 21, 1998 Friendly's Classic -8 (69-71-68-72=280)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kim Saiki
Flag of Sweden.svg Charlotta Sörenstam

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 LPGA profile Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1985 U.S. Girls' Junior Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  6. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99 Archived September 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Anna Nordqvist Part of 2022 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame Class". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2022.