Angela Stanford

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Angela Stanford
2009 Solheim Cup - Angela Stanford (1).jpg
Stanford in August 2009
Personal information
Full nameAngela Gwen Stanford [1]
Born (1977-11-28) November 28, 1977 (age 46)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence Saginaw, Texas, U.S.
Career
College Texas Christian University
(graduated 2000)
Turned professional2000
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2001)
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (joined 2000)
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour7
Epson Tour1
Other2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron Championship T3: 2011
Women's PGA C'ship T4: 2004
U.S. Women's Open T2: 2003
Women's British Open T5: 2014
Evian Championship Won: 2018

Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour. [2] [3]

Contents

Amateur career

Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas State Junior Championship. [4] [5] Following graduation from Boswell High School in 1996, she enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. Stanford won nine collegiate tournaments for the Horned Frogs, was a four-time All-American and a four-time All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) selection. She was named WAC Freshman of the Year in 1997 and WAC Player of the Year in 1999 and won the 2000 WAC Championship. [6] She earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from TCU in 2000. Stanford was a member of the 2000 U.S. Curtis Cup team and a semifinalist at the 2000 British Ladies Amateur. [7]

Professional career

Stanford turned professional following the 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur in August and played on the Futures Tour, where she earned a victory at the season-ending event in early October. She finished fourth in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament that year to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2001.

Her first victory on the LPGA Tour came in her third season, at the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic. A week later Stanford was in a three player 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Women's Open; she lost to Hilary Lunke by one stroke. Her best finish on the LPGA money was in 2008, at ninth place with over $1.1 million.

Stanford has been a member of six U.S. Solheim Cup teams: in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, where in the penultimate match, she defeated Suzann Pettersen which cleared the way for Paula Creamer to score the winning point, and gave the U.S. Its first Solheim Cup win since 2009.

On September 16, 2018, Stanford won her first major title at the Evian Championship.

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (7)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (6)
No.DateTournamentWinning
score
To parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
1Jun 29, 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic 65-67-65=197−163 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Becky Morgan 195,000
2Sep 14, 2008 Bell Micro LPGA Classic 70-67-67-73=277−111 stroke Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng 210,000
3Nov 16, 2008 Lorena Ochoa Invitational 68-66-72-69=275−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Brittany Lang
Flag of Sweden.svg Annika Sörenstam
200,000
4Feb 14, 2009 SBS Open at Turtle Bay 65-71-70=206−103 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Wie 180,000
5Feb 26, 2012 HSBC Women's Champions 66-70-71-71=278−10Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng
Flag of South Korea.svg Jenny Shin
210,000
6Sep 16, 2018 The Evian Championship 72-64-68-68=272−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Austin Ernst
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sei-young
Flag of the United States.svg Mo Martin
Flag of the United States.svg Amy Olson
577,500
7Dec 6, 2020 Volunteers of America Classic 71-69-70-67=277−72 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Yealimi Noh
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
Flag of South Korea.svg Ryu So-yeon
262,500

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12003 U.S. Women's Open Flag of the United States.svg Hilary Lunke
Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Robbins
Lunke won 18-hole playoff (Lunke:70, Stanford:71, Robbins:73)
22009 P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Flag of South Korea.svg Jiyai Shin
Flag of South Korea.svg Sun Young Yoo
Shin won with birdie on second extra hole
32012 HSBC Women's Champions Flag of South Korea.svg Na Yeon Choi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shanshan Feng
Flag of South Korea.svg Jenny Shin
Won with par on third extra hole
Choi eliminated by par on second hole
Feng eliminated by par on first hole
42013 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Young Park Lost to birdie on third extra hole
52015 Toto Japan Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Ahn Sun-ju
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Ji-hee
Ahn won with birdie on first extra hole

Futures Tour wins (1)

Legends of the LPGA wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunners-up
2018 The Evian Championship 5 shot deficit−12 (72-64-68-68=272)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Austin Ernst, Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sei-young
Flag of the United States.svg Mo Martin, Flag of the United States.svg Amy Olson

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Chevron Championship T51CUTT58CUTT10T15T12
Women's PGA Championship CUTT59T27T4T16T29T33T25T5
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTT2CUTT10T49T16T58CUT
Women's British Open ^T13T64CUTCUTT36CUTCUTT20
Tournament2010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Chevron Championship T15T3T11T19T7T11CUTT47T20CUT
Women's PGA Championship T25T30CUTT28T30T41CUTCUTT63T66
U.S. Women's Open T194T54T4T30T26T11T33T10CUT
The Evian Championship ^^T6CUTCUT7T181CUT
Women's British Open T50T22T23T17T5T21T60CUTCUTT29
Tournament2020202120222023
Chevron Championship T64T40CUTCUT
Women's PGA Championship T44T58CUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTCUTCUT
The Evian Championship ^^NTCUTCUTT59
Women's British Open T14CUTT41T56

^ 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

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00113102115
Women's PGA Championship 0002252317
U.S. Women's Open 0103582414
The Evian Championship 100134105
Women's British Open 0001182215
Totals1118143510066

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2001 26120000T1566,9569873.24103
2002 191201022221,8574572.3746
2003 211711031643,1921771.9438
2004 24190002T4297,7903971.86T43
2005 25150013T3272,2884473.1169
2006 252002032473,2182371.80T29
2007 242100212T3713,8801971.6211
2008 27232121011,134,753971.229
2009 21201221111,081,9161070.6411
2010 221901072596,8301871.3519
2011 2120003931,017,196771.4215
2012 262312161794,2941671.5121
2013 221001162778,2341270.7111
2014 272002062754,7281971.1818
2015 27230103T2491,7773471.2722
2016 26190104T2488,5883771.4040
2017 292300133367,1195271.4762
2018 251910051957,2701671.3846
2019 22120000T23117,60810272.68131
2020 161310131586,3211371.5540
2021 1890002T5222,6617771.3064
2022 19400002369,91713273.14155
2023 940000T2654,2711540.00n/a

* Includes matchplay and other tournaments with no cut

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

YearRankingRef
200667 [9]
200732 [10]
20089 [11]
20099 [12]
201020 [13]
201119 [14]
201219 [15]
201317 [16]
201422 [17]
201545 [18]
201658 [19]
201771 [20]
201834 [21]
201976 [22]
202052 [23]
202173 [24]
2022312 [25]
2023446 [26]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

YearTotal
Matches
Total
W–L–H
Singles
W–L–H
Foursomes
W–L–H
Fourballs
W–L–H
Points
Won
Points
%
Career204–13–33–3–01–5–10–5–25.527.5
2003 30–2–10–1–0 lost to A. Sörenstam 3&20–0–1 halved w/ M. Redman 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Mallon 3&20.516.7
2007 32–0–11–0–0 def. T. Johnson 3&21–0–0 won w/ P. Hurst 4&20–0–1 halved w/ S. Prammanasudh 2.583.3
2009 41–2–11–0–0 def. B. Brewerton 5&40–1–0 lost w/ N. Castrale 3&10–1–1 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn,
halved w/ B. Lang
1.537.5
2011 30–3–00–1–0 lost to A. Muñoz 1 dn0–2–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&2,
lost w/ S. Lewis 6&5
0–0–000
2013 40–4–00–1–0 lost to B. Recari 2&10–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&10–2–0 lost w/ G. Piller 2&1,
lost w/ G. Piller 1 dn
00
2015 31–2–01–0–0 def. S. Pettersen 2&10–1–0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 1 dn0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 3&2133.3

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