Brittany Lang

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Brittany Lang
2009 Solheim Cup - Brittany Lang (1).jpg
Lang in August 2009
Personal information
Born (1985-08-22) August 22, 1985 (age 38)
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Residence McKinney, Texas, U.S.
Career
College Duke University
(two years)
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) LPGA (joined 2006)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron Championship T8: 2006
Women's PGA C'ship T18: 2008
U.S. Women's Open Won: 2016
Women's British Open 2nd: 2011
Evian Championship T12: 2021

Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open. [1]

Contents

Amateur career

Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior All-American, in 2001 and 2002. Lang represented the United States at the PING Junior Solheim Cup in 2002. In 2003, she won the North and South Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur in consecutive weeks. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title.

Following graduation from McKinney High School in 2003, [2] Lang played golf at Duke University for two years and won six collegiate tournaments. She was also named the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year, and the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and won back-to-back ACC individual titles in 2004 and 2005.

Lang was also a member of the victorious Curtis Cup team in 2004 and won medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, where she advanced to the quarterfinals of match play.

While still an amateur in 2005, Lang competed as a sponsor's exemption in both the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 15th. She finished her amateur career at the U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, where she tied for second with fellow low amateur Morgan Pressel, two strokes behind champion Birdie Kim. With the last hole to play, Lang was in the clubhouse when Kim holed out from the 18th greenside bunker to seal the victory.

Professional career

After two years of college golf at Duke, Lang turned professional in July 2005, shortly after her T2 finish at the U.S. Women's Open. She received sponsor's exemptions in 2005 to the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (T36), State Farm Classic, and Canadian Women's Open (T6). She was the medalist in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September, then finished T22 at the final stage in December to earn full playing privileges for the 2006 season. [3]

Lang recorded six top-ten finishes, in 2006 and 2008. At the end of 2008, her third season on the LPGA Tour, her career earnings exceeded $1 million.

Lang's first professional win came in June 2012 at the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada, where she triumphed in a four-player playoff. She birdied the last hole four consecutive times to win the playoff. It was the first-ever victory in an LPGA event by a former Duke Blue Devil, [4] [5] and Lang's 154th event on tour. [6]

Lang has seven top ten finishes in major championships: six as a professional and one as an amateur. She won the U.S. Women's Open in 2016 at CordeValle and was a solo runner-up at the Women's British Open in 2011 at Carnoustie.

She has represented the United States in four successive Solheim Cups in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. She was undefeated in singles play until falling to Melissa Reid in 2015.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)
1Jun 24, 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic 69-65-67-67=268–16Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Chella Choi
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Kyung Seo
195,000
2Jul 10, 2016 U.S. Women's Open 68-75-68-71=282–6Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist 810,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
12012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Flag of South Korea.svg Chella Choi
Flag of South Korea.svg Inbee Park
Flag of South Korea.svg Hee Kyung Seo
Lang won with birdie on third extra hole
Park eliminated by birdie on second hole
Choi eliminated by birdie on first hole
22016 U.S. Women's Open Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist Won three hole aggregate playoff:
Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2016 U.S. Women's Open 2 shot deficit−6 (68-75-68-71=282)Playoff1 Flag of Sweden.svg Anna Nordqvist

1 Defeated Nordqvist in a three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang (3-4-5=12) and Nordqvist (3-6-6=15)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012
Chevron Championship CUTT6T15T21T17T10T57T26
Women's PGA Championship T69T18T39T42CUTT62
U.S. Women's Open T2TLACUTCUTT31T40T5T50T21
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTT33T432CUT
Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020
Chevron Championship CUTCUTT35CUTT42CUTCUTT51
Women's PGA Championship T72T62T49T39CUTCUTT21CUT
U.S. Women's Open T7T22T14 1 T58CUTT68CUT
The Evian Championship^T57CUTCUTCUTCUTT54T55NT
Women's British Open CUTT43CUTT60CUTCUTT61CUT
Tournament202120222023
Chevron Championship CUT
Women's PGA Championship T40CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTT59
The Evian Championship T12
Women's British Open

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 0000251710
Women's PGA Championship 0000021611
U.S. Women's Open 1103471913
The Evian Championship 00000184
Women's British Open 010111156
Totals12047167544

LPGA Tour career summary

YearTournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins2nd3rdTop 10sBest
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank
2005 640102T2500n/a71.90n/a
2006 27210027T3538,5522171.3516
2007 26150002T4348,1483973.0560
2008 28230208T2630,2943071.7929
2009 26250207T2675,0651971.0815
2010 22160002T5297,2133572.3244
2011 222001072627,6911672.0027
2012 252410031575,2632471.5926
2013 28220001T7355,8094271.9746
2014 30260015T3551,7032971.3524
2015 292101052616,0972571.4433
2016 2823100611,259,787971.1130
2017 25200001T10248,9346971.7676
2018 2270000T2558,98912772.47115
2019 22130000T16154,8588771.9693
2020 1480001T6117,1298072.3182
2021 186000110133,8879873.02133
2022 1570001T983,41812371.92100
2023 420000T5926,91017273.83n/a

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

World ranking

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

YearRankingNotes
200628 [8]
200753 [9]
200846 [10]
200926 [11]
201048 [12]
201132 [13]
201229 [14]
201362 [15]
201466 [16]
201544 [17]
201622 [18]
201765 [19]
2018249 [20]
2019200 [21]
2020159 [22]
2021200 [23]
2022303 [24]
2023576 [25]

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
%
Career177–7–32–2–11–3–04–2–28.550.0
2009 31–0–20–0–1 halved w/ L. Davies 1–0–1 won w/ B. Lincicome 5&4
halved w/ A. Stanford
266.7
2011 41–3–01–0–0 def. S. Gal 6&50–2–0 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn
lost w/ J. Inkster 3&2
0–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 4&3125.0
2013 43–1–01–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&11–1–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 2&1
won w/ M. Wie 2&1
1–0–0 won w/ B. Lincicome 4&3375.0
2015 30–2–10–1–0 lost to M. Reid 2&10–1–1 halved w/ G. Piller
lost w/ L. Salas 2&1
0.516.7
2017 32–1–00–1–0 lost to C. Hull 1 dn2–0–0 won w/ B. Lincicome 3&2
won w/ B. Lincicome 2 up
266.7

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