Cathy Gerring

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Cathy Gerring
Personal information
Full nameCathy Kratzert Gerring
Born (1961-04-28) April 28, 1961 (age 63)
Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College Ohio State University
StatusProfessional
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1985-2006)
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour3
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T8: 1987
Women's PGA C'ship T28: 1987
U.S. Women's Open T9: 1990
du Maurier Classic T19: 1987
Women's British Open DNP

Cathy Kratzert Gerring (born April 28, 1961) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

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Born Cathy Kratzert, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, she played college golf at Ohio State University.

Gerring won three times on the LPGA Tour, [1] all in 1990. [2] She played on the 1990 Solheim Cup team.

In April 1992, Gerring was severely burned in a hospitality tent at the LPGA's Sara Lee Classic in Nashville, Tennessee. [3] [4] Due to her injuries, she did not play again on the LPGA Tour until 1996.

Gerring's brother, Billy Kratzert, won four times on the PGA Tour. They are one of only two brother/sister pairs to win on both tours (the other is Jim Gallagher Jr. and Jackie Gallagher-Smith). [5]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1Jun 3, 1990 Lady Keystone Open –8 (70-67-71=208)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
Flag of the United States.svg Elaine Crosby
2Aug 12, 1990 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic –7 (71-70-72-68=281)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Keggi
3Oct 14, 1990 Trophee Urban World Championship –10 (69-69-69-71=278)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Beth Daniel

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11986 Rail Charity Classic Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King
Flag of the United States.svg Alice Ritzman
King won with birdie on second extra hole
21986 Mazda Japan Classic Flag of the United States.svg Becky Pearson
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ai-Yu Tu
Flag of the United States.svg Mary Beth Zimmerman
Tu won with bogey on fourth extra hole
Pearson and Zimmerman eliminated by birdie on first hole
31987 Women's Kemper Open Flag of the United States.svg Jane Geddes Lost to bogey on first extra hole
41990 Stratton Mountain LPGA Classic Flag of the United States.svg Caroline Keggi Won with birdie on first extra hole
51990 MBS LPGA Classic Flag of the United States.svg Nancy Lopez Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Team appearances

Professional

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References

  1. LPGA All-Time Winners List Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99 Archived September 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. "LPGA player burned while in buffet line". TimesDaily . Florence, Alabama. April 26, 1992. p. 2B. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
  4. A Sad Fate: Seriously burned in 1992, Cathy Gerring longs to play competitive golf again
  5. "LPGA biography" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 13, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010.