Joanna Klatten

Last updated

Joanna Klatten
Joanna Klatten.JPG
Personal information
Born (1985-03-02) 2 March 1985 (age 38)
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of France.svg  France
ResidenceFrance
Career
College Georgia State University
College of Charleston
Turned professional2010
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour (joined 2011)
LPGA Tour (joined 2014)
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
ALPG Tour4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship T29: 2017
U.S. Women's Open DNP
Women's British Open CUT: 2014, 2017
Evian Championship T40: 2017
Achievements and awards
Kia Power Drive2015

Joanna Klatten (born 2 March 1985) is a French professional golfer.

Contents

Klatten started playing golf at the age of 7, and while at Georgia State University was a 2007 first-team All-CAA selection. She graduated from the College of Charleston in 2009, with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing. She represented France in the European Girls' Team Championship in 2003 and won the Coupe Cachard of the Golf de St. Cloud in 2006 with the amateur course record of 63 (−9). She turned professional after having passed the Ladies European Tour qualifications in December 2010. [1]

Joining the LPGA Tour in 2014, Klatten quickly become known as one of the tour's longest players, as she finished third in driving distance her debut season in 2014. The following year she won the Kia Power Drive crown and took home a brand new Kia Sorento, with drives of on average of 274.4 yards on the season, over five yards longer than her nearest competitor. [2]

In addition to winning four tournaments on the ALPG Tour, top performances include finishing sixth at the 2016 Lotte Championship on the LPGA Tour and third at the 2013 Open de Espana and the 2019 Lacoste Ladies Open de France. [3]

Professional wins (4)

ALPG Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
18 Jan 2012 Women's Victorian Open 212 (−8)Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Haeji Kang
27 Jan 2014 BWAC Regional Employment & Community Services ALPG Pro-Am 70 (−3)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bree Arthur
310 Jan 2014 Ingham's Antill Park Pro-Am 66 (−5)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sarah Kemp
426 Jan 2014 Bing Lee Fujitsu General Women's New South Wales Open 200 (−16)3 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nikki Campbell

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament2014201520162017
ANA Inspiration
U.S. Women's Open
Women's PGA Championship CUTT62T29
The Evian Championship CUTCUTT48T40
Women's British Open CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suzann Pettersen</span> Norwegian professional golfer

Suzann Pettersen is a retired Norwegian professional golfer. She played mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and was also a member of the Ladies European Tour. Her career best world ranking was second and she held that position several times, most recently from August 2011 until February 2012. She retired on 15 September 2019 after holing the winning putt for the European team at the 2019 Solheim Cup, notwithstanding that she had been away from golf for almost 20 months on maternity leave prior to the event.

Charlotta Petra Sörenstam is a retired Swedish professional golfer. As an amateur competing for the Texas Longhorns, she won the NCAA Division I Championship individual title. As a professional, she won one tournament on the LPGA Tour and represented Europe in the Solheim Cup. Her elder sister by three years, Annika, is a Hall of Fame golfer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Karin Sjödin</span> Swedish professional golfer

Karin Sjödin is a Swedish professional golfer. She played 10 seasons on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was in contention at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Nordqvist</span> Swedish professional golfer

Anna Maria Nordqvist is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She has won three major championships: the 2009 LPGA Championship, the 2017 Evian Championship, and the 2021 Women's British Open. She is the only non-American woman to have won major championships in three different decades.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Azahara Muñoz</span> Spanish professional golfer

Azahara Muñoz Guijarro is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beatriz Recari</span> Spanish golfer

Beatriz Recari Eransus is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline Hedwall</span> Swedish professional golfer

Caroline Ingrid Hedwall is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour (LET) and the LPGA Tour. In 2013 she became the first player to win five matches in a single Solheim Cup event. As an amateur she was a dominating player, winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship as well as the individual titles at both the Espirito Santo Trophy and the NCAA Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline Masson</span> German professional golfer

Caroline Masson is a German professional golfer, currently playing on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carlota Ciganda</span> Spanish professional golfer

Carlota Ciganda Machiñena is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year.

Jodi Ewart Shadoff is an English professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour and on the Ladies European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emily Kristine Pedersen</span> Danish professional golfer

Emily Kristine Pedersen is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and LPGA Tour. She had a successful amateur career winning the 2013 International European Ladies Amateur Championship and the 2014 British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship. Turning professional in early 2015 she had a successful first season, finishing runner-up in the Deloitte Ladies Open and the Lacoste Ladies Open de France before winning the Hero Women's Indian Open. She was named LET Rookie of the Year for 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atthaya Thitikul</span> Thai professional golfer

Atthaya Thitikul is a Thai professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She is the youngest golfer ever to win a professional golf tournament at aged 14 years, 4 months and 19 days after winning the Ladies European Thailand Championship as an amateur on 9 July 2017. She was the number one ranked women's amateur golfer in the world for a total of 12 weeks, rising to the top on two occasions, the first time on 26 June 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Céline Boutier</span> French professional golfer

Céline Boutier is a French professional golfer.

Felicity Johnson is an English professional golfer who has played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.

Valentine Derrey is a French professional golfer. She reached 84 on the Women's World Golf Rankings in 2014 as she won the Turkish Ladies Open and finished seventh on the LET Order of Merit.

María Hernández Muñoz is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.

Pauline Roussin-Bouchard is a French professional golfer. She was number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for 34 weeks in 2020.

María Parra Luque is a professional golfer from Spain who played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour already as a teenager. She won the 2015 European Ladies Amateur and rose to No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking.

Virginia Elena Carta is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. In 2016, she received the Honda Sports Award after winning the NCAA Women's Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carmen Alonso</span> Spanish professional golfer

Carmen Alonso is a Spanish professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour (LET).

References

  1. ↑ "Joanna Klatten Bio". LPGA. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "2015 LPGA Kia Performance Award Winners". LPGA. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Joanna Klatten". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "European Girls' Team Championship 2003" (PDF). EGA. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "European Lady Junior's Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.