Laura Diaz

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Laura Diaz
2009 LPGA Championship - Laura Diaz (4).jpg
Personal information
Full nameLaura Philo Diaz
Born (1975-04-27) April 27, 1975 (age 50)
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
SpouseKevin Diaz (m. 2000)
ChildrenRobert (b. 2006)
Lily (b. 2010)
Career
College Wake Forest University
Turned professional1997
Current tour LPGA Tour (joined 1999)
Former tour Ladies European Tour (joined 1998)
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour2
Epson Tour3
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T3: 2005
Women's PGA C'ship 2nd: 2001
U.S. Women's Open T7: 2002
du Maurier Classic T7: 2000
Women's British Open T3: 2001
Evian Championship T54: 2014
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Rookie of the Year
1998

Laura Diaz (born April 27, 1975) is an American professional golfer.

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Diaz was born Laura Philo in Scotia, New York. She won the 1995 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. In 1996 she won the Eastern Women's Amateur Championship and made it to the quarterfinals of the 1996 U.S. Women's Amateur. A business student at Wake Forest University, Diaz was named the university's 1997 Female Athlete of the Year.

Diaz turned professional in 1997 and spent three years playing on the Futures Tour where she scored three tournament wins. She also played on the Ladies European Tour, where she was rookie of the year in 1998. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1999 and has earned two victories, both coming in the 2002 season when she had ten top-10 finishes. She has played on four Solheim Cup teams (2002, 2003, 2005, 2007).

Prior to 2000, she competed as Laura Philo before marrying her husband, Kevin Diaz, and taking his last name. Laura's brother, Ron Philo Jr., is a PGA Professional who made the cut at the 2005 PGA Championship. [1]

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-upWinner's
share ($)
1Mar 24, 2002 Welch's/Circle K Championship 67-67-68-68=270-181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster 120,000
2May 26, 2002 LPGA Corning Classic 66-69-69-70=274-142 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones 150,000

Futures Tour wins (3)

Legends Tour wins (1)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament19992000
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship CUTT40
U.S. Women's Open
du Maurier Classic T53T7
Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009
Kraft Nabisco Championship T9T30T5CUTT3CUTT30CUTT60
LPGA Championship 2T20T30CUTT20T25T815CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTT7T13T44T23CUTT39T27CUT
Women's British Open ^T3CUTT14T13T6465CUTT34T67
Tournament20102011201220132014201520162017
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUTT47CUTCUT
LPGA Championship CUTCUTCUTT53T25CUT
U.S. Women's Open CUTCUTT50T49CUT
Women's British Open CUTT63
The Evian Championship ^^CUTT54

^ 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.

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Team appearances

Professional

References