Lee-Anne Pace

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Lee-Anne Pace
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Pace at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameLee-Anne Pace
Born (1981-02-15) 15 February 1981 (age 44)
Paarl, South Africa
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Spouse Anne-Lise Caudal
Career
College Murray State University,
University of Tulsa
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s) Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour
Futures Tour
Professional wins23
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour11
Other11
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T14: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship T30: 2023
U.S. Women's Open T43/43: 2014, 2017
Women's British Open T17: 2016
Evian Championship T6: 2015
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner
2010
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year
2010, 2013

Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.

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Career

Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. [1] She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.

Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe, [2] the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit [3] and won the LET Player of the Year.

After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixth Ladies European Tour event in May when she took a one stroke victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that victory up with another in July, again winning by a stroke, at the Open De España Femenino. She concluded the 2013 season by winning in a playoff at the Sanya Ladies Open. The victory was her eighth on tour and netted her a second LET Player of the Year award. In October 2014, Pace would win her ninth LET event when she was victorious in her home country, winning the Cell C South African Women's Open, in a playoff, after a final round comeback. A week later, Pace won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.

Personal life

In January 2024, Pace married fellow LET player Anne-Lise Caudal at a ceremony held in Yzerfontein, South Africa. [4] The two became acquainted when Pace first started competing on the LET in 2008. [5]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (23)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
126 Oct 2014 Blue Bay LPGA −16 (67-66-67=200)3 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Caroline Masson

Ladies European Tour wins (11)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
120 Jun 2010 Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open −12 (69-67-68=204)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing
215 Aug 2010 S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe −6 (74-71-67-70=282)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Melissa Reid
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christel Boeljon
329 Aug 2010 Finnair Masters −14 (66-64-69=199)3 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Vikki Laing
424 Oct 2010 Sanya Ladies Open −11 (68-71-66=205)1 stroke Flag of Austria.svg Stefanie Michl
531 Oct 2010 Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open −5 (71-72-68=211)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Hannah Jun
Flag of Paraguay.svg Julieta Granada
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christel Boeljon
612 May 2013 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open −3 (70-77-70-72=289)1 stroke Flag of Finland.svg Minea Blomqvist
Flag of Spain.svg Carlota Ciganda
Flag of England.svg Charley Hull
721 Jul 2013 Open De España Femenino −13 (67-69-68-71=275)1 stroke Flag of Sweden.svg Mikaela Parmlid
827 Oct 2013 Sanya Ladies Open −13 (67-66-70=203)Playoff Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang Zhang
919 Oct 2014 Cell C South African Women's Open 1−5 (71-73-67=211)Playoff Flag of England.svg Holly Clyburn
1016 May 2021 Investec South African Women's Open 1+2 (70-75-73-72=290)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Leonie Harm
112 Apr 2022 Investec South African Women's Open 1E (71-73-74-70=288)Playoff Flag of Argentina.svg Magdalena Simmermacher

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour

Sunshine Ladies Tour (14)

1Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Chevron Championship T70CUTCUTT69T14CUT
U.S. Women's Open T55CUTT43T56CUT43T64
Women's PGA Championship CUTT62WDT64DQCUTT30
The Evian Championship ^T54T6T43T48CUTNTCUTCUT
Women's British Open CUTCUTT39T25T29T24T17CUTCUTT32WD65CUTT55

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship 00000163
U.S. Women's Open 00000075
Women's PGA Championship 00000073
The Evian Championship 00001174
Women's British Open 000003148
Totals0000154123

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References

  1. "Lee- Anne Pace on South Africa". Ladies European Tour. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. "Lee-Anne Pace secures Wales Ladies triumph". BBC Sport . 15 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. "Pace wins Order of Merit". Independent Online (South Africa) . 11 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  4. "Pace And Caudal Tie The Knot In South Africa". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  5. "Friendship put aside for Cape Town showdown". News24. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2024.