Lindy Duncan

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Lindy Duncan
Personal information
Born (1991-01-16) January 16, 1991 (age 33)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States.svg United States
Career
College Duke University
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2014)
Former tour(s) Epson Tour (joined 2013)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T48: 2018
Women's PGA C'ship T15: 2018
U.S. Women's Open T15: 2013
Women's British Open T56: 2022
Evian Championship T22: 2018
Achievements and awards
NGCA National Player of the Year2012
ACC Player of the Year2010, 2011, 2012
ACC Rookie of the Year2010

Lindy Duncan (born January 16, 1991) is an American professional golfer and LPGA Tour player. She was runner-up at the 2018 Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic and the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship. [1]

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Early life, college and amateur career

Duncan grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attended American Heritage School. She started playing golf at the age of 9 and had a successful amateur and college career, reaching the semi-finals in the 2006 U.S. Women's Amateur at the age of 15. [2] In 2009, the same year she graduated high school, she qualified for the U.S. Women's Open, and advanced to match play at the U.S. Women's Amateur for the fourth straight year, placing fifth in stroke-play qualifying. [3]

Duncan played collegiate golf at Duke University from 2009 to 2013 where she was a four-time first team All-American, recorded six wins, and was named 2010 ACC Rookie of the Year. She was named ACC Player of the Year in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and also NGCA National Player of the Year in 2012. [4]

In 2011, she made the cut in the U.S. Women's Open at The Broadmoor after she was tied 5th after the first round, two strokes off the lead. She was runner-up with the Duke Blue Devils women's golf team and individually at the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship, behind Annie Park. [5] She was selected to represent the United States at the 2012 Curtis Cup and 2013 Copa de las Americas. [6]

Professional career

Duncan turned professional in June 2013 after graduating and joined the Symetra Tour, where she recorded three top-10 finishes in seven events in her rookie season. She finished tied 15th in the 2013 U.S. Women's Open. Duncan earned conditional status for the 2014 LPGA Tour at Q-School but only played one event. In 2015, she was runner-up at the FireKeepers Casino Hotel Championship and finished tied 15th at the Final LPGA Qualifying Tournament and joined the LPGA Tour full-time for the 2016 season.

In 2017, Duncan recorded the first two top-10 finishes of her LPGA Tour career, including a fourth place at the Manulife LPGA Classic. In 2018, she had her best LPGA season to date, recording three top-10s, including a runner-up finish at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic, where she birdied her final three holes for a 64, the low round of the tournament, but Park Sung-hyun chipped in on the final hole to win. [7] Duncan finished 42nd on the money list after also making some of her best major appearances, finishing tied 15th at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship and tied 22nd at The Evian Championship. [8]

In 2023, Duncan recorded a solo third-place finish at the Dana Open and was runner-up at the Inova Mission Inn Resort & Club Championship in one of two Epson Tour starts that season. [1]

Amateur wins

Source: [9]

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
ANA Inspiration CUTT48CUTT60
U.S. Women's Open CUTT59T1563T26T59
Women's PGA Championship T50T59T15CUTT44CUTT41
The Evian Championship ^CUTCUTT22CUTNTCUTT60
Women's British Open CUTCUTCUTCUTT56

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

  Did not play

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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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