Meredith Duncan | |
---|---|
Personal information | |
Born | Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. | March 25, 1980
Height | 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | Louisiana State University |
Turned professional | 2002 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour Futures Tour |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
ANA Inspiration | 73rd: 2002 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T81: 2007 |
U.S. Women's Open | T65: 2010 |
Women's British Open | T24: 2008 |
Meredith Duncan (born March 25, 1980) is an American professional golfer.
Duncan was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. She won the Women's Western Amateur in 2000 and 2001. She won the 2001 North and South Women's Amateur at Pinehurst. She followed this up by capturing that year's U.S. Women's Amateur in a match that the USGA says "veteran observers called the greatest final in the history of the United States Golf Association championships". [1] She also played on the U.S. team at the 2002 Curtis Cup.
Duncan graduated from Louisiana State University in 2003 with a degree in kinesiology having turned professional in 2002.
Duncan has played on the LPGA Tour and the Futures Tour.
Duncan now works at C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. She serves as the head golf coach, pep squad sponsor, assistant basketball coach, physical education instructor, and kind soul.
Amateur
Nancy Marie Lopez is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.
Mae Louise Suggs was an American professional golfer, one of the founders of the LPGA Tour and thus modern ladies' golf.
Beth Daniel is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
JoAnne Gunderson Carner is an American former professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to win three different USGA championship events. Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.
Hollis Stacy is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1974, winning four major championships and 18 LPGA Tour events. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the veterans category in 2012.
Beverly Hanson was an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Brandie Burton is an American professional golfer. In October 2019 her induction into the Southern California Golf Association Hall of Fame was announced, noting that she competed in five Solheim Cups, recorded 88 top 10 finishes and became the youngest female golfer to surpass $1 million in career earnings.
Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three time periods in 2010. She is naturally left handed but plays golf right handed.
Barbara Gaile Romack was an American professional golfer.
Beth Bauer Grace is an American former professional golfer.
Janice C. Moodie is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
Joyce Ziske is an American professional golfer.
Angela Gwen Stanford is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.
Brittany Lang is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Clifford Ann Creed is a retired American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1963 and won eleven LPGA Tour events in all.
Mina Harigae is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
Emilee Klein is an American professional golfer and college golf coach who played on the LPGA Tour.
Ji Young "Pearl" Sinn-Bonanni is a Korean-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She played under her maiden name, Pearl Sinn until her marriage in 2002.
Cynthia "Cindy" Schreyer is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She also competed as Cindy McCurdy from 1998 to 2000. Schreyer started playing golf at the age of 15.
Ally Ewing is an American professional golfer and plays on the LPGA Tour.