Nancy Lopez

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Nancy Lopez
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Lopez in 2008
Personal information
Full nameNancy Marie Lopez
Born (1957-01-06) January 6, 1957 (age 67)
Torrance, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence The Villages, Florida, U.S.
SpouseEd Russell (m. 2017)
Ray Knight (1982–2009)
Tim Melton (1979–1982)
ChildrenAshley, Erinn, Torri
Career
College University of Tulsa
(two years)
Turned professional 1977
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour
Professional wins51
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour48
LPGA of Japan Tour1
Other3
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 3)
Chevron Championship T3: 1995
Women's PGA C'ship Won: 1978, 1985, 1989
U.S. Women's Open 2nd/T2: 1975, 1977, 1989, 1997
du Maurier Classic 2nd/T2: 1979, 1981, 1996
Women's British Open DNP
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 1987 (member page)
LPGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
1978
LPGA Tour
Money Winner
1978, 1979, 1985
LPGA Tour
Player of the Year
1978, 1979, 1985, 1988
LPGA Tour
Vare Trophy
1978, 1979, 1985
GWAA Female
Player of the Year
1978, 1979, 1985
Associated Press
Female Athlete of the Year
1978, 1985
LPGA William and
Mousie Powell Award
1987
Flo Hyman Memorial Award 1992
USGA Bob Jones Award 1998
Old Tom Morris Award 2000

Nancy Marie Lopez [1] (born January 6, 1957) [2] is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.

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Amateur career

Lopez won the New Mexico Women's Amateur at age 12 in 1969, and the U.S. Girls' Junior in 1972 and 1974, at ages 15 and 17, respectively. Shortly after graduation from Goddard High School in Roswell, she played in the U.S. Women's Open as an amateur, first in 1974 and again in 1975 where she tied for second.

As a collegiate freshman in 1976, Lopez was named All-American and Female Athlete of the Year for her play at the University of Tulsa. That year she won the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national intercollegiate golf championship and was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. Lopez left college after her sophomore year and turned pro in 1977, and again was the runner-up at the U.S. Women's Open. [3]

Professional career

During her first full season on the LPGA Tour in 1978, Lopez won nine tournaments, including five consecutive. She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in July, [4] won the Vare Trophy for lowest scoring average, LPGA Rookie of the Year, LPGA Player of the Year and was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. She won another eight times in 1979, and won multiple times in each year from 1980 to 1984, although she played only half-seasons in 1983 and 1984 due to the birth of her first child. [3]

Playing full-time again in 1985, Lopez posted five wins, five seconds, five thirds, won the money title, the scoring title, the Player of the Year Award, and was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for a second time. She entered only four events in 1986, when her second daughter was born, but came back with multiple wins in 1987–89 - three times each in 1988 and 1989 - and once again won Player of the Year honors in 1988. Lopez' schedule was curtailed again in the early 1990s when her third daughter was born. In 1992 she won twice. Lopez continued to play short schedules - from 11 to 18 tournaments - through 2002, then in 2003 cut back to just a half dozen or fewer events a year. [3]

Lopez was considered to be one of the greats of women's golf, and she was the game's best player from the late 1970s to late 1980s. She won three majors, and all were at the LPGA Championship, at the same course, in 1978, 1985, and 1989. Lopez never won the U.S. Women's Open, but finished second four times, the last in 1997 when she became the first in the event's history to score under 70 for all four rounds, yet lost to Alison Nicholas. [3] She won the Colgate-Dinah Shore in 1981, two years before it became a major, and was a runner-up three times at the du Maurier Classic in Canada.

Lopez was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987. She was a member of the United States Solheim Cup team in 1990 and was captain of the team in 2005. Lopez retired from regular tournament play in 2002 and attempted a return in 2007 and 2008. In her return season, she played six tournaments, missed the cut in each, and only broke 80 in three of the 12 rounds. [3] In 2008, she played in three events, with a low score of 76, never making the cut. She was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. [5]

Lopez is the only woman to win LPGA Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, and the Vare Trophy in the same season (1978). Her company, Nancy Lopez Golf, makes a full line of women's clubs and accessories. She also does occasional television commentary.

Personal life

Lopez was married to Houston sportscaster Tim Melton from 1979 to 1982. [6] [7] Shortly after her divorce, she married Major League All-Star baseball player Ray Knight, then a member of the Houston Astros, in October 1982 in Pelham, Georgia. [8] They were married for 27 years, divorcing in 2009, and have three daughters. While married, Lopez and Knight lived in Georgia in his hometown of Albany. Since 1986, she has hosted the Nancy Lopez Hospice Golf Classic at the Doublegate Country Club to raise money for Albany Community Hospice, returning yearly even after her divorce from Knight in 2009. [9] She currently resides in The Villages, Florida [10] where she hosts an annual golf tournament to benefit the charity AIM (Adventures in Movement), an organization that helps mentally challenged, visually impaired, hearing impaired, physically handicapped and other children and adults with special needs. She has hosted the tournament since 1981 and also serves as a national ambassador with AIM. [11] In 2017, Lopez married for a third time to Ed Russell.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional wins (51)

LPGA Tour wins (48)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (3)
Other LPGA Tour (45)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1Feb 26, 1978 Bent Tree Classic +1 (71-72-73-73=289)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jo Ann Washam
2Mar 12, 1978 Sunstar Classic −3 (72-72-70-71=285)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Austin
Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Massey
3May 14, 1978 Greater Baltimore Classic −7 (67-73-72=212)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Donna Caponi
4May 21, 1978 Coca-Cola Classic −3 (69-71-70=210)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
5May 29, 1978 Golden Lights Championship −11 (67-72-73-65=277)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jane Blalock
6Jun 11, 1978 LPGA Championship −13 (71-65-69-70=275)6 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott
7Jun 18, 1978 Bankers Trust Classic −5 (72-73-69=214)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jane Blalock
Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Massey
8Aug 6, 1978 Colgate European Open −7 (73-71-72-73=289)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
Flag of the United States.svg Mary Dwyer
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sally Little
9Nov 12, 1978 Colgate Far East Open E (75-69-72=216)2 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Silvia Bertolaccini
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
10Mar 11, 1979 Sunstar Classic −8 (70-71-70-69=280)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Hollis Stacy
11Mar 25, 1979 Sahara National Pro-Am −16 (72-67-66-69=274)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Donna Caponi
12May 6, 1979 Women's International −6 (72-71-71-68=282)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Donna White
13May 20, 1979 Coca-Cola Classic −3 (73-70-73=216)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Bonnie Bryant
Flag of the United States.svg Hollis Stacy
Flag of the United States.svg Jo Ann Washam
Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
14Jun 3, 1979 Golden Lights Championship −8 (67-70-73-70=280)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
15Jun 24, 1979 Lady Keystone Open −4 (72-68-72=212)2 strokes Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sally Little
Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Whitworth
16Aug 5, 1979 Colgate European Open −6 (68-69-70-75=282)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joyce Kazmierski
17Sep 30, 1979 Mary Kay Classic −14 (71-66-67-70=274)2 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandra Post
18Mar 30, 1980 Women's Kemper Open E (72-66-77-69=284)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Debbie Massey
Flag of the United States.svg Jo Ann Washam
19Jun 29, 1980 The Sarah Coventry −9 (73-67-72-71=283)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
20Sep 1, 1980 Rail Charity Golf Classic −13 (65-71-71-68=275)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
21Mar 8, 1981 Arizona Copper Classic −14 (70-72-68-68=278)4 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
22Apr 5, 1981 Colgate-Dinah Shore −11 (71-73-69-64=277)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Carolyn Hill
23Jun 28, 1981 The Sarah Coventry −3 (74-69-71-71=285)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
24Mar 21, 1982 J&B Scotch Pro-Am −5 (70-67-69-73=279)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Sandra Haynie
25Nov 7, 1982 Mazda Japan Classic −9 (66-70-71=207)6 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott
26Feb 6, 1983 Elizabeth Arden Classic −3 (71-71-70-73=285)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Farwig
Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King
27Apr 10, 1983 J&B Scotch Pro-Am −6 (71-69-69-74=283)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Laura Baugh
28Mar 4, 1984 Uniden LPGA Invitational E (70-74-66-74=284)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
29Aug 19, 1984 Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf −7 (69-74-65-73=281)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
30May 19, 1985 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic −9 (69-69-72=210)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Pat Bradley
31Jun 2, 1985 LPGA Championship −15 (65-71-72-65=273)8 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Alice Miller
32Jul 7, 1985 Mazda Hall of Fame Championship −7 (71-70-72-68=281)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
Flag of the United States.svg Allison Finney
33Aug 11, 1985 Henredon Classic −20 (66-67-69-66=268)10 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Val Skinner
34Sep 8, 1985 Portland Ping Championship −1 (69-76-70=215)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lori Garbacz
35Feb 8, 1987 Sarasota Classic −7 (73-66-68-74=281)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kathy Guadagnino
Flag of France.svg Anne Marie Palli
36Sep 13, 1987 Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship −6 (72-67-71=210)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Leadbetter
Flag of the United States.svg Muffin Spencer-Devlin
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson
37Feb 7, 1988 Mazda Classic −5 (69-68-71-75=283)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Marta Figueras-Dotti
38Apr 17, 1988 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic −6 (71-72-67=210)Playoff Flag of Spain.svg Marta Figueras-Dotti
39May 15, 1988 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic −12 (68-70-66=204)8 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson
40May 21, 1989 Mazda LPGA Championship −14 (71-69-68-66=274)3 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto
41Jul 30, 1989 Atlantic City Classic −10 (67-70-69=206)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Christa Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg Vicki Fergon
42Sep 24, 1989 Nippon Travel-MBS Classic −11 (73-69-65-70=277)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Alice Ritzman
Flag of Scotland.svg Pamela Wright
43Sep 23, 1990 MBS LPGA Classic −7 (69-70-74-68=281)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Gerring
44May 5, 1991 Sara Lee Classic −10 (65-70-71=206)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Kris Monaghan
45Sep 7, 1992 Rail Charity Golf Classic −17 (67-68-64=199)Playoff Flag of England.svg Laura Davies
46Sep 13, 1992 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship −7 (70-70-69=209)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jane Crafter
47Jul 11, 1993 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic −13 (68-68-67=203)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Deb Richard
48Apr 27, 1997 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship −7 (71-66=137)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tina Barrett
Flag of the United States.svg Deb Richard
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karrie Webb

Note: Lopez won the Colgate-Dinah Shore (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) before it became a major championship.

LPGA Tour playoff record (8–7)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11978 Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Classic Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Sally Little Lost to par on first extra hole
21978 Coca-Cola Classic Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner Won with par on first extra hole
31978 Mizuno-Japan Classic Flag of Japan.svg Michiko Okada
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Ai-Yu Tu
Okada won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Tu eliminated by birdie on second hole
41979 Women's Kemper Open Flag of the United States.svg Donna Caponi
Flag of the United States.svg JoAnne Carner
Flag of Japan.svg Chako Higuchi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jan Stephenson
Carner won with par on second extra hole
Caponi, Lopez, and Stephenson eliminated by par on first hole
51979 Coca-Cola Classic Flag of the United States.svg Bonnie Bryant
Flag of the United States.svg Hollis Stacy
Flag of the United States.svg Jo Ann Washam
Flag of the United States.svg Mickey Wright
Won with birdie on second extra hole
Bryant, Stacy, and Washam eliminated by birdie on first hole
61980 Mary Kay Classic Flag of the United States.svg Jerilyn Britz Lost to birdie on second extra hole
71985 Portland Ping Championship Flag of the United States.svg Lori Garbacz Won with birdie on third extra hole
81988 AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic Flag of Spain.svg Marta Figueras-Dotti Won with par on second extra hole
91988 Crestar Classic Flag of the United States.svg Juli Inkster
Flag of the United States.svg Rosie Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Betsy King
Inkster won with eagle on first extra hole
101988 Rochester International Flag of the Republic of China.svg Mei-Chi Cheng
Flag of the United States.svg Patty Sheehan
Cheng won with birdie on second extra hole
Sheehan eliminated by par on first hole
111990 MBS LPGA Classic Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Gerring Won with birdie on first extra hole
121992 Rail Charity Classic Flag of England.svg Laura Davies Won with par on first extra hole
131992 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jane Crafter Won with par on second extra hole
141993 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic Flag of the United States.svg Deb Richard Won with birdie on first extra hole
151998 Sara Lee Classic Flag of the United States.svg Donna Andrews
Flag of Peru.svg Jenny Lidback
Flag of the United States.svg Barb Mucha
Mucha won with birdie on second extra hole

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

1Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour

Other wins (3)

Major championships

Wins (3)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
1978 LPGA Championship −13 (71-65-69-70=275)6 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Amy Alcott
1985 LPGA Championship −15 (65-71-72-65=273)8 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Alice Miller
1989 Mazda LPGA Championship −14 (71-69-68-66=274)3 strokes Flag of Japan.svg Ayako Okamoto

Results timeline

Tournament1974197519761977197819791980
LPGA Championship 1T10T19
U.S. Women's Open T18T2LACUT2T9T11T7
du Maurier Classic ...............2T6
Tournament1981198219831984198519861987198819891990
Kraft Nabisco Championship ......T6T16T11T33T5T18CUT
LPGA Championship T5T35T21T141T28T241T14
U.S. Women's Open WDT7T35T4T21T122T14
du Maurier Classic T2T9WDT8T21T459
Tournament1991199219931994199519961997199819992000
Kraft Nabisco Championship T30CUTT8T9T3T15T23T13T21T43
LPGA Championship T18T25WDT18T18T37T44WDT65
U.S. Women's Open T16T7T35T28CUT2CUTCUTT46
du Maurier Classic T22T2T27
Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010
Kraft Nabisco Championship T63CUTCUTWDCUT
LPGA Championship CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's British Open ^

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half=way cut.
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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Further reading

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Flo Hyman Memorial Award
1992
Succeeded by