Samantha Head

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Samantha Head
Personal information
Born (1973-02-28) 28 February 1973 (age 48)
Ascot, Berkshire, England
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional1995
Retired2010
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (1995-2009)
Symetra Tour (2006)
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA Inspiration DNP
Women's PGA C'ship DNP
U.S. Women's Open DNP
du Maurier Classic DNP
Women's British Open T51: 2009

Samantha Head (born 28 February 1973) is an English professional golfer with two Ladies European Tour (LET) wins.

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Head was born in Ascot, Berkshire and her twin sister Johanna is also a professional golfer. She joined the Ladies European Tour in 1995 and won two individual tournaments on it, the Ladies Italian Open and South African Ladies Masters. [1] Head was also runner-up at the Chrysler Open, Ladies Central European Open and SAS Masters [2] and finished top-10 on the 2000 Ladies European Tour Order of Merit. [1]

Head featured in the ninth season of The Big Break in 2008. [3] Her first daughter Amy was born in April 2010 and she retired from tour. [1]

Professional wins (2)

Ladies European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner-up
125 Sep 1999 Ladies Italian Open 71-72-71=214−51 stroke

Flag of Spain.svg Marina Arruti
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Mette Hageman
Flag of Finland.svg Riikka Hakkarainen
Flag of England.svg Trish Johnson
Flag of France.svg Patricia Meunier-Lebouc

225 Mar 2001 Nedbank Mastercard South African Masters 70-72-68=210−61 stroke

Flag of Spain.svg Raquel Carriedo
Flag of Germany.svg Elisabeth Esterl
Flag of Norway.svg Cecilie Lundgreen

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "2011 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  2. "Samantha Head Results". Golfdata. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. "The Girls are Back". Golf Channel. Retrieved 18 October 2020.