Tracy Hanson

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Tracy Hanson
Personal information
Born (1971-10-28) October 28, 1971 (age 52)
Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, U.S. [1]
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Career
College San Jose State University
Turned professional1993
Former tour(s) LPGA Tour (1995–2008)
Ladies European Tour (1994)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies Asian Golf Tour1
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T10: 1996
Women's PGA C'ship T30: 2003
U.S. Women's Open T28: 2006
du Maurier Classic T24: 1997
Women's British Open T12: 2001
Achievements and awards
LET Rookie of the Year 1994
NGCA Hall of Fame2003

Tracy Hanson (born October 28, 1971) is a retired American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour between 1995 and 2008. She was the 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion and won the 1994 Indonesia Ladies Open. [2]

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College and amateur career

Hanson captured numerous titles as an amateur, including the 1989 Women's Western Junior Championship and the 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. She was the low amateur at the 1991 U.S. Women's Open, and member of the 1992 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. [2]

Hanson played collegiate golf at San Jose State University, where she won 10 collegiate titles and was a member of the 1992 NCAA National Championship team. She was a four-time All-American and three-time Academic All-American. [3]

Professional career

Hanson turned professional in 1993 and played on the Ladies European Tour in 1994, where she was LET Rookie of the Year after runner-up finishes at the Austrian Ladies Open and the BMW European Masters in Belgium. [4] She won the Indonesia Ladies Open and two Pacific Northwest Golf Tour titles. [2]

Hanson tied for 12th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn a card for the 1995 LPGA Tour. Her best finish was a tie for fourth at the GHP Heartland Classic, and she finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, just five points behind winner Pat Hurst. [2]

Hanson was runner-up twice on the LPGA Tour, at the 1998 Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic where she lost to Hiromi Kobayashi on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, and at the 2001 Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage, one stroke behind Tina Fischer. [5]

In 2022, in her first year of eligibility, she qualified for the U.S. Senior Women's Open.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
11998 Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic Flag of Japan.svg Hiromi Kobayashi Lost to birdie on first extra hole

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "October 28, 2011: Golf on this day..." Montreal Gazette. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tracy Hanson Bio". LPGA Tour. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "About". Tracy Hanson. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "2009 LET Media Guide". Ladies European Tour. December 9, 2009. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tracy Hanson". Golfdata. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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