NANCY LOPEZ

'Nancy Lopez' (born January 6, 1957) is one of the most accomplished women in the history of professional women's golf.
Lopez was born in Torrance, California. She is also known as Nancy Lopez-Knight, since her marriage to former Major League baseball player Ray Knight. From 1980 to 1981 she competed as Nancy Lopez-Melton. She resides in Albany, Georgia.

Contents

Amateur career

Professional career

Accolades

LPGA Tour wins (48)

Results in LPGA majors

See also

External links

Amateur career

Lopez won the New Mexico Women's Amateur at the age of 12 and went on to win the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship twice, in 1972 and in 1974. She won the Western Junior three times and the Mexican Amateur in 1975. In 1975, Lopez qualified for the U.S. Women's Open as an amateur and finished in a tie for second. 1976, as a student at the University of Tulsa, she won the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championship and was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup and World Amateur teams. At the University of Tulsa, Lopez was named a 1976 All-American and the university’s Female Athlete of the Year.

Professional career

In her rookie year on the LPGA Tour, Lopez won nine tournaments, and was named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season. This feat has not been repeated to date. She has won a total of 48 official LPGA tournaments and 4 unofficial events. She was a member of the United States Solheim Cup team in 1990 and 2005, serving as captain in 2005.

Accolades

Lopez was named LPGA Player of the Year four times (1978-79, 1985, 1988) and Rookie of Year (1978).
Lopez was inducted in the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1987 at the age of 30..
In 1998, Lopez was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf.

LPGA Tour wins (48)

★ 1978 (9) Bent Tree Classic, Sunstar Classic, Greater Baltimore Classic, Coca-Cola Classic, Golden Lights Championship, 'LPGA Championship', Bankers Trust Classic, Colgate European Open, Colgate Far East Open

★ 1979 (8) Sunstar Classic, Sahara National Pro-Am, Women's International, Coca-Cola Classic, Golden Lights Championship, Lady Keystone Open, Colgate European Open, Mary Kay Classic

★ 1980 (3) Women's Kemper Open, The Sarah Coventry, Rail Charity Golf Classic

★ 1981 (3) Arizona Copper Classic, Colgate Dinah Shore, The Sarah Coventry

★ 1982 (2) J&B Scotch Pro-Am, Mazda Japan Classic

★ 1983 (2) Elizabeth Arden Classic, J&B Scotch Pro-Am

★ 1984 (2) Uniden LPGA Invitational, Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf

★ 1985 (5) Chrysler-Plymouth Classic, 'LPGA Championship', Mazda Hall of Fame Championship, Henredon Classic, Portland PING Championship

★ 1987 (2) Sarasota Classic, PING Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship

★ 1988 (3) Mazda Classic, Ai Star/Centinela Hospital Classic, Chrysler-Plymouth Classic

★ 1989 (3) 'LPGA Championship', Atlantic City Classic, Nippon Travel-MBS Classic

★ 1990 (1) MBS LPGA Classic

★ 1991 (1) Sara Lee Classic

★ 1992 (2) Rail Charity Golf Classic, PING Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship

★ 1993 (1) Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic

★ 1997 (1) Chick-fil-A Charity Championship
LPGA Majors are shown in 'bold.'

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
Kraft Nabisco Championship	...	...	...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship	...	...	...	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	'1'	T10	T19
U.S. Women's Open	...	...	...	T18	T2LA	CUT	2	T9	T11	T7
du Maurier Classic	...	...	...	DNP	DNP	DNP	T59	DNP	2	T6

Tournament	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	T6	T16	T11	DNP	T33	T5	T18	CUT
LPGA Championship	T5	T35	T21	T14	'1'	DNP	T28	T24	'1'	T14
U.S. Women's Open	WD	T7	DNP	T35	T4	DNP	T21	T12	2	T14
du Maurier Classic	T2	T9	WD	T8	DNP	DNP	T21	T45	9	DNP

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T30	CUT	T8	T9	T3	T15	T23	T13	T21	T43
LPGA Championship	DNP	T18	T25	WD	T18	T18	T37	T44	WD	T65
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	T16	T7	T35	T28	CUT	2	CUT	CUT	T46
du Maurier Classic	DNP	DNP	DNP	T22	DNP	T2	DNP	T27	DNP	DNP

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T63	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT	DNP	DNP
LPGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open ^	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

LA = Low Amateur

DNP = did not play.

CUT = missed the half=way cut.

"T" = tied

WD = withdrew

Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

See also

★ Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins

★ Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

External links

★ Official website

★ Profile on the LPGA Tour's official site

★ Nancy Lopez (biography in the New Georgia Encyclopedia)

★ Nancy Lopez bio

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★ Nancy Lopez on Latino sports legends