She was named the Sports Journalists' Association Sportswoman of the Year 19. and became the first European player to be ranked unofficial number one in the world. In 1994 she was the first golfer, male or female, to win on five different golf tours in one calendar year: US, Europe, Asia, Japan and Australia. Davies went on the increase her record point total to 25 by halving her singles match with Juli Inkster on 25 September 2011, as the Europeans captured the Solheim Cup for the fourth time. Davies is the all-time leader in points won in the Solheim Cup, breaking the record of Annika Sörenstam by winning a Saturday fourballs match partnered by Melissa Reid on 24 September 2011.
She returned as part of every European team through 2011, the only player to do so. In 1990 she was a member of the inaugural European Solheim Cup Team. In 1988 Davies won twice as a rookie on the LPGA Tour, three times on the Ladies European Tour and once in Japan, becoming the first woman ever to win on all three major Tours in the same year. Since 1988 Laura Davies has played on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tours. Davies was not a member of the LPGA Tour, so the LPGA changed its constitution to grant Davies automatic membership. It was a victory that led the LPGA to amend its constitution. Women's Open in an 18-hole playoff against Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner. In 1987 she went to the United States and won the U.S. She repeated the Order of Merit win in 1986 having won four titles, one of which was the British Women's Open (prior to it becoming a major). She subsequently won the Sports Journalists' Association Peter Wilson Trophy as International Newcomer of the Year 1985.
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She turned professional in 1985.ĭavies started her professional career on the WPGET (now Ladies European Tour) in 1985 when she won both Rookie of the Year and Order of Merit titles. She was also a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Team in 1984. She was the 1983 English Intermediate Champion, the 1984 Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Champion and the South Eastern Champion in both 19. Ī native of Coventry, Davies began as an amateur international player for Great Britain, compiling a notable record. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.
She is a member of U.S.-based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. From 1985 to 2010, she won at least one individual title somewhere in the world every season, except for 2005, and was the first golfer, male or female, to win tournaments on five continents in one year. Īs of 2018, Davies has 87 professional wins worldwide, with 20 on the LPGA Tour, including four majors. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list as well as winning the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 20. *Club domestic league appearances and goalsĭame Laura Jane Davies, DBE (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer.
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