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Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female
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. 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
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(LET) Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006. As of 2018, Davies has 87 professional wins worldwide, with 20 on the LPGA Tour, including four majors. 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. She is a member of U.S.-based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.


Amateur career

A native of
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, Davies began as an amateur international player for Great Britain, compiling a notable record. She was the 1983 English Intermediate Champion, the 1984 Welsh Ladies Open Stroke Play Champion and the South Eastern Champion in both 1983 and 1984. She was also a member of the
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and
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Curtis Cup Team in 1984. She turned professional in 1985.


Professional career

Davies started her professional career on the WPGET (now
Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. It is based at Buckinghamshire Golf Club near London in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal str ...
) in 1985 when she won both Rookie of the Year and
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titles. She subsequently won the
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Peter Wilson Trophy as International Newcomer of the Year 1985. 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). In 1987 she went to the United States and won the U.S. Women's Open in an 18-hole playoff against Ayako Okamoto and JoAnne Carner. It was a victory that led the LPGA to amend its constitution. Davies was not a member of the LPGA Tour, so the LPGA changed its constitution to grant Davies automatic membership. Since 1988 Laura Davies has played on both the LPGA and Ladies European Tours. 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. In
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she was a member of the inaugural European
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Team. She returned as part of every European team through 2011, the only player to do so. Davies is the all-time leader in points won in the Solheim Cup, breaking the record of
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by winning a Saturday fourballs match partnered by
Melissa Reid Melissa Rose Reid (born 19 September 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. 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. 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. and became the first European player to be ranked unofficial number one in the world. She was named the Sports Journalists' Association Sportswoman of the Year 1995 and 1996. Davies is the only player to participate in the first 12
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matches (1990–2011) on either the United States or European side. Davies was part of the LPGA team at the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge three times between 1994 and 1996. Her four consecutive victories at the J Golf Phoenix LPGA International between 1994 and 1997 made Davies the first LPGA player to win the same tournament in four consecutive years. She represented England at the Women's World Cup of Golf in 2005 (with
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), 2006 (with Kirsty Taylor) and 2007 (with
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). She was a Captain's pick for the International Team at the 2006 Lexus Cup. In 2004 Davies was the first woman to compete in the men's European Tour, entering the ANZ Championship in
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, playing from the same tees as the men. She failed to make the cut, finishing second to last. She currently holds the LPGA Tour record for most eagles in a season, scoring 19 during the 2004 season. Davies was the first woman to compete in a European Senior Tour event. She played in the 2018 Shipco Masters in
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, from the same tees as her male opponents. In 2018, aged 55, Davies finished runner up at Bank of Hope Founders Cup on the LPGA Tour, including shooting a Saturday round of 63. On 15 July 2018, Davies claimed the inaugural U.S. Senior Women's Open at
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by shooting 16-under-par for a 10-shot victory over fellow Hall of Famer Juli Inkster. Then on 17 October, she made the "senior slam" by following that up by capturing her second senior major, the
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at
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in Indiana with a score of 8-under-par, a four shot margin over Helen Alfredsson and
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.


Other awards and honours

Davies is a Lifetime Member of the
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. Davies was appointed
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(MBE) in 1988,
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(CBE) in 2000, and
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(DBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours, all for services to golf. In January 2013, the Golf Writers Association of America announced that Davies would be the year's recipient of the ASAP Sports/Jim Murray Award, which recognises a golfer for "cooperation, quotability and accommodation with the media." The other finalists were
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and Greg Norman. The award was presented at the annual GWAA dinner at
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, on 10 April. In February 2015, Davies was announced as one of the first female members of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. On 18 April 2016, Davies was appointed the first honorary president of the Parliamentary Golf Group, an all-party organisation of MPs working to improve the state of golf in the United Kingdom. On 12 July 2016, Davies was presented with the "Spirit of Golf" Award from the Golf Foundation in a ceremony at Royal Troon. Davies is the first recipient of the prestigious honour.


Off-course activities

Davies published an autobiography in 1996. Davies enjoys all sports and is an avid football fan and a
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supporter. She organises the annual football match at the
Evian Masters The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...
tournament in France and she has in the past been fined by the Ladies European Tour for watching an England versus Spain European Championship football match on a portable television during the final round of the 1996 Evian Masters in France, a tournament she nevertheless won. She is also the captain of the Rest of the World team in the annual Rest of the World V Australia
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match held during the ANZ Ladies Masters. In 2001, Davies joined the BBC Sport commentary team member at
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. and has regularly appeared in the commentary box for major golfing events on the BBC. Davies has built a nine-hole golf course (one full size green and greenside bunker plus nine tees) in the garden of her house. In 2004, she hosted a celebrity fourball tournament for the charity Sport Relief. Davies has always had an interest in gambling, having formerly been a bookmaker's assistant, and this interest led to her becoming a racehorse owner. In 2006 Davies completed a 56-mile charity walk along the
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to raise funds for
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. In 2012, she was named by the Golf Club Managers' Association's Golf Club Management magazine as the 32nd most powerful person in British golf due to her ability to inspire girls and women to play the game.


Football career

In 1997, 33-year-old Davies signed a four-year contract worth $1 as part of a publicity stunt for newly established American soccer team Myrtle Beach Seadawgs in the USISL D-3 Pro League. She played in one league game for the club, a six-minute cameo in a 4–1 loss against New Jersey Imperials on 18 April 1997. The future United States national soccer team international Tim Howard made his away debut in the game. Howard wrote in his book that the Seadawgs had offered a bonus of $500 to any player who could assist Davies score a goal.


Professional wins (87)


LPGA Tour wins (20)

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–8)


Ladies European Tour wins (45)

* 1985 (1) Belgian Ladies Open *
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(4) McEwan's Wirral Classic, Greater Manchester Tournament,
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,
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* 1987 (1) Italian Ladies' Open * 1988 (3)
Ford Ladies' Classic The Ford Ladies' Classic was a women's professional golf tournament in England on the Ladies European Tour (LET). The tournament was held at Woburn Golf and Country Club in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire; first played on the Duke's Course (1982� ...
, Italian Ladies' Open, Biarritz Ladies Open *
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(1) Laing Ladies Charity Classic *
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
(1) AGF Biarritz Ladies Open * 1991 (1) Valextra Classic *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...
(3) European Ladies Open,
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, BMW Italian Ladies' Open * 1993 (1) Waterford Dairies Ladies' English Open *
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(2) Holiday Ireland Women's Open, The New Skoda Women's Scottish Open * 1995 (4)
Evian Masters The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...
, Guardian Irish Holidays Open, Woodpecker Women's Welsh Open, Wilkinson Sword Ladies' English Open *
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(3)
Evian Masters The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mov ...
, Wilkinson Sword Ladies' English Open, Italian Ladies' Open di Sicilia *
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(2) Ford-Stimorol Danish Open, Hennessy Cup * 1998 (1) Chrysler Open *
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(3) Chrysler Open, McDonald's WPGA Championship, Compaq Open * 2000 (1)
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(individual event) *
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
(1) WPGA International Matchplay *
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(1) P4 Norwegian Masters *
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(1)
ANZ Ladies Masters The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LP ...
(co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour) *
2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight ...
(1) AAMI Women's Australian Open (co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour) *
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(1)
SAS Masters The Scandinavian Masters is an annual golf tournament on the European Tour played in Sweden. In 2020 the tournament became co-sanctioned with the Ladies European Tour and rebranded as the Scandinavian Mixed, in which both male and female golfers ...
*
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(1) UNIQA Ladies Golf Open *
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
(1) UNIQA Ladies Golf Open *
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(1) Women's Australian Open (co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour) *
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(5) Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned by ALPG Tour), UniCredit Ladies German Open, UNIQA Ladies Golf Open,
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, Hero Honda Women's Indian Open :''Note: Davies won the
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once before it became co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 1994 and recognized as a major championship by the LPGA Tour in 2001 and the
Evian Championship The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, mo ...
(formerly named the Evian Masters) twice before it became co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 2000 and recognized as a major championship by the LPGA Tour in 2013.''


LPGA of Japan Tour wins (7)

*1988 (1) Itoki Classic *1994 (1) Itoen Ladies Open *1995 (1) Itoen Ladies Open *1996 (2) Satake Japan Classic, Itoen Ladies Open *1999 (1) Takara World Invitational *2001 (1) Itoen Ladies Open


ALPG Tour wins (8)

*1993 (1)
Australian Ladies Masters The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LPGA ...
*1994 (1)
Australian Ladies Masters The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LPGA ...
*2003 (1)
ANZ Ladies Masters The RACV Gold Coast Challenge was a golf tournament played in Australia. It was one of the leading tournaments on the ALPG Tour and was co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET) since 2001. Between 1997 and 2000 it was an event on the LP ...
(co-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour) *2004 (1) AAMI Women's Australian Open (co-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour) *2008 (1)
LG Bing Lee Women's NSW Open The New South Wales Women's Open is a women's professional golf tournament to be held near Queanbeyan in Australia. It was first played on the ALPG Tour in 2006. Since 2018, the tournament is co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour The Ladi ...
*2009 (1) Women's Australian Open (co-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour) *2010 (2) Pegasus New Zealand Women's Open (co-sanctioned by Ladies European Tour), Kangaroo Valley Resort Classic


Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (2)

*1993 (1)
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*1994 (1)
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Other wins (5)

*1996 (1) JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game *1998 (1) JCPenney/LPGA Skins Game *1999 (2) Praia d'El Rey European Cup (Ladies European Tour team event), JCPenney Classic (with John Daly) *2008 (1)
Lalla Meryem Cup The Lalla Meryem Cup is a women's professional golf tournament in Morocco under the high patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI. It was held in Rabat until it moved to Agadir in 2011. It moved back to Rabat in 2016. The tournament has been pla ...


Legends Tour wins (4)


Major championships


Wins (4)

1 In an 18-hole playoff: Davies 71, Okamoto 73, Carner 74.


Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013. CUT = missed the half-way cut.
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied


Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 11 (1992 du Maurier – 1994 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1996 PGA – 1996 du Maurier)


LPGA Tour career summary

*official as of 2022 season * Includes match play and other events without a cut.
1 Davies's earnings of $37,549 at the Honda PTT LPGA Thailand were considered unofficial under LPGA rules and are not included in this total.


Team appearances

Amateur * European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing England): 1983 (winners), 1984 * Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1984 Professional *
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(representing Europe):
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(winners),
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,
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, 1998, 2000 (winners),
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(winners),
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(winners) * World Cup (representing England): 2005, 2006, 2007 * Lexus Cup (representing International team):
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* Handa Cup (representing World team): 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015 * The Queens (representing Europe): 2015 (playing captain) *
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(representing Great Britain):
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Solheim Cup record


See also

*
List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins This table lists players with 11 or more wins on the Ladies European Tour. It does not include official wins on other professional tours, of which a few of the golfers listed, such as Laura Davies and Annika Sörenstam, have many. Members of the W ...
*
List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins This table lists players with 10 or more wins on the LPGA Tour. It is based on the list on the LPGA Tour's official site, which differs slightly from the main win lists on player's personal profiles on the site. The wins counted here include profes ...
* List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins


References


External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Davies, Laura English female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of LPGA major golf championships World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Solheim Cup competitors for Europe Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Sporting dames The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year winners English women's footballers Footballers from Coventry Women's association football forwards Myrtle Beach Seadawgs players USL Second Division players English expatriate women's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Sportspeople from Coventry People from Ottershaw 1963 births Living people