Christine Langford (born 1957) is an English

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. She was a founding member of the Women's Professional Golfers' Association (WPGA) and won four tournaments on the

Ladies European Tour The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1978. Most of the players on the tour are European, with members from more than 40 countries internationally. Despite its name, the tour also has tournaments in A ...

(LET) between 1979 and 1980.

Career

Langford played on the

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in the United States and returned to England in 1979 to play in the first LET event, the

Carlsberg European Ladies' Championship The Carlsberg European Ladies' Championship was a series of women's professional golf tournaments on the Ladies European Tour (LET) held throughout England, Scotland and Wales between 1979 and 1981. In 1978 Carlsberg became the main sponsor of th ...

at Tyrrells Wood. She topped the 1979 Carlsberg Order of Merit after she won three of the twelve events and finished as runner-up in two others. After retiring from tour, Langford became a teaching pro. In 1988, she became the first woman professional to be appointed as a head pro at a committee-run members club in the UK when she joined Clevedon Golf Club in

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. In 2015, she joined Thorpeness Golf Club in

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. She was the Welsh National coach for seven years.

Professional wins (5)

Ladies European Tour wins (4)

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–1)

Other wins (1)

*1982

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(with Mickey Walker)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Langford, Christine English female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Stafford 1957 births Living people 20th-century English sportswomen