Jody Anschutz (born October 18, 1962) is an American

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. She competed as Jody Rosenthal prior to marrying Fred Anschutz on October 14, 1989.

Career

Rosenthal was born in

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. She attended the

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. As an amateur she won the 1984

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and played for the United States in the 1984

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. Her debut season on the

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was 1986 and she won Rookie of the Year honors. In her second season she won two tournaments including the

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, which was then one of the LPGA's major championships, and finished in the top ten in the other three majors on her way to fifth in the money list. From that time on however her career followed a downwards trajectory. She did not win again and did not make the top one hundred on the money list after 1992. She last played on the LPGA Tour in 2002.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

*1986 Daio Paper Elleair Ladies Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 1984 (winners) *

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(winners)

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