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Rebecca Stevenson (born 27 September 1978) is an Australian
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 played on the
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 ...
2003–2007 and was
LET Rookie of the Year 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 ...
and runner-up at the
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 LPGA ...
in 2003.


Amateur career

Stevenson was born in 1978 and grew up in
Gold Coast, Queensland The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the state of Queensland, Australia, approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital Brisbane. With a population over 600,000, the Gold Coast is the sixth-largest city in Australia, the ...
. She enjoyed success as an amateur and was runner-up at the 1996 Australian Girls' Amateur, losing the final to
Gloria Park Hee-Jung "Gloria" Park (born 27 February 1980) is a South Korean professional golfer who played mostly on U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has also used the Westernized name Gloria Park. Park was born in Seoul, South Korea. After moving to Australia ...
2 and 1. She won the 1999
Australian Women's Amateur The Australian Women's Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021, ...
, and the
Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship The Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship was a national amateur golf championship played in Australia between 1992 and 2011. From 2008 to 2011, the stroke play championship also acted as the qualification event for the Australian ...
twice, in 1999 and 2001. She represented Australia internationally and won the
Tasman Cup The Tasman Cup was an amateur women's team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand from 1933 to 2016. From 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup. In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qu ...
in 1999 and 2001, the
Astor Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 it ...
in 1999, and appeared twice at the
Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...
, and three times at the
Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...
, where she won the individual title in 2001 after a playoff with Kim Joo-mi.


Professional career

Stevenson finished 19th at the LET Qualifying School in late 2002 and joined the
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 2003. As a rookie, she was runner-up in her second start, finishing a stroke behind
Laura Davies Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. 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 ...
alongside
Karrie Webb Karrie Ann Webb (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian professional golfer. She plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour, and also turns out once or twice a year on the ALPG Tour in her home country. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of ...
at the 2003
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 LPGA ...
after three rounds of 68. She finished 14th in the rankings and secured the
LET Rookie of the Year 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 ...
title, the third Australian after Karrie Webb and Anne-Marie Knight to do so. Stevenson clinched her maiden professional victory in the 2006 Titanium Enterprises ALPG Players Championship, a A$200,000
ALPG Tour The WPGA Tour of Australasia, formerly known as the ALPG Tour, is a professional golf tour for women which is based in Australia. WPGA stands for Women's Professional Golfers' Association. The tour was founded as the Ladies Professional Golf Assoc ...
event at Pelican Waters Golf Club in Queensland.


Amateur wins

*1999
Australian Women's Amateur The Australian Women's Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It was first played in 1894 and is organised by Golf Australia. Having traditionally been a match play event, it became a 72-hole stroke play event in 2021, ...
,
Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship The Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship was a national amateur golf championship played in Australia between 1992 and 2011. From 2008 to 2011, the stroke play championship also acted as the qualification event for the Australian ...
*2001
Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...
(individual winner),
Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship The Australian Women's Amateur Stroke Play Championship was a national amateur golf championship played in Australia between 1992 and 2011. From 2008 to 2011, the stroke play championship also acted as the qualification event for the Australian ...


Professional wins (1)


ALPG Tour wins (1)

*2006 Titanium Enterprises ALPG Players Championship


Results in LPGA majors

''Stevenson only played in the Women's British Open'' CUT = missed the half-way cut


Team appearances

Amateur *
Espirito Santo Trophy The Espirito Santo Trophy (World Women's Amateur Team Championships) is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964. It was instituted by the Fre ...
(representing Australia):
1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
*
Tasman Cup The Tasman Cup was an amateur women's team golf tournament, played between Australia and New Zealand from 1933 to 2016. From 2007 to 2012 it was played as part of the Trans Tasman Cup. In 2016 the trophy was contested using scores from the two qu ...
(representing Australia): 1999 (winners), 2001 (winners) *
Astor Trophy The Astor Trophy is a women's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It has been played every four years since 1959. From its foundation until 2007 it ...
(representing Australia): 1999 (winners) *
Queen Sirikit Cup The Queen Sirikit Cup, officially the Asia-Pacific Amateur Ladies Golf Team Championship, is an annual amateur team golf championship for women organised by the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation. The inaugural event was held in 1979. The event is nam ...
(representing Australia): 1999, 2000, 2001


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevenson, Rebecca Australian female golfers Ladies European Tour golfers ALPG Tour golfers Sportspeople from the Gold Coast, Queensland Golfers from Queensland Golfers from Perth, Western Australia 1978 births Living people