Tracy Hanson (born October 28, 1971) is a retired American

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who played on the

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between 1995 and 2008. She was the 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links champion and won the 1994

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College and amateur career

Hanson captured numerous titles as an amateur, including the 1989 Women's Western Junior Championship and the 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. She was the low amateur at the 1991 U.S. Women's Open, and member of the 1992 U.S.

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Team. Hanson played collegiate golf at

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, where she won 10 collegiate titles and was a member of the 1992 NCAA National Championship team. She was a four-time All-American and three-time Academic All-American.

Professional career

Hanson turned professional in 1993 and played on the

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in 1994, where she was LET Rookie of the Year after runner-up finishes at the Austrian Ladies Open and the

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in Belgium. She won the

and two Pacific Northwest Golf Tour titles. Hanson tied for 12th at the

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to earn a card for the 1995 LPGA Tour. Her best finish was a tie for fourth at the GHP Heartland Classic, and she finished runner-up in the Rookie of the Year race, just five points behind winner

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. Hanson was runner-up twice on the LPGA Tour, at the 1998 Rainbow Foods LPGA Classic where she lost to Hiromi Kobayashi on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, and at the 2001

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at Mount Vintage, one stroke behind Tina Fischer. In 2022, in her first year of eligibility, she qualified for the U.S. Senior Women's Open.

Amateur wins

*1989 Women's Western Junior Championship *1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links

Professional wins (1)

Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)

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Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 1992

References

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