Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (born October 17, 1972) is an American

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. Goetze was born in

Mishicot, Wisconsin Mishicot is a village in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,432 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The village is adjacent to the Mishicot (town), Wisconsin, Town of Mishicot ...

. Living in

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, she was voted "Player of the Year" from 1988 to 1990 by the

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. In 1989 she was still only 16 years old when she defeated

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to become the third youngest winner in the history of the

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at the

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, in

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. She was named the 1989

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/''

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'' Amateur Player of the Year. Enrolled at the

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, in 1992 Goetze was the

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golfing champion. That year she defeated

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to win her second U.S. Women Amateur becoming the first teenager to ever hold both the NCAA and U.S. Women's Amateur championships simultaneously. She was a member of the U.S.

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team and the U.S. team at the 1990 and 1992

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. In 1991 and 1992 she earned her second and third Titleist/''Golfweek'' Amateur Player of the Year award. She was awarded the

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in 1992, recognizing her as the National Player of the Year and was also named the National Player of the Year in 1993 by the National Golf Coaches Association. Goetze was also honored as an

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n in 1992 and 1993. Goetze joined the

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in 1994. Although she has been competitive and twice was runner-up at the

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, Goetze has not achieved the same level of success as she had as an amateur and has yet to win an LPGA tournament. She married Jim Ackerman in 1997 and in 2005 gave birth to their first child, son Jacob Aiden Ackerman.

Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

: 1990 (winners), 1992 *

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(winners),

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

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List of National Honors for Georgia Golf
American female golfers Georgia Bulldogs women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Golfers from Wisconsin Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state) Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year winners People from Mishicot, Wisconsin Sportspeople from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin People from Madison County, Georgia 1972 births Living people {{US-golf-bio-stub