Angela Stanford
| Angela Stanford | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Stanford in August 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Angela Gwen Stanford[1] |
| Born |
November 28, 1977 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Nationality |
 |
| Residence | Saginaw, Texas, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College |
Texas Christian University (graduated 2000) |
| Turned professional | 2000 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2001) |
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (joined 2000) |
| Professional wins | 7 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 6 |
| Symetra Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |
| ANA Inspiration | T3: 2011 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T4: 2004 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T2: 2003 |
| Women's British Open | T5: 2014 |
| Evian Championship | Won: 2018 |
Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who currently competes on the LPGA Tour.[2][3]
Amateur career
Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas State Junior Championship.[4][5] Following graduation from Boswell High School in 1996, she enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. Stanford won nine collegiate tournaments for the Horned Frogs, was a four-time All-American and a four-time All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) selection. She was named WAC Freshman of the Year in 1997 and WAC Player of the Year in 1999 and won the 2000 WAC Championship.[6] She earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from TCU in 2000. Stanford was a member of the 2000 U.S. Curtis Cup team and a semifinalist at the 2000 British Ladies Amateur.[7]
Professional career
Stanford turned professional following the 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur in August and played on the Futures Tour, where she earned a victory at the season-ending event in early October. She finished fourth in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament that year to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2001.
Her first victory on the LPGA Tour came in her third season, at the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic. A week later Stanford was in a three player 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Women's Open; she lost to Hilary Lunke by one stroke. Her best finish on the LPGA money was in 2008, at ninth place with over $1.1 million.
Stanford has been a member of six U.S. Solheim Cup teams: in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, where in the penultimate match, she defeated Suzann Pettersen which cleared the way for Paula Creamer to score the winning point, and gave the U.S. Its first Solheim Cup win since 2009.
On September 16, 2018, Stanford won her first major title at the Evian Championship.
Professional wins (7)
LPGA Tour (6)
| Legend |
| Major championships (1) |
| Other LPGA Tour (5) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jun 2003 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | 65-67-65=197 | −16 | 3 strokes | .svg.png){kind=small} |
195,000 |
| 2 | 14 Sep 2008 | Bell Micro LPGA Classic | 70-67-67-73=277 | −11 | 1 stroke |  |
210,000 |
| 3 | 16 Nov 2008 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational | 68-66-72-69=275 | −13 | 1 stroke |  |
200,000 |
| 4 | 14 Feb 2009 | SBS Open at Turtle Bay | 65-71-70=206 | −10 | 3 strokes | |
180,000 |
| 5 | 26 Feb 2012 | HSBC Women's Champions | 66-70-71-71=278 | −10 | Playoff |  |
210,000 |
| 6 | 16 Sep 2018 | The Evian Championship | 72-64-68-68=272 | −12 | 1 stroke | |
577,500 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–4)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | U.S. Women's Open | |
Lunke won 18-hole playoff (Lunke:70, Stanford:71, Robbins:73) |
| 2 | 2009 | P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship | |
Shin won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2012 | HSBC Women's Champions | |
Won with par on third extra hole Choi eliminated with par on second hole Feng eliminated with par on first hole |
| 4 | 2013 | Manulife Financial LPGA Classic | |
Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
| 5 | 2015 | Toto Japan Classic | |
Ahn won with birdie on first extra hole |
Futures Tour (1)
- 2000 (1) Summit Consulting SBC FUTURES Tour Championship
Major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Evian Championship | 5 shot deficit | –12 (72-64-68-68=272) | 1 stroke | |
Results timeline
Results not in chronological order before 2018.
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | DNP | DNP | DNP | T51 | CUT | T58 | CUT | T10 | T15 | T12 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | T2 | CUT | T10 | T49 | T16 | T58 | CUT |
| Women's PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | T59 | T27 | T4 | T16 | T29 | T33 | T25 | T5 |
| Women's British Open ^ | DNP | T13 | T64 | CUT | CUT | T36 | CUT | CUT | T20 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | T15 | T3 | T11 | T19 | T7 | T11 | CUT | T47 | T20 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T19 | 4 | T54 | T4 | T30 | T26 | T11 | T33 | T10 |
| Women's PGA Championship | T25 | T30 | CUT | T28 | T30 | T41 | CUT | CUT | T63 |
| Women's British Open | T50 | T22 | T23 | T17 | T5 | T21 | T60 | CUT | CUT |
| The Evian Championship ^^ | T6 | CUT | CUT | 7 | T18 | 1 | |||
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
T = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 13 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 14 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 14 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 11 |
| The Evian Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 76 | 56 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2009 British Open – 2012 British Open)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 Evian – 2014 Kraft Nabisco)
LPGA Tour career summary
| Year | Tournaments played | Cuts made* | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish | Earnings ($) | Money list rank | Scoring average | Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 66,956 | 98 | 73.24 | 103 |
| 2002 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 221,857 | 45 | 72.37 | 46 |
| 2003 | 21 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 643,192 | 17 | 71.94 | 38 |
| 2004 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T4 | 297,790 | 39 | 71.86 | T43 |
| 2005 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | T3 | 272,288 | 44 | 73.11 | 69 |
| 2006 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 473,218 | 23 | 71.80 | T29 |
| 2007 | 24 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | T3 | 713,880 | 19 | 71.62 | 11 |
| 2008 | 27 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1,134,753 | 9 | 71.22 | 9 |
| 2009 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1,081,916 | 10 | 70.64 | 11 |
| 2010 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 596,830 | 18 | 71.35 | 19 |
| 2011 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1,017,196 | 7 | 71.42 | 15 |
| 2012 | 26 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 794,294 | 16 | 71.51 | 21 |
| 2013 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 778,234 | 12 | 70.71 | 11 |
| 2014 | 27 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 754,728 | 19 | 71.18 | 18 |
| 2015 | 27 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 491,777 | 34 | 71.27 | 22 |
| 2016 | 26 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | T2 | 488,588 | 37 | 71.40 | 40 |
| 2017 | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 367,119 | 52 | 71.47 | 62 |
- official through 2017 season[8]
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments with no cut
World ranking
Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
| Year | Ranking |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 67[9] |
| 2007 | 32[10] |
| 2008 | 9[11] |
| 2009 | 9[12] |
| 2010 | 20[13] |
| 2011 | 19[14] |
| 2012 | 19[15] |
| 2013 | 17[16] |
| 2014 | 22[17] |
| 2015 | 45[18] |
| 2016 | 58[19] |
| 2017 | 71[20] |
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2000 (winners)
Professional
- Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2003, 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners)
- Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006, 2008 (winners)
Solheim Cup record
| Year | Total Matches | Total W–L–H | Singles W–L–H | Foursomes W–L–H | Fourballs W–L–H | Points Won | Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 20 | 4–13–3 | 3–3–0 | 1–5–1 | 0–5–2 | 5.5 | 27.5 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0–2–1 | 0–1–0 lost to A. Sörenstam 3&2 | 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Redman | 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Mallon 3&2 | 0.5 | 16.7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2–0–1 | 1–0–0 def. T. Johnson 3&2 | 1–0–0 won w/ P. Hurst 4&2 | 0–0–1 halved w/ S. Prammanasudh | 2.5 | 83.3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1–2–1 | 1–0–0 def. B. Brewerton 5&4 | 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Castrale 3&1 | 0–1–1 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn, halved w/ B. Lang |
1.5 | 37.5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 lost to A. Muñoz 1 dn | 0–2–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&2, lost w/ S. Lewis 6&5 |
0–0–0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 4 | 0–4–0 | 0–1–0 lost to B. Recari 2&1 | 0–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&1 | 0–2–0 lost w/ G. Piller 2&1, lost w/ G. Piller 1 dn |
0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1–2–0 | 1–0–0 def. S. Pettersen 2&1 | 0–1–0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 1 dn | 0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 3&2 | 1 | 33.3 |
References
- ↑ Texas Births, 1926-1995
- ↑ Herrington, Ryan (September 16, 2018). "Angela Stanford didn't just win her first major, she went where no golfer (male or female) has gone before". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ↑ Sirak, Ron (September 16, 2018). "2018 Angela Stanford keeps American major streak alive at". LPGA. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
- ↑ "Previous Champions". Fort Worth Junior Boys and Girls Golf Association. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Full Career Bio" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ↑ "Frogs take swing at WAC Championship and miss". Texas Christian University. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- ↑ "2000 Curtis Cup US Team". United States Golf Association. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Angela Stanford stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 22, 2017.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2006.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2007.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2008.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2009.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2010.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2017.
External links
- Angela Stanford at the LPGA Tour official site
- Angela Stanford at the Futures Tour official site
- Angela Stanford at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
- Angela Stanford on Twitter
