Dorothy Delasin

Dorothy Delasin (born August 26, 1980) is a Filipino-American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.

Dorothy Delasin
Delasin at the 2008 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Born (1980-08-26) August 26, 1980
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality United States
Career
Turned professional1999
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2000)
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour4
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
ANA InspirationT9: 2005
Women's PGA C'shipT33: 2002
U.S. Women's OpenT12: 2000
du Maurier ClassicT23: 2000
Women's British OpenT26: 2002
Achievements and awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year2000

Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas. She and grew up in San Francisco, California, where, as a student at Washington High, she won the boys' golf championship (the girls didn't have teams, so Delasin competed against the boys).[1] She had dual American and Filipino citizenship but gave it up sometime before 1999.[2] She had a strong amateur career, winning both the U.S. Girls' Junior, in 1996, and the U.S. Women's Amateur, in 1999.

Delasin has four career LPGA titles including the 2001 Samsung World Championship.

On January 20, 2008, Delasin and Jennifer Rosales of Team Philippines won the 4th Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, with 4 birdies in the last 4 holes. The duo had a final round of 7-under-par 65 in the best ball, for a 54-hole aggregate of 18-under-par 198. Korea's Ji-Yai Shin and Eun Hee Ji were second on 200 after a final round 67, while Taiwan (Amy Hung and Yun Jye Wei) and Japan (Shinobu Moromizato and Miki Saiki) tied for third on 203. France's Gwladys Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clement, were fifth on 205 following 67.[3]

Amateur wins (5)
  • 1996 California State Women's Championship, U.S. Girls' Junior
  • 1997 Southeast Asia Games (team and individual)
  • 1998 Junior World Golf Championships (Girls 15-17)
  • 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur

Professional wins (5)

LPGA Tour wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 30, 2000 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic −11 (71-67-67=205) Playoff Pat Hurst
2 Jul 29, 2001 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic −13 (69-69-65=203) 1 stroke Tammie Green
3 Oct 7, 2001 Samsung World Championship −11 (70-71-67-69=277) 4 strokes Se Ri Pak
Karrie Webb
4 Nov 16, 2003 Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions −8 (72-71-68-69=280) Playoff Hee-Won Han

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Pat Hurst Won with par on second extra hole
2 2003 Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions Hee-Won Han Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • World Cup (representing the Philippines): 2005, 2006, 2008 (winners)

References
  1. AAA Golf Boys' Annual Champions. CIF San Francisco Section. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  2. ASAP Sports, U.S. Women's Amateur Interview with Dorothy Delasin 1999-08-12. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
  3. Rosales, Delasin win women's World Cup Archived March 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
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