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Stacy Lewis

2013 Women's British Open – Stacy Lewis (1).jpg
Lewis at the 2013 Women's British Open

Personal information
Born
(1985-02-16) February 16, 1985 (age 33)
Toledo, Ohio
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality
 United States
Residence
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida[1]
Career
College University of Arkansas
Turned professional 2008
Current tour(s)
LPGA Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins 14
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 12
LPGA of Japan Tour 1
Other 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
ANA Inspiration
Won: 2011
Women's PGA C'ship T2: 2012
U.S. Women's Open 2nd: 2014
Women's British Open
Won: 2013
Evian Championship T6: 2013
Achievements and awards
LPGA Player of the Year
2012, 2014
GWAA
Female Player of the Year
2012,[2] 2014
LPGA Vare Trophy 2013, 2014
LPGA Tour
Money Winner
2014

Golf Digest
Amateur of the Year
2007
Dinah Shore Trophy Award 2007

Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four weeks in 2013,[3] and reclaimed the position in June 2014 with a victory at the ShopRite LPGA Classic[4] for another 21 weeks.[5]




Contents






  • 1 Early years


  • 2 Amateur career


  • 3 Professional career


  • 4 Professional wins (14)


    • 4.1 LPGA Tour wins (12*)


    • 4.2 Other wins (1)




  • 5 Major championships


    • 5.1 Wins (2)


    • 5.2 Results timeline


    • 5.3 Summary




  • 6 LPGA Tour career summary


  • 7 World ranking


  • 8 Team appearances


    • 8.1 Solheim Cup record




  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





Early years


Born in Toledo, Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003.[6] Suffering from scoliosis, which was diagnosed at age 11 and treated by a spinal fusion when she was in high school, Lewis missed her first collegiate golf season recovering from the surgery.[7]



Amateur career


Lewis was a decorated amateur and a four-time All-American at the University of Arkansas. She redshirted her first year while recovering from her back surgery.[7] As a redshirt freshman in 2005, she won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and was named SEC Freshman Golfer of the Year.[8] In 2006, she won the Women's Western Amateur.


In her 2007 season, though a back injury kept her out of the SEC Tournament, Lewis won the NCAA Division I Championship and was selected Golf Digest Amateur of the Year. She also received the National Golf Coaches Association Dinah Shore Trophy.[9] Following the college season, she won the 92nd Women's Southern Amateur and finished second in individual play in leading the U.S. team to a victory at the Copa de las Americas.[8]


She qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women's Open in North Carolina, shot 78-73 in the tournament and missed the cut by three strokes to finish tied for 93rd.[10] Two months later, Lewis finished first in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship, a professional LPGA tournament. Due to rain, the tournament was shortened to one round and Lewis's win was declared unofficial.[11]


In her senior season in 2008, Lewis again won the SEC Tournament and was selected SEC Golfer of the Year and SEC Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team for the second time and NGCA All-America for the fourth time.[8]


Lewis graduated from Arkansas in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting.


As a member of U.S. Curtis Cup team in 2008, Lewis became the first player ever to go 5–0 in a single Curtis Cup. The 2008 edition was held at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland in late May and early June,[12] and was her last competition as an amateur. The U.S. won 13 to 7 for a sixth consecutive victory over Great Britain & Ireland.[13]



Professional career


Following the Curtis Cup victory, Lewis turned professional, prior to competing in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open. She won medalist honors in the Garland, Texas, sectional on June 9 to qualify for her first tournament as a professional. Lewis was tied for ninth after 36 holes and shot a 67 (−6) in the third round to lead the field, but a final round 78 (+5) left her tied for third, five strokes behind winner Inbee Park. She competed in seven events on the LPGA tour in 2008, with two top-10 finishes and earned over $247,000.[14]


Before 2009, Lewis was not a member of the LPGA Tour or any other professional golf tour. She was eligible to play in the U.S. Women's Open after successfully competing in the sanctioned qualifying process. She then tried to earn her LPGA Tour card in 2008 through the use of sponsor's exemptions,[15] but was not successful.


As a result, she went to sectional qualifying in September in California[16] and advanced to the final stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in Florida in December, an event which garnered considerably more press coverage than normal, due to the presence of Michelle Wie. Lewis finished as the medalist for the five-round event, three shots ahead of the field and six in front of Wie, who finished in a tie for 7th place.[17][18]


Lewis's first official professional victory came at the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, a major, where she led the field for the first two rounds, and then held off current world number 1 and defending champion Yani Tseng to win by three strokes.[19] She made her Solheim Cup debut in 2011, qualifying second for the U.S. team behind Cristie Kerr.


Lewis's endorsement deals include Mizuno Corp. golf clubs[20] and Fila Golf apparel.[21] She signed a sponsorship deal with KPMG in 2012.[22]




Lewis in 2015


In 2012, Lewis won four tournaments, and became the first American player to win the LPGA Player of the Year award since Beth Daniel in 1994.[23] She won three times in 2013, and after her win at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona on March 17, Lewis unseated Yani Tseng as the #1 ranked woman golfer in the world. Inbee Park overtook the number one position four weeks later on April 15. Lewis won her second major title at Women's British Open in August at St Andrews with a score of 280 (−8), two strokes ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Hee Young Park.


In 2014, Lewis won the North Texas LPGA Shootout on May 4 for her ninth official victory on tour, six strokes ahead of runner-up Meena Lee. Four weeks later, she won the ShopRite LPGA Classic and reclaimed the top position in the world rankings.[4] A week after a runner-up finish at the U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst, Lewis won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on June 29. Lewis would go on to win her second LPGA Player of the Year award. Her second in a three-year span. She would also win her second consecutive Vare Trophy for the season's lowest scoring average.


In April 2015, Lewis lost in a sudden death playoff to Brittany Lincicome at the ANA Inspiration. Lincicome won with a par on the third extra hole, having forced the playoff with Lewis after an eagle at the 72nd hole of regulation play.


As of June 2015, Lewis was represented by Sterling Sports Management.[24] Lewis was the top female earner on the 2015 Golf Digest 50 All-Encompassing Money List, ranking at number 41.[24]


On September 3, 2017, Lewis won the Cambia Portland Classic for her first victory in three years. Prior to the tournament, Lewis pledged her earnings to relief for victims of Hurricane Harvey. With her winner's check, and a matching donation from her main sponsor, KPMG, this amounted to $390,000.[25]


Lewis missed the final women's major of the year - the Evian Championship - and later said she wouldn't play in the event again until big changes had been made to the event. "It’s not treated like a major, and yet we are calling it that," she said.[26]



Professional wins (14)



LPGA Tour wins (12*)







Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (10)














































































































































No.
Date
Tournament
Winning score
To par
Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Winner's
share ($)
-
Sep 9, 2007

LPGA NW Arkansas Championship * [1]
65 (1 round)
−7
1 stroke

Australia Katherine Hull
Taiwan Teresa Lu
United States Kristy McPherson
n/a
1
Apr 3, 2011

Kraft Nabisco Championship
66-69-71-69=275
−13
3 strokes

Taiwan Yani Tseng
300,000
2
Apr 29, 2012

Mobile Bay LPGA Classic
68-67-67-69=271
−17
1 stroke

United States Lexi Thompson
187,500
3
Jun 3, 2012

ShopRite LPGA Classic
65-65-71=201
−12
4 strokes

Australia Katherine Hull
225,000
4
Sep 23, 2012

Navistar LPGA Classic
66-70-65-69=270
−18
2 strokes

United States Lexi Thompson
195,000
5
Nov 4, 2012

Mizuno Classic [2]
71-70-64=205
−11
1 stroke

South Korea Lee Bo-mee
180,000
6
Mar 3, 2013

HSBC Women's Champions
67-66-69-71=273
−15
1 stroke

South Korea Na Yeon Choi
210,000
7
Mar 17, 2013

RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup
68-65-68-64=265
−23
3 strokes

Japan Ai Miyazato
225,000
8
Aug 4, 2013

Women's British Open
67-72-69-72=280
−8
2 strokes

South Korea Na Yeon Choi
South Korea Hee Young Park
402,584
9
May 4, 2014

North Texas LPGA Shootout
71-64-69-64=268
−16
6 strokes

South Korea Meena Lee
195,000
10
Jun 1, 2014

ShopRite LPGA Classic
67-63-67=197
−16
6 strokes

United States Christina Kim
225,000
11
Jun 29, 2014

Walmart NW Arkansas Championship
70-66-65=201
−12
1 stroke

United States Cristie Kerr
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Angela Stanford
300,000
12
Sep 3, 2017

Cambia Portland Classic
70-64-65-69=268
−20
1 stroke

South Korea Chun In-gee
195,000

* Unofficial LPGA Tour win due to tournament being shortened to one round
1 Lewis competed in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship as an amateur.
2 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Japan Tour


LPGA Tour playoff record (0–3)































No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1
2012

Women's Australian Open

Paraguay Julieta Granada
United States Jessica Korda
United States Brittany Lincicome
South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo
Korda won with birdie on second extra hole
2
2015

ANA Inspiration

United States Brittany Lincicome
Lost to par on third extra hole
3
2015

Canadian Pacific Women's Open

New Zealand Lydia Ko
Lost to par on first extra hole


Other wins (1)


  • 2013 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr), unofficial event


Major championships



Wins (2)



























Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 shot deficit −13 (66-69-71-69=275) 3 strokes
Taiwan Yani Tseng
2013 Ricoh Women's British Open 1 shot deficit −8 (67-72-69-72=280) 2 strokes
South Korea Na Yeon Choi, South Korea Hee Young Park


Results timeline


Results not in chronological order before 2018.
























































































Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

ANA Inspiration
T5LA
DNP
T64
T19

1
T4
T32
3
2
T18
T27
T55

U.S. Women's Open
CUT
T3
T48
T14
T34
T46
T42
2
T3
7
T27
CUT

Women's PGA Championship
DNP
DNP
T9
T14
T6
T2
T28
T6
T13
T58
T9
T28

Women's British Open
DNP
DNP
CUT
T31
T11
T8

1
T12
T17
4
T7
DNP

The Evian Championship ^

T6
T16
T16
T55
DNP
DNP

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = Low amateur

DNP = did not play

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 1 1 1 5 5 7 11 11
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 2 3 4 5 12 10
Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 1 5 7 10 10
Women's British Open 1 0 0 2 4 7 9 8
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 4
Totals 2 3 3 11 19 29 46 43


  • Most consecutive cuts made – 37 (2010 Kraft Nabisco – 2018 ANA)

  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2013 British Open – 2014 U.S. Open)



LPGA Tour career summary





































































































































































































Year Tournaments
played
Cuts
made*
Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish
Earnings
($)
Money
list rank
Scoring
average
Scoring
rank

2006
1
0
0
0
0
0
MC
n/a

74.50


2007
4
3
0
0
0
1
T5
72.00
n/a

2008
7
6
0
0
1
2
T3
247,464
n/a1
71.96
n/a

2009
23
16
0
0
0
2
T4
298,422
47
72.21
43

2010
24
18
0
1
1
4
2
566,401
21
71.24
14

2011
23
22
1
2
0
12
1
1,356,211
4
70.98
7

2012
26
25
4
3
0
16
1
1,872,409
3
70.33
4

2013
26
25
3
3
1
19
1
1,938,868
3
69.48
1

2014
28
28
3
6
1
18
1
2,539,039
1
69.53
1

2015
26
25
0
6
3
14
2
1,893,423
3
69.79
3

2016
24
24
0
3
0
8
2
943,474
16
70.46
14

2017
25
25
1
1
1
8
1
1,057,208
15
69.61
4
Totals
237
217
12
25
8
104
1
12,465,483
9



  • Official as of the 2017 season[27]

* Includes matchplay and other events with no cut.
1 Lewis turned professional in June 2008, but was not a member of the LPGA Tour until 2009.



World ranking


Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.































































Year World
ranking
Source
2007 230 [28]
2008 73 [29]
2009 47 [30]
2010 37 [31]
2011 10 [32]
2012 3 [33]
2013 3 [34]
2014 3 [35]
2015 3 [36]
2016 13 [37]
2017 16 [38]


Team appearances


Amateur



  • Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners)

Professional




  • Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners)


  • International Crown (representing the United States): 2014, 2016 (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
16

5–10–1

0–3–1

2–6–0

3–1–0
5.5
34.4

2011
4

1–3–0

0–1–0 lost to S. Gustafson 2 dn

0–2–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 3&2
lost w/ A. Stanford 6&5

1–0–0 won w/ R. O'Toole 2&1
1
25.0

2013
4

1–2–1

0–0–1 halved with A. Nordqvist

1–1–0 lost w/ L. Salas 4&2
won w/ P. Creamer 1 up

0–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 1 dn
1.5
37.5

2015
4

2–2–0

0–1–0 lost to A. Nordqvist 2&1

1–1–0 lost w/ L. Salas 3&2
won w/ G. Piller 5&4

1–0–0 won w/ G. Piller 1 up
2
50.0

2017
4

1–3–0

0–1–0 lost to C. Matthew 1 dn

0–2–0 lost w/ G. Piller 1 dn
lost w/ G. Piller 2&1

1–0–0 won w/ G. Piller 2&1
1
25.0


See also



  • List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

  • List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins



References





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External links







  • Official website


  • Stacy Lewis at the LPGA Tour official site


  • Stacy Lewis at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site


  • Arkansas Razorbacks.com - profile - Stacy Lewis




















Awards
Preceded by
Taiwan Yani Tseng

World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
March 18, 2013 – April 14, 2013
Succeeded by
South Korea Inbee Park
Preceded by
South Korea Inbee Park

World No. 1 Ranked Golfer
June 2, 2014 – October 26, 2014
Succeeded by
South Korea Inbee Park
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
United States Cristie Kerr

Best Female Golfer ESPY Award
2013
Succeeded by
Incumbent










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