Wendy Ward - Full Career Biography

Wendy Ward

Professional Career

• In 2010, Finished the Kia Classic Presented by J Golf tied for 28th.
• In 2009, recorded a season-best fourth-place finish at the Corona Championship,
    where she recorded a season-low 7-under-par 66 in the third round; also carded a
    7-under-par 64 in the second round of the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, where
    she finished fifth.
• In 2008, best finish was a tie for ninth at both the Longs Drugs Challenge and the
    LPGA State Farm Classic; crossed the $4 million mark in career earnings at the
    Stanford International Pro-Am.
• In 2007, best finish was a tie for third at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic
    presented by Kroger.
• In 2006, best finish was a tie for fifth at the Corona Morelia Championship.
• In 2005, won her fourth career title at the LPGA Takefuji Classic; finished third at the
    HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship; was a member of the victorious
    U.S. Solheim Cup Team; crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings at the
    ShopRite LPGA Classic.
• In 2004, posted a season-best, second-place finish at the Franklin American
    Mortgage Championship benefiting the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital; recorded four
    additional top-10 finishes.
• In 2003, finished second on two occasions: at the Asahi Ryokuken International
    Championship at Mount Vintage; and the Wendy’s Championship for Children at
    Tartan Fields, where she carded a season-low 63 in the final round and lost in a
    three-hole, sudden-death playoff to Hee-Won Han; qualified for her second U.S.
    Solheim Cup Team; crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings at the Kellogg-
    Keebler Classic.
• In 2002, best finish was a tie for fourth at the Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions
    presented by Ultimate Software; posted a 2-1-1 record as one of five “rookies” on the
    victorious U.S. Team, including a crucial halve with Annika Sorenstam in the final-day
    singles matches.
• In 2001, after more than three years without a win, established an LPGA record for
    lowest 54-hole winning score with her victory at the Wendy’s Championship for
    Children at New Albany (has since been broken by Annika Sorenstam); Ward’s 195
    (-21) total included a career-low 62 in the second round; finished second at the LPGA
    Champions Classic after a five hole, sudden-death playoff with Wendy Doolan;
    crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the LPGA Takefuji Classic.
• In 2000, tied for third at both the McDonald’s LPGA Championship and Giant Eagle
    LPGA Classic.
• In 1999, best finish came at the Standard Register PING, where she finished fifth.
• In 1998, defeated Dana Dormann on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to record
    her second career victory at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open; carded four
    additional top-10 finishes.
• In 1997, won the Fieldcrest Cannon Classic, where she set LPGA 54- and 72-hole
    scoring records (both records have since been broken).
• In 1996, her rookie season, best finish was a tie for ninth at both the Cup Noodles
    Hawaiian Ladies Open and SAFECO Classic.
• In 1995, turned professional on July 17 and competed in four LPGA events; top finish
    was a tie for 15th at the GHP Heartland Classic; finished third at the LPGA Final
    Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1996 LPGA season.

Amateur

Ward had a very successful amateur career. She was the 1992 Texas State Women’s champion and the 1994 World Team Amateur champion and medalist. She was the 1994 U.S. Women’s Amateur champion and a member of the 1994 U.S. Curtis Cup Team. Ward played collegiate golf at Arizona State University, where her team was three-time national champions (1993-95). In 1993, she finished in third place at the NCAA Championship and was runner-up in 1994-95. Ward also earned First-Team All-America honors from 1993-95. As an amateur, Ward competed at the 1995 Standard Register PING, where sheplayed with Laura Davies and Beth Daniel in the final pairing on Sunday and tied for third place.

LPGA Victories, Awards, Etc.

LPGA Victories (4): 1997 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic; 1998 Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open; 2001 Wendy’s Championship for Children at New Albany; 2005 LPGA Takefuji Classic.
LPGA Awards (1): 2001 William and Mousie Powell Award; The Solheim Cup (3): 2002, 2003, 2005.