Donna Andrews
Name:
Donna AndrewsCountry:
USABorn:
April 12, 1967 in Lynchburg, Virginia.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer and teaching professional.Turned Pro:
1990MAJORS (1): Nabisco Dinah Shore (1994). Solheim Cup player (1994, '98). LPGA Tour wins (6).
After the completion of her successful LPGA Tour career, Andrews became a golf instructor at Pine Needles Resort in Pinehurst, and also the co-owener of a real estate business.
America
Longs Drugs
Played as the Longs Drugs Challenge (April 2-5). Second-placed Carin Koch (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Andrews (USA), who recorded the last of her six LPGA Tour wins. [Twelve Bridges GC, Lincoln, nr Sacremento, CA; now known as Catta Verdera CC].
America
Welch's/Circle K
Played as the Welch's/Circle K Championship (March 13-16). Second-placed Tina Barrett (USA) finished 1 shot behind Andrews (USA), who recorded her fifth LPGA Tour win. [North course, Randolph GC, Tucson, AZ].
America
JCPenney
Played as the JCPenney Classic (Dec 5-8; two-person team event; one PGA Tr, one LPGA Tr). Second-placed teams of Joel Edwards (USA) & Missie McGeorge (USA) and Tiger Woods (USA) & Kelli Kuehne (USA) finished 1 shot behind winners Mike Hulbert (USA) & Donna Andrews (USA). Reduced to 54 holes due to bad weather. [Copperhead course, Innisbrook Resort, Palm Harbor, nr Tampa, FL].
Majors
Nabisco
Played as the Nabisco Dinah Shore (23rd) (March 24-27). Second-placed Laura Davies (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Andrews (USA), who recorded her first and only major championship win. [Dinah Shore Tournament course, Mission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA].
America
PING/Welch's
Played as the PING/Welch's Championship. Second-placed Brandie Burton (USA) and Judy Dickinson (USA) finished 3 shots behind Andrews (USA). [North course, Randolph GC, Tucson, AZ].
America
ShopRite
Played as the ShopRite LPGA Classic (June 24-26). Second-placed Michelle Estill (USA) finished 2 shots behind Donna Andrews (USA). [Greate Bay CC, Somers Point, NJ].
America
PING-Cellular One
Played as the PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship (Sept 10-12). Second-placed Missie McGeorge (USA) and Tina Barrett (USA) finished 1 shot behind 26-year-old Donna Andrews (USA), who recorded her first LPGA Tour win. [Columbia Edgewater CC, Portland, Oregon].
Tournaments:
Women’s major championships: the month of June sees two women’s majors: the US Women’s Open (June 3-6), with A Lim Kim defending, and the Women’s PGA Championship (June 24-27), with Sei Young Kim defending.
Senior PGA Championship: the revered Southern Hills in Oklahoma hosts the 81st staging of this event (May 27-30); Ken Tanigawa holds the title from its last playing in 2019.
Who's Who:
Phil Mickelson: in winning the 2021 PGA Championship, the world’s most famous “leftie” became the oldest winner of a golf major championship.
Hideki Matsuyama: became the first Japanese professional to win a men’s major championship, when he triumphed in this year’s Masters Tournament.
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
American Dunes opens for play following Nicklaus transformation
Nicklaus Design has transformed the former Grand Haven Golf Club in Michigan into the American Dunes Golf Club, a new public course that is now open for play
New course opens for play at Barnbougle
Bill Coore designs 14-hole layout with “sporty” holes on dune ridge above Lost Farm (golf carts allowed).
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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