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:
PGA Championship: the year’s second men’s major championship is hosted by Southern Hills CC, Tulsa, Oklahoma, amidst doubt as to whether reigning champion Phil Mickelson will defend his title (May 19-22).
Soudal Open: Belgium’s return to European Tour golf sees 36-hole Rinkven International GC host the Soudal Open, the country’s national open championship (May 12-15).
Who's Who:
Scottie Scheffler: bags the 2022 Masters Tournament title, and with it a fourth win in six starts on the PGA Tour and his first major championship victory.
Stephen Dodd: took the European Senior Tour’s 2021 Order of Merit honours following the abandonment due to rain of the season’s final event, the MCB Tour Championship – Mauritius (April 1-3, 2022).
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
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.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
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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