Jane Geddes
Name:
Jane GeddesCountry:
USABorn:
Feb 5, 1960 in Huntingdon, New York.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer and teaching professional; entrepreneur and businesswoman.Turned Pro:
1983MAJORS (2): US Women's Open (1986); US LPGA Championship (1987). Solheim Cup player (1996). British Women's Open (1989).
Former LPGA Tour player, who retired from the Tour after the 2003 season.
America
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Played as the Chicago Challenge. Second-placed Dale Eggeling (USA) and Robin Walton (USA) finished 3 shots behind Geddes (USA), who recorded the last of her 11 LPGA Tour wins. [White Eagle GC, Naperville, Illinois].
America
Oldsmobile
Played as the Oldsmobile Classic. Tammie Green (USA), Alice Ritzman (USA) and Trish Johnson (Eng) finished 1 shot behind Geddes (USA), who recorded her 10th LPGA Tour win. [Walnut Hills CC, East Lansing, Michigan].
America
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Played as the Atlantic City Classic (June 7-9). Second-placed Cindy Schreyer (USA) and Amy Alcott (USA) finished 1 shot behind Jane Geddes (USA). [Greate Bay CC, Somers Point, NJ; known as Sands CC until 1991].
America
x
Played as the Jamaica Classic. Second-placed and defending champion Patty Sheehan finished 3 shots behind Geddes (USA). [Tryall Club, Montego Bay, Jamaica].
Aus/NZ
Daikyo
Played as the Daikyo Australian Ladies Masters (ALPG Tr event). Second-placed Corinne Dibnah (Aus) finished 3 shots behind defending champion Geddes (USA). [Palm Meadows GC, Carrara, Gold Coast, Australia].
Aus/NZ
Daikyo
Played as the inaugural Daikyo Australian Ladies Masters (Dec 14-16; ALPG Tr event). Geddes (USA) beat Kristal Parker (USA) in a playoff. [Palm Meadows GC, Carrara, Gold Coast, Australia].
Europe
Weetabix
Played as the Weetabix Women's British Open (Aug 3-6). Second-placed Florence Descampe (Belg) finished 2 shots behind wire-to-wire winner Geddes (USA). [Ferndown GC, Ferndown, Dorset].
Majors
Mazda
The Mazda LPGA Championship (33rd) (May 21-24). Second-placed Betsy King (USA) finished 1 shot behind Geddes (USA), who recorded the second of her two major championship wins. [Grizzly course, The Golf Center at Kings Island, Mason, OH].
America
Kemper
Played as the Women's Kemper Open. Geddes (USA) beat Cathy Gerring (USA) with a bogey at the first playoff hole. [Makai Club at Princeville, Kauai, Hawaii].
America
GNA/Glendale Fed
Played as the GNA/Glendale Federal Classic. Geddes (USA) beat Robin Walton (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole. [Oakmont CC, Glendale, nr Los Angeles, California].
America
Boston Five
Played as the Boston Five Classic. Second-placed Jody Rosenthal (USA) and Donna White (USA) finished 1 shot behind defending champion Geddes (USA). [Ferncroft CC, Middleton, nr Boston, MA].
America
Jamie Farr
Played as the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic (July 2-5). Second-placed (and both LPGA Tour rookies) Jill Briles (USA) and Nancy Taylor (USA) finished 2 shots behind Jane Geddes (USA). [Glengarry CC, Holland, nr Toledo, Ohio; now called Stone Oak CC].
America
Boston Five
Played as the Boston Five Classic. Second-placed Deb Richard (USA) finished 1 shot behind Geddes (USA), who recorded her second LPGA Tour win. [Ferncroft CC, Middleton, nr Boston, MA].
Majors
USGA
The US Women's Open (41st) (July 10-14). Geddes (USA) beat Sally Little (RSA) in an 18-hole playoff: Geddes 71 (-1), Little 73 (+1). Geddes recorded the first of her two major championship wins. [South course, NCR CC, Kettering, nr Dayton, Ohio].
Tournaments:
Solheim Cup: can Europe defend the most prestigious team trophy in women’s professional golf, when the 17th Solheim Cup is played out at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio (Sept 4-6).
Italian Open: Nicolai Højgaard recorded his first European Tour win (Sept 5), just a week after his twin brother Rasmus landed the European Masters title (Aug 29); the first brothers to win back-to-back on the European Tour.
Who's Who:
Patrick Cantlay: moved into the world top 5, after winning the final two FedEx Cup playoff events and scooping the $15 million first prize.
Trish Johnson: kept the Senior LPGA Championship trophy in European hands, with her second win in this event in its four-year history.
The San Roque Club: "... how best to revitalise a course that had previously been fit to play regular host to the European Tour’s qualifying school finals..." by Toby Ingleton.
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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