Karen Lunn
Name:
Karen Marie LunnCountry:
AustraliaBorn:
March 21, 1966 in Sydney, NSW, Australia.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golfer; Chairman of the Ladies European Tour (2004-13).Turned Pro:
1985Total professional wins (16), including Ladies European Tour (10), ALPG Tour (4), Ladies Asian circuit (1). Women's British Open champion (1993). Women's European Tour Order of Merit winner (1993).
Former Ladies European Tour player, who retired from competitive professional golf in 2013. As Chairman of the Board of the Ladies European Tour between 2004 and 2013, she oversaw a period of considerable growth for the Tour.
Europe
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Played as the Lalla Meryem Cup (March 22-25). Second-placed Tandi Cunningham (RSA) and Mariane Skarpnord (Nor) finished 3 shots behind Lunn (Aus), who recorded the last of her ten Ladies European Tour wins. [Golf de l'Océan, Agadir, Morocco].
Aus/NZ
ActewAGL
Played as the ActewAGL Royal Canberra Ladies Classic (Jan 20-22; ALPG Tr event; next played in 2018). Second-placed Vicky Thomas (Aus) finished 4 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Royal Canberra Golf Club, Canberra, Australia].
Europe
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Played as the Ladies Open of Portugal (June 25-27). Second-placed Trish Johnson (Eng) and Iben Tinning (Den) finished 1 shot behind Lunn (Aus). [CampoReal Golf, Turcifal, nr Torres Vedras, Portugal].
Europe
Amex
Played as the Amex Tour Players Classic (May 15-18). Second-placed Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (Fra) and Tina Fischer (Ger) finished 1 shot behind Lunn (Aus). [The Tytherington Club, Macclesfield, Cheshire].
Europe
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Played as the Open de France Dames (Sept 4-7). Second-placed Laurette Maritz (RSA) finished 4 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Paris International GC, Baillet-en-France, nr Paris].
Asia
KRP
Played as the KRP World Ladies Classic (Jan 14-17; Women's European Tour season-opener). Karen Lunn (Aus) beat Sandrine Mendiburu (Fra), who double-bogeyed the second playoff hole. [Kelab Rahman Putra, Sungai Buloh, KL, Malaysia].
Europe
Weetabix
Played as the Weetabix Women's British Open (Aug 12-15). Second-placed Brandie Burton (USA) finished 8 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Duke's course, Woburn GC, nr Milton Keynes, Bucks].
Awards
WPG Eurpn Tr
Lunn (Aus) won the WPG European Tour 1993 Order of Merit, with earnings of £81,266 on the Tour. Laura Davies (Eng) was second with £64,938; Annika Sorenstam (Swe) was third with £55,927.
Europe
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Played as the Slovenian Open (Oct 9-11). Second-placed H Hopkins and A Shapcott finished 4 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Royal Bled GC, Lesce, Slovenia; at the time known as Bled GC].
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW European Masters (June 21-24). Second-placed Corinne Soulès (Fra) finished 4 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Royal Bercuit GC, Grez-Doiceau, Walloon Brabant; at the time known as Bercuit GC].
Europe
Godiva
Played as the Godiva Ladies European Masters. Second-placed Marie-Laure de Lorenzi Taya (Fra) finished 2 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Royal Antwerp GC, Kappellen, nr Antwerp].
Europe
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Played as the Borlange (Aspeboda) Ladies Open (Aug 27-30). Second-placed Liselotte Neumann (Swe) and Peggy Conley (USA) finished 2 shots behind Lunn (Aus). [Borlänge GK, Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden].
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.
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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