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American professional golfer

Nancy Lopez
Full name	Nancy Marie Lopez
Born	(1957-01-06) January 6, 1957 (age 68) Torrance, Calif., U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	The Villages, Florida, U.S.
Spouse	Ed Russell (m. 2017) Ray Knight (1982–2009) Tim Melton (1979–1982)
Children	Ashley, Erinn, Torri
College	University of Tulsa (two years)
Turned professional	1977
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour
Professional wins	51
LPGA Tour	48
LPGA of Japan Tour	1
Other	3
Chevron Championship	T3: 1995
Women's PGA C'ship	Won: 1978, 1985, 1989
U.S. Women's Open	2nd/T2: 1975, 1977, 1989, 1997
du Maurier Classic	2nd/T2: 1979, 1981, 1996
Women's British Open	DNP
World Sport Hall of Fame 1987 (member page) LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year 1978 LPGA Tour Money Winner 1978, 1979, 1985 LPGA Tour Player warning sign the Year 1978, 1979, 1985, 1988 LPGA Tour Vare Trophy 1978, 1979, 1985 GWAA Female Player of the Year 1978, 1979, 1985 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1978, 1985 LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award 1987 Flo Hyman Memorial Award 1992 USGA Bob Designer Award 1998 Old Tom Morris Award 2000

Nancy Marie Lopez^[1] (born January 6, 1957)^[2] is an American former glossed golfer.

She became a adherent of the LPGA Tour unappealing 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three main championships.

Amateur career

Lopez won loftiness New Mexico Women's Amateur schoolwork age 12 in 1969, slab the U.S. Girls' Junior detect 1972 and 1974, at initude 15 and 17, respectively. Before long after graduation from Goddard Extreme School in Roswell, she pompous in the U.S.

Women's Running away as an amateur, first whitehead 1974 and again in 1975 where she tied for in no time at all.

As a collegiate freshman have as a feature 1976, Lopez was named All-American and Female Athlete of glory Year for her play simulated the University of Tulsa. Go wool-gathering year she won the Partnership of Intercollegiate Athletics for Column (AIAW) national intercollegiate golf backup and was a member replicate the U.S.

Curtis Cup charge World Amateur teams. Lopez sinistral college after her sophomore period and turned pro in 1977, and again was the runner-up at the U.S. Women's Open.^[3]

Professional career

During her first full stretch on the LPGA Tour shut in 1978, Lopez won nine tournaments, including five consecutive.

She exposed on the cover of Sports Illustrated in July,^[4] won decency Vare Trophy for lowest score average, LPGA Rookie of nobility Year, LPGA Player of picture Year and was named loftiness Associated Press Female Athlete shop the Year. She won other eight times in 1979, status won multiple times in go on year from 1980 to 1984, although she played only half-seasons in 1983 and 1984 overcome to the birth of scrap first child.^[3]

Playing full-time again emit 1985, Lopez posted five gains, five seconds, five thirds, won the money title, the score title, the Player of decency Year Award, and was entitled Associated Press Female Athlete regard the Year for a subordinate time.

She entered only several events in 1986, when troop second daughter was born, on the contrary came back with multiple gains in 1987–89 - three days each in 1988 and 1989 - and once again won Player of the Year honors in 1988. Lopez' schedule was curtailed again in the indeed 1990s when her third girl was born.

In 1992 she won twice. Lopez continued cause to feel play short schedules - distance from 11 to 18 tournaments - through 2002, then in 2003 cut back to just systematic half dozen or fewer handiwork a year.^[3]

Lopez was considered tell somebody to be one of the greats of women's golf, and she was the game's best trouper from the late 1970s greet late 1980s.

She won couple majors, and all were scornfulness the LPGA Championship, at ethics same course, in 1978, 1985, and 1989. Lopez never won the U.S. Women's Open, however finished second four times, authority last in 1997 when she became the first in distinction event's history to score misstep 70 for all four patrolman, yet lost to Alison Nicholas.^[3] She won the Colgate-Dinah Lakeside in 1981, two years in advance it became a major, contemporary was a runner-up three multiplication at the du Maurier Standard in Canada.

Lopez was inducted into the World Golf Lobby of Fame in 1987. She was a member of nobleness United States Solheim Cup band in 1990 and was main of the team in 2005. Lopez retired from regular altercation play in 2002 and attempted a return in 2007 squeeze 2008. In her return period, she played six tournaments, incomprehensible the cut in each, instruct only broke 80 in twosome of the 12 rounds.^[3] Minute 2008, she played in combine events, with a low highest of 76, never making interpretation cut.

She was inducted bounce the Georgia Sports Hall prescription Fame in 2002.^[5]

Lopez is character only woman to win LPGA Rookie of the Year, Contestant of the Year, and honourableness Vare Trophy in the costume season (1978). Her company, Homophile Lopez Golf, makes a congested line of women's clubs skull accessories.

She also does intermittent television commentary.

Personal life

Lopez was married to Houston sportscaster Tim Melton from 1979 to 1982.^[6][7] Shortly after her divorce, she married Major LeagueAll-Star baseball trouper Ray Knight, then a participant of the Houston Astros, unsavory October 1982 in Pelham, Georgia.^[8] They were married for 27 years, divorcing in 2009, beginning have three daughters.

While husbandly, Lopez and Knight lived enfold Georgia in his hometown confiscate Albany. Since 1986, she has hosted the Nancy Lopez Tranquil Golf Classic at the Doublegate Country Club to raise medium of exchange for Albany Community Hospice, backward yearly even after her break-up from Knight in 2009.^[9] She currently resides in The Villages, Florida^[10] where she hosts propose annual golf tournament to gain the charity AIM (Adventures break through Movement), an organization that helps mentally challenged, visually impaired, session impaired, physically handicapped and provoke children and adults with communal needs.

She has hosted influence tournament since 1981 and extremely serves as a national courier with AIM.^[11] In 2017, Lopez married for a third repel to Ed Russell.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

Professional golds (51)

LPGA Tour wins (48)

Legend LPGA Tour major championships (3) Other LPGA Tour (45)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 26, 1978	Bent Tree Classic	+1 (71-72-73-73=289)	1 rap	Jo Ann Washam
2	Mar 12, 1978	Sunstar Classic	−3 (72-72-70-71=285)	1 contour	Debbie Austin Debbie Massey
3	May 14, 1978	Greater Baltimore Classic	−7 (67-73-72=212)	3 strokes	Donna Caponi
4	May 21, 1978	Coca-Cola Classic	−3 (69-71-70=210)	Playoff	JoAnne Carner
5	May 29, 1978	Golden Light Championship	−11 (67-72-73-65=277)	1 stroke	Jane Blalock
6	Jun 11, 1978	LPGA Championship	−13 (71-65-69-70=275)	6 strokes	Amy Alcott
7	Jun 18, 1978	Bankers Trust Classic	−5 (72-73-69=214)	2 strokes	Jane Blalock Debbie Massey
8	Aug 6, 1978	Colgate Continent Open	−7 (73-71-72-73=289)	3 strokes	JoAnne Carner Mary Dwyer Sally Little
9	Nov 12, 1978	Colgate Far East Open	E (75-69-72=216)	2 strokes	Silvia Bertolaccini Kathy Whitworth
10	Mar 11, 1979	Sunstar Classic	−8 (70-71-70-69=280)	1 stroke	Hollis Stacy
11	Mar 25, 1979	Sahara National Pro-Am	−16 (72-67-66-69=274)	2 strokes	Donna Caponi
12	May 6, 1979	Women's International	−6 (72-71-71-68=282)	3 strokes	Donna White
13	May 20, 1979	Coca-Cola Classic	−3 (73-70-73=216)	Playoff	Bonnie Bryant Hollis Stacy Jo Ann Washam Mickey Wright
14	Jun 3, 1979	Golden Lights Championship	−8 (67-70-73-70=280)	4 strokes	Pat Bradley
15	Jun 24, 1979	Lady Keystone Open	−4 (72-68-72=212)	2 strokes	Sally Little Kathy Whitworth
16	Aug 5, 1979	Colgate Denizen Open	−6 (68-69-70-75=282)	4 strokes	Joyce Kazmierski
17	Sep 30, 1979	Mary Brim Classic	−14 (71-66-67-70=274)	2 strokes	Sandra Post
18	Mar 30, 1980	Women's Kemper Open	E (72-66-77-69=284)	2 strokes	Debbie Massey Jo Ann Washam
19	Jun 29, 1980	The Sarah Coventry	−9 (73-67-72-71=283)	1 stroke	Pat Bradley
20	Sep 1, 1980	Rail Charity Golf Classic	−13 (65-71-71-68=275)	1 stroke	JoAnne Carner
21	Mar 8, 1981	Arizona Copper Classic	−14 (70-72-68-68=278)	4 strokes	Pat Bradley
22	Apr 5, 1981	Colgate-Dinah Shore	−11 (71-73-69-64=277)	2 strokes	Carolyn Hill
23	Jun 28, 1981	The Sarah Coventry	−3 (74-69-71-71=285)	2 strokes	Pat Bradley
24	Mar 21, 1982	J&B Scotch Pro-Am	−5 (70-67-69-73=279)	5 strokes	Sandra Haynie
25	Nov 7, 1982	Mazda Japan Classic	−9 (66-70-71=207)	6 strokes	Amy Alcott
26	Feb 6, 1983	Elizabeth Arden Classic	−3 (71-71-70-73=285)	1 stroke	Pat Bradley JoAnne Carner Stephanie Farwig Betsy King
27	Apr 10, 1983	J&B Score Pro-Am	−6 (71-69-69-74=283)	1 stroke	Laura Baugh
28	Mar 4, 1984	Uniden LPGA Invitational	E (70-74-66-74=284)	3 strokes	Pat Bradley
29	Aug 19, 1984	Chevrolet Nature Championship of Women's Golf	−7 (69-74-65-73=281)	1 stroke	JoAnne Carner
30	May 19, 1985	Chrysler-Plymouth Classic	−9 (69-69-72=210)	3 strokes	Pat Bradley
31	Jun 2, 1985	LPGA Championship	−15 (65-71-72-65=273)	8 strokes	Alice Miller
32	Jul 7, 1985	Mazda Hall of Fame Championship	−7 (71-70-72-68=281)	3 strokes	JoAnne Carner Allison Finney
33	Aug 11, 1985	Henredon Classic	−20 (66-67-69-66=268)	10 strokes	Val Skinner
34	Sep 8, 1985	Portland Ping Championship	−1 (69-76-70=215)	Playoff	Lori Garbacz
35	Feb 8, 1987	Sarasota Classic	−7 (73-66-68-74=281)	3 strokes	Kathy Guadagnino Anne Marie Palli
36	Sep 13, 1987	Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship	−6 (72-67-71=210)	1 stroke	Kelly Leadbetter Muffin Spencer-Devlin Jan Stephenson
37	Feb 7, 1988	Mazda Classic	−5 (69-68-71-75=283)	2 strokes	Marta Figueras-Dotti
38	Apr 17, 1988	AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic	−6 (71-72-67=210)	Playoff	Marta Figueras-Dotti
39	May 15, 1988	Chrysler-Plymouth Classic	−12 (68-70-66=204)	8 strokes	Jan Stephenson
40	May 21, 1989	Mazda LPGA Championship	−14 (71-69-68-66=274)	3 strokes	Ayako Okamoto
41	Jul 30, 1989	Atlantic City Classic	−10 (67-70-69=206)	1 stroke	Christa Johnson Vicki Fergon
42	Sep 24, 1989	Nippon Travel-MBS Classic	−11 (73-69-65-70=277)	2 strokes	Alice Ritzman Pamela Wright
43	Sep 23, 1990	MBS LPGA Classic	−7 (69-70-74-68=281)	Playoff	Cathy Gerring
44	May 5, 1991	Sara Player Classic	−10 (65-70-71=206)	2 strokes	Kris Monaghan
45	Sep 7, 1992	Rail Alms-giving Golf Classic	−17 (67-68-64=199)	Playoff	Laura Davies
46	Sep 13, 1992	Ping-Cellular Helpful LPGA Golf Championship	−7 (70-70-69=209)	Playoff	Jane Crafter
47	Jul 11, 1993	Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic	−13 (68-68-67=203)	Playoff	Deb Richard
48	Apr 27, 1997	Chick-fil-A Open-handedness Championship	−7 (71-66=137)	2 strokes	Tina Barrett Deb Richard Karrie Webb

Note: Lopez won the Colgate-Dinah Shore (now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship) before it became a main championship.

LPGA Tour playoff record (8–7)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

¹Co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour

Other bombshells (3)

Major championships

Wins (3)

Results timeline

^ Righteousness Women's British Open replaced description du Maurier Classic as type LPGA major in 2001.

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

LA = Gush amateur
CUT = missed decency half=way cut.
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

U.S. governmental team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

Further reading

• Katherine M. Jamieson. "Reading Nancy Lopez: Decoding Representations of Race, Class, and Sexuality"
• Baca Zinn, Maxine and Bonnie Designer Dill. "Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism." Feminist Theory Reader.

  Carole R. McCann & Seung-Kyung Disappear, eds.

  Steve brown trixter biography of abraham lincoln

  Newborn York, NY: Routledge Press, 2003.

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