Sherri Turner
Sherri Turner | |||||||
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Personal information | |||||||
Full name | Sherri Turner | ||||||
Born | (1956-10-04) October 4, 1956 (age 67) Greenville, South Carolina | ||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||
Residence | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||
Partner | Ellie Gibson | ||||||
Career | |||||||
College | Furman University | ||||||
Turned professional | 1979 | ||||||
Current tour(s) | Legends Tour | ||||||
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1984–2008) | ||||||
Professional wins | 6 | ||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||
LPGA Tour | 3 | ||||||
Other | 3 | ||||||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |||||||
Chevron Championship | T3: 1995 | ||||||
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1988 | ||||||
U.S. Women's Open | 2nd: 1999 | ||||||
du Maurier Classic | 3rd: 1988 | ||||||
Women's British Open | DNP | ||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||
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Sherri Turner (born October 4, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1984 and won three LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
Amateur career
Turner was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She started playing golf at the age of 4. She was the 1974-75 Carolinas Junior champion. She attended Furman University, where she was a medalist at three tournaments, including the Women's Southern Intercollegiate. She was selected to the All-American Team in 1979.
Professional career
Always one of the longest hitters on Tour, Turner joined the LPGA Tour in 1984. She won three events on the tour, including one major, the 1988 Mazda LPGA Championship. In 1988, she topped the money list and was named Female Player of the Year by Golf Writers Association of America, Golf Illustrated, Golf World, and Golf Magazine. The following year she was tenth on the money list, but from that point on her form faded, and she only finished in the top forty in two more years. In 1999, she was a runner up at the U.S. Women's Open. She also had over 100 top-10 finishes in her LPGA career.
Turner was inducted into the Furman Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989. She became the first-ever inductee into the NutraSweet Hall of Fame in 1990. She is an honorary member of the South Carolina Hall of Fame. She was a member of the LPGA Player Executive Committee from 1997 to 1999. Turner was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 14.
Professional wins
LPGA Tour (3)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | May 22, 1988 | Mazda LPGA Championship | −7 (70-71-73-67=281) | 1 stroke | Amy Alcott |
2 | May 29, 1988 | LPGA Corning Classic | −15 (71-63-69-70=273) | 2 strokes | JoAnne Carner Ok-Hee Ku |
3 | Feb 18, 1989 | Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open | −11 (70-69-66=205) | 4 strokes | Sara Anne McGetrick |
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1988 | Sara Lee Classic | Tammie Green Patti Rizzo Kim Williams | Rizzo won with birdie on fifth extra hole Green and Williams eliminated by par on first hole |
2 | 1988 | Lady Keystone Open | Shirley Furlong | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Legends Tour (3)
- 2008 BJ's Charity Championship (with Cindy Figg-Currier)
- 2012 Hannaford Community Challenge
- 2013 Swing for the Cure with Legends of the LPGA
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1988 | Mazda LPGA Championship | −7 (70-71-73-67=281) | 1 stroke | Amy Alcott |
Team appearances
Professional
- Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2010 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013, 2014 (winners)
External links
- Sherri Turner at the LPGA Tour official site
- Sherri Turner at the Legends Tour official site (also at former site)
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- 1955 Beverly Hanson‡
- 1956 Marlene Hagge†
- 1957 Louise Suggs
- 1958 Mickey Wright‡
- 1959 Betsy Rawls
- 1960 Mickey Wright
- 1961 Mickey Wright‡
- 1962 Judy Kimball‡
- 1963 Mickey Wright
- 1964 Mary Mills
- 1965 Sandra Haynie
- 1966 Gloria Ehret
- 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth‡
- 1968 Sandra Post†‡
- 1969 Betsy Rawls
- 1970 Shirley Englehorn†
- 1971 Kathy Whitworth
- 1972 Kathy Ahern
- 1973 Mary Mills
- 1974 Sandra Haynie
- 1975 Kathy Whitworth
- 1976 Betty Burfeindt
- 1977 Hisako Higuchi
- 1978 Nancy Lopez
- 1979 Donna Caponi
- 1980 Sally Little
- 1981 Donna Caponi
- 1982 Jan Stephenson‡
- 1983 Patty Sheehan
- 1984 Patty Sheehan
- 1985 Nancy Lopez‡
- 1986 Pat Bradley
- 1987 Jane Geddes
- 1988 Sherri Turner
- 1989 Nancy Lopez
- 1990 Beth Daniel
- 1991 Meg Mallon
- 1992 Betsy King‡
- 1993 Patty Sheehan
- 1994 Laura Davies
- 1995 Kelly Robbins
- 1996 Laura Davies
- 1997 Christa Johnson†
- 1998 Se-ri Pak‡
- 1999 Juli Inkster
- 2000 Juli Inkster†
- 2001 Karrie Webb
- 2002 Se-ri Pak
- 2003 Annika Sörenstam†
- 2004 Annika Sörenstam
- 2005 Annika Sörenstam
- 2006 Se-ri Pak†
- 2007 Suzann Pettersen
- 2008 Yani Tseng†
- 2009 Anna Nordqvist
- 2010 Cristie Kerr‡
- 2011 Yani Tseng‡
- 2012 Shanshan Feng
- 2013 Inbee Park†
- 2014 Inbee Park†
- 2015 Inbee Park
- 2016 Brooke Henderson†
- 2017 Danielle Kang
- 2018 Park Sung-hyun†
- 2019 Hannah Green‡
- 2020 Kim Sei-young
- 2021 Nelly Korda
- 2022 Chun In-gee
- 2023 Yin Ruoning