Trish Johnson
Encyclopedia
Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English
professional golf
er.
. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985 she was England Amateur Champion, England Strokeplay Champion and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986 she represented GB & I in the Espirito Santo Trophy
World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup
, where she won maximum points.
in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall she has won 12 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour and has finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit on more than ten occasions, including second places in 2000 and 2004, when she won the 2004 Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open. Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open.
Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour
Qualifying School
to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the U.S.-based LPGATour. She won the 1993 Las Vegas LPGA
tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship. Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
.
She was a member of the European Solheim Cup
team in 1990
, 1992
, 1994
, 1996
, 1998, 2000
, 2005
, and 2007
and teamed with Laura Davies
to represent England at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
er.
Amateur career
Johnson was born in BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985 she was England Amateur Champion, England Strokeplay Champion and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986 she represented GB & I in the Espirito Santo Trophy
Espirito Santo Trophy
The Espirito Santo Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for women organised by the International Golf Federation. The inaugural event was held in 1964 and recent tournaments have featured teams from around forty countries. It is a strokeplay event, in which the best two...
World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup
Curtis Cup
The Curtis Cup is the best known team trophy for women amateur golfers, awarded in the biennial Curtis Cup Match . It is co-organised by the United States Golf Association and the Ladies Golf Union and is contested by teams representing the United States and "Great Britain and Ireland"...
, where she won maximum points.
Professional career
Johnson turned professional in March 1987. She won three tournaments in her first year as a professional and was Rookie of Year on the Ladies European TourLadies European Tour
The Ladies European Tour is a professional golf tour for women which was founded in 1979. It is based in England. Like many UK-based sports organisations it is a company limited by guarantee, a legal structure which enables it to focus on maximising returns to its members through prize money,...
in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall she has won 12 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour and has finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit on more than ten occasions, including second places in 2000 and 2004, when she won the 2004 Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open. Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open.
Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour
LPGA
The LPGA, in full the Ladies Professional Golf Association, is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, whose headquarters is in Daytona Beach, Florida, is best known for running the LPGA Tour, a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from...
Qualifying School
Qualifying school
In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading golf tours such as the U.S. based PGA and LPGA Tours and the European Tour. A fixed number of players in the event win membership of the tour for the following season, otherwise known as a...
to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the U.S.-based LPGATour. She won the 1993 Las Vegas LPGA
Las Vegas LPGA
The Las Vegas LPGA was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 1993. It was played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn Country Club in 1992 and the Canyon Gate Country Club in 1993.-Winners:Las Vegas LPGA*1993 Trish Johnson...
tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship. Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
Fieldcrest Cannon Classic
The Fieldcrest Cannon Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1995 to 1997. It was played at the Peninsula Country Club in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Cornelius.-External links:*...
.
She was a member of the European Solheim Cup
Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers contested by teams representing Europe and the United States. It is named after the Norwegian-American golf club manufacturer Karsten Solheim, who was a driving force behind its creation.The inaugural Cup was held in 1990,...
team in 1990
1990 Solheim Cup
The inaugural Solheim Cup competition took place in Orlando, Florida, USA at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club from November 16 to November 18, 1990. The United States team beat the European team 11 ½ points to 4 ½.-Teams:...
, 1992
1992 Solheim Cup
The second Solheim Cup golf match took place from 2 October to 4 October 1992 at Dalmahoy Country Club, Edinburgh, Scotland. The European team beat the United States team 11 ½ points to 6 ½, to win the trophy for the first time.-Teams:...
, 1994
1994 Solheim Cup
The third Solheim Cup match took place from October 21 to October 23, 1994 at The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, USA. The United States team regained the cup from the European team winning by 13 points to 7.-Teams:...
, 1996
1996 Solheim Cup
The fourth Solheim Cup took place from 20 September to 22 September 1996 at St. Pierre Hotel & Country Club, Chepstow, Wales. The United States team retained the cup beating the European team by 17 points to 11.-Teams:...
, 1998, 2000
2000 Solheim Cup
The 6th Solheim Cup Match was held between 6 October and 8 October 2000 at Loch Lomond Golf Club, Luss,Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Team Europe won the trophy for the second time by a score of 14½ to 11½ points...
, 2005
2005 Solheim Cup
The 9th Solheim Cup Match was held between September 9 and September 11, 2005 at Crooked Stick Golf Club, Carmel, Indiana, USA. Team USA won the trophy for the sixth time by a score of 15½ to 12½ points...
, and 2007
2007 Solheim Cup
The 2007 Solheim Cup, the tenth edition of the tournament, was held between Friday, 14 September and Sunday, 16 September, at Halmstad GK, Halmstad, Sweden. It was a three-day contest for professional female golfers, pitting the 12 best players born in the United States against the 12 best players...
and teamed with Laura Davies
Laura Davies
Laura Jane Davies CBE is an English professional golfer.She is considered the most accomplished English female golfer of modern times being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list...
to represent England at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf
Women's World Cup of Golf
The Women's World Cup of Golf was a professional golf tournament contested by teams of two female golfers representing their respective countries....
.
Ladies European Tour wins (17)
- 1987 (3) McEwan's Wirral Classic, Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic, Woolmark Matchplay Championship
- 1990 (4) Hennessy Cup, Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic, European Open, Longines Classic
- 1992 (1) Skol La Manga Club Classic
- 1996 (2) Marks & Spencer European Open, Open de France DamesOpen de France DamesThe Open de France Dames is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that takes place in France. It has been played annually since 1987 except for 1998 and between 1990 and 1992.-Winners:-External links:*...
- 1999 (2) Open de France DamesOpen de France DamesThe Open de France Dames is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that takes place in France. It has been played annually since 1987 except for 1998 and between 1990 and 1992.-Winners:-External links:*...
, Marrakech Palmeraie Open - 2000 (1) The Daily Telegraph Ladies British Masters
- 2004 (1) Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
- 2007 (1) BMW Ladies Italian Open
- 2010 (2) Tenerife Ladies OpenTenerife Ladies OpenThe Tenerife Ladies Open is a women's professional golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour, held on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The 72-hole event has been played annually since 2002; the format was modified in 2011 to a hybrid of stroke and match play...
, Open de France Feminin
LPGA Tour wins (3)
- 19931993 LPGA TourThe 1993 LPGA Tour was the 44th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from February 5 to November 7. The season consisted of 31 official money events. Brandie Burton won the most tournaments, three...
Las Vegas LPGALas Vegas LPGAThe Las Vegas LPGA was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1992 to 1993. It was played in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Desert Inn Country Club in 1992 and the Canyon Gate Country Club in 1993.-Winners:Las Vegas LPGA*1993 Trish Johnson...
, Atlanta Women's Championship - 19961996 LPGA TourThe 1996 LPGA Tour was the 47th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 11 to November 24. The season consisted of 34 official money events. Laura Davies, Dottie Pepper and Karrie Webb won the most tournaments, four each...
Fieldcrest Cannon ClassicFieldcrest Cannon ClassicThe Fieldcrest Cannon Classic was a golf tournament on the LPGA Tour from 1995 to 1997. It was played at the Peninsula Country Club in the Charlotte, North Carolina suburb of Cornelius.-External links:*...
Other wins
this list may be incomplete- 2008 European Ladies Golf CupEuropean Ladies Golf CupThe European Nations Cup is a professional team golf tournament on the Ladies European Tour that is held in Spain. It was founded in 2008, and is a stroke play competition comprising fourballs for the first and third rounds and a variation on greensomes for the second and fourth rounds...
(with Rebecca HudsonRebecca HudsonRebecca Emma Gisela Hudson is an English professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:Hudson had a very successful junior and amateur career...
)
Ladies European Tour career summary
| Year | Earnings (€) | Order of Merit rank | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 30,029.54 | 19 | |
| 1992 | 85,685.47 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 28,867.25 | 20 | |
| 1994 | 51,785.50 | 15 | |
| 1995 | 86,777.04 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 132,871.61 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 75,678.71 | 9 | 72.40 |
| 1998 | 121,056.67 | 4 | 72.13 |
| 1999 | 193,870.96 | 4 | 70.86 |
| 2000 | 115,131.17 | 2 | 71.93 |
| 2001 | 66,042.79 | 16 | 72.71 |
| 2002 | 36,010.60 | 27 | 73.71 |
| 2003 | 89,065.52 | 9 | 71.73 |
| 2004 | 160,181.17 | 2 | 71.82 |
| 2005 | 111,965.21 | 9 | 71.91 |
| 2006* | 23,117.75 | 34 | 72.85 |
* As of 24 July 2006.
Solheim Cup record
| Year | Total Matches | Total W-L-H | Singles W-L-H | 4somes W-L-H | 4balls W-L-H | Points Won | Points % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 22 | 5-12-5 | 1-6-0 | 2-4-2 | 2-2-3 | 7.5 | 34.1% |
| 1990 | 3 | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 lost to P. Bradley 8&7 | 0-1-0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 5&4 | 0-1-0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 2&1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1992 | 3 | 1-1-1 | 1-0-0 def P. Sheehan 2&1 | 0-1-0 lost w/F.Descampe 1dn | 0-0-1 halved w/F.Descampe | 1.5 | 50% |
| 1994 | 3 | 0-3-0 | 0-1-0 lost to B. Daniel 1dn | 0-1-0 lost w/P. Wright 2dn | 0-1-0 lost w/P. Wright 3&2 | 0 | 0% |
| 1996 | 4 | 2-1-1 | 0-1-0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2 | 1-0-0 won w/L. Davies 4&3 | 1-0-1 won w/L. Davies 6&5, halved w/A. Sorenstam | 2.5 | 62.5% |
| 1998 | 2 | 0-2-0 | 0-1-0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2 | 0-1-0 lost w/L. Davies 3&1 | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000 | 4 | 2-1-1 | 0-1-0 lost to D. Pepper 2&1 | 1-0-1 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2, halved w/S. Gustafson | 1-0-0 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2 | 2.5 | 62.5% |
| 2005 | 3 | 0-1-2 | 0-1-0 lost to P.Hurst 2&1 | 0-0-1 halved w/S. Gustafson | 0-0-1 halved w/I. Tinning | 1 | 33.3% |