Shani Waugh

Shani Waugh
Personal information
Born (1969-09-02) 2 September 1969 (age 55)
Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Sporting nationality Australia
Children3
Career
Turned professional1991
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 1997)
Ladies European Tour (joined 1991)
ALPG Tour (joined 1991)
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour3
ALPG Tour4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT64: 2003
Women's PGA C'shipT39: 1999
U.S. Women's Open3rd: 2002
du Maurier ClassicT34: 1998, 1999
Women's British OpenT32: 2000

Shani Waugh (born 2 September 1969) is an Australian professional golfer. She played on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, as well as on the ALPG Tour in her home country.

Waugh turned professional in 1991 and joined the Ladies European Tour the same year. In 1997 she joined the LPGA Tour, where career highlights include finishing runner-up at the 2003 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship after a playoff with Se Ri Pak, and finishing third at the 2002 U.S. Women's Open behind Juli Inkster and Annika Sörenstam.[1]

Waugh won three times on the LET between 1996 and 2005. After her inaugural win at Costa Azul Ladies Open, she beat Becky Brewerton into second place at the Wales WPGA Championship of Europe by holing a 74-foot birdie putt on the final green[2] and beat Gwladys Nocera in a playoff to win Thailand Ladies Open.[3]

Professional wins (7)

Ladies European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 11 May 1996 Costa Azul Ladies Open −2 (214) 2 strokes France Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Philippines Mary Grace Estuesta,
Sweden Helene Koch, Republic of Ireland Aideen Rogers
2 25 Aug 2003 Wales WPGA Championship of Europe −7 (73-71-73-69=286) 2 strokes Wales Becky Brewerton
3 3 Apr 2005 Thailand Ladies Open −6 (67-71-71-73=282) Playoff France Gwladys Nocera

Ladies European Tour playoff record (1–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2005 Thailand Ladies Open France Gwladys Nocera Won with par on first extra hole

ALPG Tour wins (4)

  • 2005 (1) Peugeot Kangaroo Valley Resort Pro-Am
  • 2007 (2) Angostura Lemon Lime & Bitters Castle Hill Country Club Pro-Am, Mollymook Women's Classic
  • 2008 (1) Peter Donnelly Ladies Classic

Playoff record

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2003 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship South Korea Se Ri Pak Lost to par on fourth extra hole

Team appearances

Professional

References

  1. ^ "2002 U.S. Women's Open Championship". Golfdata. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "It's Waugh on the shores of Porthcawl". LET. 25 August 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2007.
  3. ^ "Waugh defeats Nocera in play-off". Ladies European Tour. Retrieved 1 February 2020.