Beth Daniel

Beth Daniel (born October 14, 1956 in Charleston, South Carolina) is a professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 1 major championship and thirty-three LPGA Tour victories in all.

Amateur career

Daniel played her collegiate golf at Furman University and was on the 1976 national championship team included Betsy King, and future LPGA players Sherri Turner and Cindy Ferro. Daniel won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1975 and 1977, and was on the U.S. Curtis Cup teams in 1976 and 1978 (going 4-0 in 1976). She turned pro at the end of 1978 and joined the LPGA Tour in 1979 [ [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/bethdaniel.htm Beth Daniel at about.com] ] .

Professional career

Daniel's first victory came that year at the Patty Berg Classic, and she went on to win the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. Over the next five years, when Nancy Lopez was at her most dominant, Daniel still managed to win 13 tournaments, including four in 1980 when she was named LPGA Tour Player of the Year. Daniel led the Tour in wins in 1982, 1990 and 1994. She also led in scoring three times, including in 1989 when she became just the second golfer (at that time) in Tour history with a scoring average below 71.00 [ [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/bethdaniel.htm Beth Daniel at about.com] ] .

The year 1990 was her best. She won seven times, including her lone major at the LPGA Championship. That year she was also named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. Along the way, Daniel endured two major slumps. She was winless from 1986-88, then again from 1996-2002. When she finally won again in 2003, she became - at age 46 years, 8 months and 29 days - the oldest winner in Tour history. And she had outlasted most of her contemporaries such as King, Patty Sheehan and Amy Alcott, remaining competitive on the LPGA Tour [ [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/bethdaniel.htm Beth Daniel at about.com] ] .

By 2005 she was cutting back her schedule, and played just five events in 2007. That year she also served as assistant captain on the U.S. Solheim Cup team, and was named as captain for the American squad in 2009. In 2007, she joined The Golf Channel as a substitute analyst for LPGA Tournament coverage. Her first event was the 2007 Safeway Classic [ [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/bethdaniel.htm Beth Daniel at about.com] ] .

LPGA wins (33)

*1979 (1) Patty Berg Classic
*1980 (4) Golden Lights Championship, Patty Berg Golf Classic, Columbia Savings LPGA Golf Classic, World Championship of Women's Golf
*1981 (2) Florida Lady Citrus, World Championship of Women's Golf
*1982 (5) Bent Tree Ladies Classic, American Express Sun City Classic, Birmingham Classic, Columbia Savings Classic, WUI Classic
*1983 (1) McDonald’s Kids Classic
*1985 (1) Kyocera Inamori Classic
*1989 (4) Greater Washington Open, Rail Charity Golf Classic, SAFECO Classic, Konica San Jose Classic
*1990 (7) Orix Hawaiian Ladies Open, Women’s Kemper Open, The Phar-Mor in Youngstown, LPGA Championship, Northgate Classic, Rail Charity Golf Classic, Centel Classic
*1991 (2) The Phar-Mor at Inverrary, McDonald's Championship
*1994 (4) LPGA Corning Classic, Oldsmobile Classic, JAL Big Apple Classic, World Championship of Women's Golf
*1995 (1) PING Welch's Championship (Boston)
*2003 (1) BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

Other wins

*1981 JCPenney Mixed Team Classic (with Tom Kite)
*1990 JCPenney Classic (with Davis Love III)
*1995 JCPenney Classic (with Davis Love III)

Results in LPGA Majors

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play.
CUT = missed the half-way cut.
"T" = tied
WD = withdrew
DQ = disqualified
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

ee also

*Golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
*Golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

References

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=198 Profile on the LPGA official site]
* [http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/bethdaniel.htm Biography on about.com]