Trish Johnson

"This article refers to the golfer. For the singer of a similar name, see Ruder Than You."

Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson is an English golfer. She was born in Bristol on 17 January 1966.

Amateur career

Trish Johnson 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. cite web
title = World Amateur Team Championship Record Books
publisher = International Golf Federation
url = http://www.internationalgolffederation.org/recordbook/wplayer2.asp?fname=Patricia&mname=&lname=Johnson&country=Great%20Britain%20and%20Ireland
accessdate = 2007-05-26] cite web
title = 1986 Curtis Cup Match
publisher = United States Golf Association
url = http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/us_teams/1986.html
accessdate = 2007-05-26]

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 Tour in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall she has won 18 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 Ladies Open. cite web
title = Johnson wins in spectacular style in Wales
publisher = Ladies European Tour
author = Martin Park
date = 2005-08-15
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4506&page=71
accessdate = 2007-05-26] Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open. cite web
title = Johnson triumphs in Italy
publisher = Ladies European Tour
author = Bethan Cutler
date = 2007-08-15
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=9249
accessdate = 2007-05-26]

Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Qualifying School to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the U.S. based LPGA Tour. She won the 1993 LPGA Las Vegas Canyon Gate tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship. Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 LPGA Fieldcrest Cannon Classic. cite web
title = Tournament Chronology 1990-1999
publisher = LPGA Tour
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf
accessdate = 2007-05-26|format=PDF]

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. cite web
title = Women's World Cup of Golf:Final Results
publisher = LPGA Tour
url = http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?mid=2&pid=9577
accessdate = 2007-05-26]

LET Tour career summary

:* As of July 24 2006.

olheim Cup record

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/010090.htm Profile on the European Tour's official site]

Persondata
NAME=Johnson, Trish
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH= [January 17] , 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH= Bristol, England