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Dorothy Delasin
Delasin at the 2008 LPGA ChampionshipPersonal information Born August 26, 1980
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Nationality United States Career Turned professional 1999 Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2000) Professional wins 5 Number of wins by tour LPGA Tour 4 Other 1 Best results in LPGA Major Championships Kraft Nabisco C'ship T9: 2005 LPGA Championship T33: 2002 U.S. Women's Open T12: 2000 du Maurier Classic T23: 2000 Women's British Open T26: 2002 Achievements and awards LPGA Rookie of the Year 2000 Dorothy Delasin (born August 26, 1980) is a Filipino-American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.
Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas and grew up in San Francisco, California. She had dual American and Filipino citizenship but gave it up sometime before 1999.[1] She had a strong amateur career, wining both the U.S. Girls' Junior, in 1996, and the U.S. Women's Amateur, in 1999.
Delasin has four career LPGA titles including the 2001 Samsung World Championship.
On January 20, 2008, Delasin and Jennifer Rosales of Team Philippines won the 4th Women's World Cup of Golf in Sun City, South Africa, with 4 birdies in the last 4 holes. The duo had a final round of 7-under-par 65 in the best ball, for a 54-hole aggregate of 18-under-par 198. Korea's Ji-Yai Shin and Eun Hee Ji were second on 200 after a final round 67, while Taiwan (Amy Hung and Yun Jye Wei) and Japan (Shinobu Moromizato and Miki Saiki) tied for third on 203. France's Gwladys Nocera and Virginie Lagoutte-Clement, were fifth on 205 following 67.[2]
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Amateur wins (5)
- 1996 California State Women's Championship, U.S. Girls' Junior
- 1997 Southeast Asia Games (team and individual)
- 1998 Junior World Golf Championships (Girls 15-17)
- 1999 U.S. Women's Amateur
Professional wins (5)
LPGA Tour wins (4)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up 1 Jul 30, 2000 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic -11 (71-67-67=205) Playoff Pat Hurst 2 Jul 29, 2001 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic -13 (69-69-65=203) 1 stroke Tammie Green 3 Oct 7, 2001 Samsung World Championship -11 (70-71-67-69=277) 4 strokes Se Ri Pak
Karrie Webb4 Nov 16, 2003 Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions -8 (72-71-68-69=280) Playoff Hee-Won Han LPGA Tour playoff record (2-0)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 2000 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Pat Hurst Won with par on second extra hole 2 2003 Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions Hee-Won Han Won with birdie on first extra hole Other wins (1)
- 2008 Women's World Cup of Golf (with Jennifer Rosales)
References
- ^ ASAP Sports, U.S. Women's Amateur Interview with Dorothy Delasin 1999-08-12. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- ^ Rosales, Delasin win women's World Cup
External links
- Official website
- Dorothy Delasin at the LPGA Tour official site
Categories:- American female golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
- People from Lubbock, Texas
- Sportspeople from San Francisco, California
- Recipients of the Order of Lakandula
- 1980 births
- Living people
- American golf biography stubs
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