Lee-Anne Pace

Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.

Lee-Anne Pace
Pace at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full nameLee-Anne Pace
Born (1981-02-15) 15 February 1981
Paarl, South Africa
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationality South Africa
Career
CollegeMurray State University,
University of Tulsa
Turned professional2005
Current tour(s)Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour
Futures Tour
Professional wins23
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Ladies European Tour11
Other11
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT14: 2016
Women's PGA C'shipT30: 2023
U.S. Women's OpenT43/43: 2014, 2017
Women's British OpenT17: 2016
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2015
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour
Order of Merit winner		2010
Ladies European Tour
Player of the Year		2010, 2013

Career

Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape.[1] She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.

Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe,[2] the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit[3] and won the LET Player of the Year.

After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixth Ladies European Tour event in May when she took a one stroke victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that victory up with another in July, again winning by a stroke, at the Open De España Femenino. She concluded the 2013 season by winning in a playoff at the Sanya Ladies Open. The victory was her eighth on tour and netted her a second LET Player of the Year award. In October 2014, Pace would win her ninth LET event when she was victorious in her home country, winning the Cell C South African Women's Open, in a playoff, after a final round comeback. A week later, Pace won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.

Amateur wins
  • 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Championship
  • 2005 Western Athletic Conference Championship

Professional wins (23)

LPGA Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 26 Oct 2014 Blue Bay LPGA −16 (67-66-67=200) 3 strokes Germany Caroline Masson

Ladies European Tour wins (11)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 20 Jun 2010 Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open −12 (69-67-68=204) 1 stroke Scotland Vikki Laing
2 15 Aug 2010 S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe −6 (74-71-67-70=282) 3 strokes England Melissa Reid
Netherlands Christel Boeljon
3 29 Aug 2010 Finnair Masters −14 (66-64-69=199) 3 strokes Scotland Vikki Laing
4 24 Oct 2010 Sanya Ladies Open −11 (68-71-66=205) 1 stroke Austria Stefanie Michl
5 31 Oct 2010 Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open −5 (71-72-68=211) Playoff United States Hannah Jun
Paraguay Julieta Granada
Netherlands Christel Boeljon
6 12 May 2013 Turkish Airlines Ladies Open −3 (70-77-70-72=289) 1 stroke Finland Minea Blomqvist
Spain Carlota Ciganda
England Charley Hull
7 21 Jul 2013 Open De España Femenino −13 (67-69-68-71=275) 1 stroke Sweden Mikaela Parmlid
8 27 Oct 2013 Sanya Ladies Open −13 (67-66-70=203) Playoff China Yu Yang Zhang
9 19 Oct 2014 Cell C South African Women's Open −5 (71-73-67=211) Playoff England Holly Clyburn
10 16 May 2021 Investec South African Women's Open +2 (70-75-73-72=290) 1 stroke Germany Leonie Harm
11 2 Apr 2022 Investec South African Women's Open E (71-73-74-70=288) Playoff Argentina Magdalena Simmermacher

Sunshine Ladies Tour (14)

1Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Chevron Championship T70 CUT CUT T69 T14 CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT T62 WD T64 DQ CUT T30
U.S. Women's Open T55 CUT T43 T56 CUT 43 T64
The Evian Championship ^ T54 T6 T43 T48 CUT NT CUT CUT
Women's British Open CUT CUT T39 T25 T29 T24 T17 CUT CUT T32 WD 65 CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Chevron Championship00000163
Women's PGA Championship00000073
U.S. Women's Open00000075
The Evian Championship00001174
Women's British Open000003137
Totals0000154022
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2014 Evian – 2016 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

References
  1. "Lee- Anne Pace on South Africa". Ladies European Tour. 10 April 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. "Lee-Anne Pace secures Wales Ladies triumph". BBC Sport. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  3. "Pace wins Order of Merit". Independent Online (South Africa). 11 December 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
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