Danielle Ammaccapane

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Danielle Ammaccapane
Personal information
Born ( 1965-11-27 ) November 27, 1965 (age 58)
Babylon, New York , U.S.
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality   United States
Career
College Arizona State University
Turned professional 1988
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour
Professional wins 7
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 7
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship T11: 1989, 1991
Women's PGA C'ship T14: 1990
U.S. Women's Open T3: 1990
du Maurier Classic T9: 1995
Women's British Open T25: 2001

Danielle Ammaccapane (born November 27, 1965) is an American professional golfer playing on the LPGA Tour . Her daughter, with husband Rod Kesling, is child actor Laura Ann Kesling . [1]

Amateur career [ edit ]

Ammaccapane was born in Babylon, New York . She had a successful junior and amateur career and won the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in 1985. [2] She played her collegiate golf at Arizona State University becoming NCAA National Champion in 1985, [3] All-American First team in 1985 and 1986 and All-American Second team in 1987. She was also All-Conference First team from 1984?1987 and won the Pac-10 championship in 1987. [4] She became a member of the Arizona State University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. [5]

She represented the United States in the 1986 Curtis Cup . [6] [7]

Professional wins (7) [ edit ]

LPGA Tour wins (7) [ edit ]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 Mar 24, 1991 Standard Register PING ?9 (74-70-70-69=283) 2 strokes Canada Barb Bunkowsky-Scherbak
United States Meg Mallon
2 Mar 22, 1992 Standard Register PING ?13 (72-69-69-69=279) 2 strokes United States Kristi Albers
3 May 3, 1992 Centel Classic ?12 (69-68-69-69=275) 1 stroke United States Michelle Estill
Sweden Liselotte Neumann
United States Colleen Walker
4 Jun 21, 1992 Lady Keystone Open ?8 (68-71-69=208) 2 strokes United States Nancy Lopez
United States Muffin Spencer-Devlin
United States Lori West
5 Jun 15, 1997 Edina Realty LPGA Classic ?8 (70-70-68=208) 1 stroke United States Jane Geddes
Japan Mayumi Hirase
Japan Hiromi Kobayashi
Scotland Catriona Matthew
6 May 3 1998 Mercury Titleholders Championship ?12 (70-68-67-71=276) 1 stroke United States Michelle Estill
7 Sep 6, 1998 Safeway LPGA Golf Championship ?12 (65-67-72=204) 1 stroke United States Emilee Klein

Team appearances [ edit ]

Amateur

Professional

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ Danielle Ammaccapane's Daughter Lands Lead Role In Movie
  2. ^ "U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Championship Past Champions" . USGA (United States Golf Association). Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 . Retrieved April 21, 2007 .
  3. ^ "History ? Past Champions" . NCAA. Archived from the original on April 17, 2007 . Retrieved April 21, 2007 .
  4. ^ "Honors and Accolades" . Arizona State Sun Devils. Archived from the original on February 9, 2007 . Retrieved April 20, 2007 .
  5. ^ "ASU Announces Hall of Fame Choices for 1997" . Arizona State University . July 15, 1997. Archived from the original on October 28, 2006 . Retrieved April 21, 2007 .
  6. ^ "1986 Curtis Cup" . USGA (United States Golf Association) . Retrieved April 21, 2007 .
  7. ^ "Previous Curtis Cup Matches 1932?2002" . USGA . Retrieved April 20, 2007 .

External links [ edit ]