Nancy Lopez , fodd 6 januari 1957 i Torrance , Kalifornien , ar en amerikansk golfspelare , en av de mest framgangsrika kvinnliga spelarna genom tiderna. Hon spelade pa LPGA-touren under manga ar och ar medlem i World Golf Hall of Fame . Hon ar aven kand som Nancy Lopez-Melton och senare Nancy Lopez-Knight (efter sitt aktenskap med basebollspelaren Ray Knight ).

Lopez borjade spela golf vid 8 ars alder och var bara 12 ar gammal nar hon vann New Mexico Women's Amateur. De foljande aren vann hon USGA Junior Girls Championship tva ganger, 1972 och 1974 . Hon vann Western Junior tre ganger och Mexican Amateur 1975. Det aret spelade hon for forsta gangen i US Womens Open dar hon slutade pa andra plats.

Lopez blev professionell 1977 och det aret kom hon tvaa i US Women's Open . 1978 vann hon nio tavlingar och av dessa vann hon fem i rad vilket ar rekord och hon ar den enda spelaren som vunnit Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year och Vare Trophy under samma sasong. Samma ar vann hon sin forsta major , LPGA Championship .

Hon spelade i Solheim Cup 1990 och 2005 var hon kapten for USA :s lag.

Meriter [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

Majorsegrar [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

• 1978 LPGA Championship
• 1985 LPGA Championship
• 1989 LPGA Championship

LPGA-segrar [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

• 1978 Bent Tree Classic, Sunstar Classic, Greater Baltimore Classic, Coca-Cola Classic, Golden Lights Championship, Bankers Trust Classic, Colgate European Open, Colgate Far East Open
• 1979 Sunstar Classic, Sahara National Pro-Am, Women's International, Coca-Cola Classic, Golden Lights Championship, Lady Keystone Open, Colgate European Open, Mary Kay Classic
• 1980 Women's Kemper Open, The Sarah Coventry, Rail Charity Golf Classic
• 1981 Arizona Copper Classic, Colgate-Dinah Shore, The Sarah Coventry
• 1982 J&B Scotch Pro-Am, Mazda Japan Classic
• 1983 Elizabeth Arden Classic, J&B Scotch Pro-Am
• 1984 Uniden LPGA Invitational, Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf.
• 1985 Chrysler-Plymouth Classic, Mazda Hall of Fame Championship, Henredon Classic, Portland PING Championship
• 1987 Sarasota Classic, Cellular One-PING Golf Championship
• 1988 Mazda Classic, Ai Star/Centinela Hospital Classic, Chrysler-Plymouth Classic
• 1989 Atlantic City Classic, Nippon Travel-MBS Classic.
• 1990 MBS LPGA Classic
• 1991 Sara Lee Classic
• 1992 Rail Charity Golf Classic, PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
• 1993 Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic
• 1997 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship

Inofficiella segrar [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

• 1979 Portland-PING Team Championship (med Jo Ann Washam )
• 1980 JCPenney Classic (med Curtis Strange )
• 1987 Mazda Championship (med Miller Barber )
• 1992 Wendy's Three-Tour Challenge [med Dottie Pepper och Patty Sheehan )

Utmarkelser [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

• 1978 Rookie of the Year, Vare Trophy , Player of the Year, Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) Female Player of the Year
• 1979 Player of the Year, Vare Trophy,Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) Female Player of the Year
• 1985 Rolex Player of the Year , Vare Trophy,Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA) Female Player of the Year
• 1987 William and Mousie Powell Award. 1988 Rolex Player of the Year
• 1989 World Golf Hall of Fame
• 1992 Flo Hyman Award
• 1998 Bob Jones Award
• 2000 William D. Richardson Award, Old Tom Morris Award
• 2001 invald i Georgia Sports Hall of Fame
• 2003 Billie Jean King Contribution Award

Externa lankar [ redigera | redigera wikitext ]

Nancy Lopez pa LPGA