JoAnne Carner

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**Jo Anne Carner**
Personal Information

Birth	April 4, 1939 (1939-04-04) (age 69) Kirkland, Washington
Height	5 ft 7 in
Nationality	United States
College	Arizona State University
Career
Turned Pro	1970
LPGA wins	43
Career earnings	$2,973,823
Major Championship results Wins: 2
Kraft Nabisco	T2: 1989
LPGA Championship	2: 1974, 1982, 1992
U.S. Women's Open	Won 1971, 1976
du Maurier Classic	2: 1981, 1984
Awards
LPGA Rookie of the Year	1970
LPGA Player of the Year	1974, 1981, 1982
LPGA Vare Trophy	1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983
LPGA Tour Money Winner	1974, 1981, 1982
USGA Bob Jones Award	1981
Golf Writers Association of America Female Player of the Year	1982, 1983
Inducted to World Golf Hall of Fame	1982

JoAnne Gunderson Carner (born April 4, 1939, Kirkland, Washington) is a former American professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the USGA Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to win three different USGA championship events. Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.

In 1981, Carner was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. She captained the 1994 U.S. Solheim Cup team.

1 Amateur career
2 Professional career
3 Professional wins (43)
- 3.1 LPGA Tour (43)
4 Results in LPGA majors
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Amateur career

The Great Gundy (as she was known before she married Don Carner) remained an amateur until she was 30. From 1956 to 1968, she was the dominant woman in amateur golf. She accumulated five U.S. Women's Amateur titles, ranking her second only to Glenna Collett Vare who had six. She was runner-up two other times. In 1966, Carner needed 5 extra holes (41 holes in total) to beat Marlene Stewart Streit in the longest final match in U.S. Women's Amateur history. She also won the USGA Girls' Junior in 1956.

In 1969 while still an amateur, Carner won an LPGA event, the Burdine's Invitational. She became the last amateur to win on the LPGA tour.

[edit] Professional career

JoAnne Carner's greatest professional victories were her 1971 and 1976 U.S. Women's Opens. In 1971, she led after each round and won easily, finishing seven shots better than Kathy Whitworth who finished in second. ^[1] In 1976, Carner needed an 18-hole playoff to defeat Sandra Palmer.

Big Mama (her other nickname) was the second player in LPGA history to cross the $1 million mark in career earnings. She had an unusually long career, remaining competitive through the late 1990's. During 2004, she still played 10 tournaments and became the oldest player to make a cut on the LPGA Tour at age 64. ^[2]

[edit] Professional wins (43)

[edit] LPGA Tour (43)

1969 (1) Burdine's Invitational
1970 (1) Wendell West Open
1971 (2) U.S. Women's Open, Bluegrass Invitational
1974 (6) Bluegrass Invitational, Hoosier LPGA Classic, Desert Inn Classic, St. Paul Open, Dallas Civitan Open, Portland Ladies Classic
1975 (3) American Defender Classic, Girl Talk Classic, La Canadienne
1976 (4) Orange Blossom Classic, Lady Tara Classic, Hoosier Classic, U.S. Women's Open
1977 (3) Talk Tournament '77, Borden Classic, National Jewish Hospital Open
1978 (2) La Canadienne, Borden Classic
1979 (2) Honda Civic Classic, Women's Kemper Open
1980 (5) Whirlpool Championship of Deer Creek, Bent Tree Ladies Classic, Sunstar 80, Honda Civic Golf Classic, Lady Keystone Open
1981 (4) S&H Golf Classic, Lady Keystone Open, Columbia Savings LPGA Classic, Rail Charity Golf Classic
1982 (5) Elizabeth Arden Classic, McDonald's Classic, Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf, Henredon Classic, Rail Charity Golf Classic
1983 (2) Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf, Portland PING Championship
1984 (1) LPGA Corning Classic
1985 (2) Elizabeth Arden Classic, SAFECO Classic

Note: Carner won the La Canadienne (which became the du Maurier Classic) before it became a major championship.

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1962	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978
LPGA Championship	DNP	T6	39	T12	T47	2	T9	DNP	T5	4
U.S. Women's Open	T15	T21	1	T29	T49	T4	T3	1	3	T2

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Nabisco Dinah Shore †	X	X	X	X	T4	T5	T26	T42	T47	T12	T2	T31
LPGA Championship	T6	T3	T5	2	T4	T56	CUT	T40	T28	T18	T54	DQ
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	T10	T6	T2	T2	T20	T48	T35	T2	T16	T17	18
du Maurier Classic	DNP	2	T7	T3	T2	5	T29	T14	DNP	CUT	T10	CUT

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Nabisco Dinah Shore	CUT	T17	T40	T48	CUT	T79	CUT	T18	CUT	DNP
LPGA Championship	8	T2	T37	T26	T38	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T11	T42	T11	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
du Maurier Classic	T69	CUT	T71	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T53	CUT

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Kraft Nabisco Championship †	DQ	DNP	CUT	T70	CUT
LPGA Championship	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP
U.S. Women's Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open ^	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

† The tournament now known as the Kraft Nabisco Championship was the Nabisco Dinah Shore Championship through 1999. It became the Nabisco Championship in 2000 and adopted its current name in 2002.
^The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
X = not a major
"T" = tied for place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.