Catriona Matthew | |
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Matthew after her victory at the 2009 Women's British Open |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Catriona Isobel Matthew |
Born | 25 August 1969 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
Nationality | Scotland |
Residence | North Berwick, Scotland |
Spouse | Graeme Matthew |
Children | Katie (b. 2007) Sophie (b. 2009) |
Career | |
College | University of Stirling |
Turned professional | 1995 |
Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1995) Ladies European Tour (joined 1995) |
Professional wins | 9 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 4 |
Ladies European Tour | 4 |
ALPG Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1) |
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Kraft Nabisco C'ship | T2: 2007 |
LPGA Championship | 8th: 2002 |
U.S. Women's Open | T4: 2001 |
du Maurier Classic | 5th: 1999 |
Women's British Open | Won: 2009 |
Achievements and awards | |
Ladies European Tour Player of the Year |
2009 |
Heather Farr Player Award | 2009 |
Catriona Isobel Matthew (née Lambert) MBE (born 25 August 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.
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Catriona Lambert was born in Edinburgh, and grew up in North Berwick. She learned to play golf on the Children's Course and North Berwick West Links in the town. She had a successful junior and amateur career, becoming Scottish Girls champion in 1986 and Scottish Under-21 Stroke Play champion in 1988 and 1989. She captured the Scottish Amateur title in 1991, 1993 and 1994, and the British Amateur title in 1993.[1] She is also a two time winner of the St Rule Trophy played at St. Andrews.[2] She was a member of the 1990,[3] 1992[4] and 1994 Great Britain & Ireland Curtis Cup teams.[5] She graduated from the University of Stirling in 1992 having studied accountancy, this being one of a few British universities offering golf scholarships.[6]
Matthew qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for fifth at the 1994 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1995 season.[7] She soon established herself on the Tour, and her best seasons were 2001 and 2005, when she finished tenth on the money list.
Matthew also qualified for the Ladies European Tour in 1995 and plays several events on that tour each season. She won her maiden professional tournament at the Holden Women's Australian Open in 1996.[7] She won the 1998 McDonald's WPGA Championship on the Ladies European Tour. She was a member of the 1998 Solheim Cup Team[8] and first reserve for the 2000 matches held in her native Scotland. When Helen Alfredsson hurt her wrist she was called into the team but Alfredsson recovered and Matthew did not play.[9] She was somewhat controversially left out of the 2002 Solheim Cup team[10][11] but was a captain's pick for the 2003 team,[12][13] gaining the Cup winning point.[14] She was a captain's pick for the 2005 team as well.[15] She qualified outright for the 2007, 2009 and 2011 Solheim Cup teams.
She teamed with Janice Moodie to represent Scotland at the 2005[16] and 2006 Women’s World Cup of Golf.[17] and was a member of the victorious International team captained by Annika Sörenstam in the inaugural Lexus Cup.[18]
She won the 2007 Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika.[19]
In January 2009, she won the inaugural HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2009, an unofficial LPGA event with a field of 14 LPGA players and a Brazilian national amateur. Matthew was five months pregnant with her second child at the time of the victory.[20]
On 2 August 2009 at Royal Lytham & St Annes, Matthew won the Ricoh Women's British Open with a final score of 3-under-par over second place finisher Karrie Webb. It was her first win in a major tournament. The victory came 11 weeks after she gave birth to her second daughter, Sophie. She was the first player from Scotland to win a women's major golf tournament.[21]
On 13 November 2011, Matthew won her fourth LPGA title at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.
Matthew's husband Graeme is her caddy and in January 2007 they had their first child, a daughter, Katie. Matthew gave birth to a second daughter named Sophie on 16 May 2009.[22]
In July 2009, Matthew and her husband escaped a fire at the hotel they were staying in while she played in the Evian Masters. Graeme suffered burns to his feet and was unable to caddy for two rounds.[23]
Matthew was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[24]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
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1 | 17 Feb 2001 | Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open | 67-71-72=210 | -6 | 3 strokes | Annika Sörenstam | 112,500 |
2 | 22 Aug 2004 | Wendy's Championship for Children | 72-67-71-68=278 | -10 | Playoff | Hee-Won Han | 165,000 |
3 | 2 Aug 2009 | Ricoh Women's British Open1 | 74-67-71-73=285 | -3 | 3 strokes | Karrie Webb | 335,000 |
4 | 13 Nov 2011 | Lorena Ochoa Invitational | 69-68-68-71=276 | -12 | 4 strokes | I.K. Kim Anna Nordqvist |
200,000 |
LPGA Tour playoff record (1-0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2004 | Wendy's Championship for Children | Hee-Won Han | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share (€) |
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1 | 9 Aug 1998 | McDonald's WPGA Championship | 71-69-67-69=276 | -12 | 5 strokes | Helen Alfredsson Laura Davies |
45,000 |
2 | 12 Aug 2007 | Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika | 71-74-66-68=279 | -10 | 3 strokes | Sophie Gustafson Laura Diaz |
78,750 |
3 | 2 Aug 2009 | Ricoh Women's British Open1 | 74-67-71-73=285 | -3 | 3 strokes | Karrie Webb | 235,036 |
4 | 20 Aug 2011 | Aberdeen Ladies Scottish Open | 70-65-76=201 | -15 | 10 strokes | Hannah Jun | 33,000 |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 9 Nov 1996 | Holden Women's Australian Open (ALPG Tour) | 72-74-68-69=283 | -12 | 3 strokes | Karrie Webb |
2 | 25 Jan 2009 | HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup (unofficial event on LPGA Tour) | 69-69=138 | -6 | 5 strokes | Kristy McPherson |
1 The Ricoh Women's British Open is co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
Majors championships are shown in bold.
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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2009 | Ricoh Women's British Open | -3 (74-67-71-73=285) | 3 strokes | Karrie Webb |
Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | T13 | T7 | T27 |
LPGA Championship | CUT | DNP | T25 | T37 | CUT | CUT |
U.S. Women's Open | DNP | T52 | 27 | CUT | T8 | T44 |
du Maurier Classic | CUT | T12 | T41 | T14 | 5 | T46 |
Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | CUT | T51 | 5 | 5 | 44 | CUT | T2 | CUT | DNP |
LPGA Championship | T30 | 8 | T37 | T61 | T49 | CUT | T10 | CUT | DNP |
U.S. Women's Open | T4 | T22 | T22 | 19 | T31 | 19 | T16 | T17 | DNP |
Women's British Open ^ | T3 | T35 | CUT | T29 | 21 | CUT | T7 | T38 | 1 |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 |
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Kraft Nabisco Championship | T15 | CUT |
LPGA Championship | T34 | T34 |
U.S. Women's Open | CUT | T21 |
Women's British Open | CUT | T5 |
^ 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.
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts Made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best Finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
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1995 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 37,832 | 101 | 73.59 | |
1996 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T5 | 76,490 | 79 | 73.12 | |
1997 | 30 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | T2 | 221,276 | 33 | 72.15 | |
1998 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T13 | 118,157 | 63 | 72.33 | |
1999 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 370,162 | 21 | 71.53 | |
2000 | 28 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 278,382 | 32 | 72.10 | |
2001 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 747,970 | 10 | 71.41 | |
2002 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | T2 | 567,394 | 15 | 71.22 | |
2003 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 506,273 | 21 | 71.22 | |
2004 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 650,444 | 14 | 71.16 | 17 |
2005 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 776,924 | 10 | 71.46 | 12 |
2006 | 18 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | T4 | 191,153 | 65 | 72.90 | 83 |
2007 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | T2 | 518,366 | 28 | 72.16 | 25 |
2008 | 22 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | T2 | 433,726 | 41 | 71.92 | 35 |
2009 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 480,678 | 26 | 71.44 | 21 |
2010 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | T6 | 264,717 | 40 | 72.16 | 37 |
2011 | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 692,340 | 16 | 71.12 | 11 |
Year | Total matches |
Total W-L-H |
Singles W-L-H |
Foursomes W-L-H |
Fourballs W-L-H |
Points won |
Points % |
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Career | 25 | 12-7-6 | 5-1-0 | 4-4-3 | 3-2-3 | 16.5 | 64.3% |
1998 | 3 | 1-2-0 | 0-1-0 lost to S. Steinhauer 3&2 | 1-1-0 won w/ A. Sörenstam 3&2, lost w/ A. Sörenstam 3&2 |
0-0-0 | 1.0 | 33.3% |
2003 | 5 | 3-1-1 | 1-0-0 def. R. Jones 3&1 | 1-0-1 won w/ J. Moodie 5&3, halved w/ J. Moodie |
1-1-0 lost w/ L. Davies 2&1, won w/ J. Moodie 4&3 |
3.5 | 70.0% |
2005 | 5 | 2-2-1 | 1-0-0 def. W. Ward 3&2 | 0-1-1 halved w/ C. Koch, lost w/ A. Sörenstam 1 dn |
1-1-0 won w/ A. Sörenstam 2&1, lost w/ C. Koch 1 dn |
2.5 | 50.0% |
2007 | 4 | 3-1-0 | 1-0-0 def. L. Diaz 3&2 | 1-1-0 lost w/ A. Sörenstam 4&2, won w/ A. Sörenstam 1 up |
1-0-0 won w/ I. Tinning 4&2 | 3.0 | 75.0% |
2009 | 4 | 1-1-2 | 1-0-0 def. K. McPherson 3&2 | 0-1-0 lost w/ J. Moodie 2&1 | 0-0-2 halved w/ M. Hjorth, halved w/ D. Luna |
2.0 | 50.0% |
2011 | 4 | 2-0-2 | 1-0-0 def. P. Creamer 6&5 | 1-0-1 won w/ A. Muñoz 3&2; halved w/ A. Muñoz |
0-0-1 halved w/ S. Gal | 3.0 | 75.0% |
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