Lorie Kane

Lorie Kane
Personal information
Born December 19, 1964 (1964-12-19) (age 47)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality  Canada
Residence Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Career
College Acadia University
Turned professional 1993
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 1996)
Professional wins 6
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 4
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship 8th: 2005
LPGA Championship T12: 2001
U.S. Women's Open 4th/T4: 1999, 2005
du Maurier Classic T5: 2000
Women's British Open T6: 2006
Achievements and awards
LPGA Heather Farr
Player Award
1998
LPGA William and
Mousie Powell Award
2000

Lorie Kane, CM (born December 19, 1964 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She began her career on the LPGA Tour in 1996 and has four career victories on the tour. She became a member of the Order of Canada at a ceremony in December 2006.[1][2]

Kane is a graduate of Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Contents

Professional wins (6)

LPGA Tour (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 6 Aug 2000 Michelob Light Classic -11 (68-66-71=205) 3 strokes Kristi Albers
2 1 Oct 2000 New Albany Golf Classic -11 (74-67-68-68=277) Playoff Mi-Hyun Kim
3 5 Nov 2000 Mizuno Classic -12 (70-68-66=204) Playoff Sophie Gustafson
4 10 Feb 2001 LPGA Takefuji Classic -11 (70-69-66=205) 2 strokes Annika Sörenstam

LPGA Tour playoff record (2-7)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1997 State Farm Rail Classic Cindy Figg-Currier, Kris Tschetter Figg-Currier won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1997 ITT LPGA Tour Championship Pat Hurst
Annika Sörenstam
Sörenstam won with par on third extra hole
Hurst eliminated with par on first hole
3 1999 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship Rachel Hetherington Lost to birdie on first extra hole
4 1999 Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic Sherri Steinhauer Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
5 2000 New Albany Golf Classic Mi-Hyun Kim Won with birdie on first extra hole
6 2000 Mizuno Classic Sophie Gustafson Won with birdie on first extra hole
7 2002 LPGA Takefuji Classic Annika Sörenstam Lost to birdie on first extra hole
8 2003 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Jennifer Rosales, Annika Sörenstam,
Rachel Teske
Teske won with birdie on third extra hole
9 2004 Safeway Classic Hee-Won Han Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 1991 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T18 T29 T35
LPGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T16 T30 T26 CUT
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T48 T19 4 T17
du Maurier Classic ^ CUT CUT CUT T67 T36 T30 CUT T6 T5
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship T42 T9 T39 T35 8 T58 CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
LPGA Championship T12 T33 T34 T49 T46 CUT T62 T40 CUT T64 T57
U.S. Women's Open T7 T18 T22 T29 T4 T24 DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
Women's British Open T46 CUT T19 CUT T58 T6 CUT DNP DNP DNP T43

^ The du Maurier Classic was discontinued after the 2000 event.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

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