Brittany Lang

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Brittany Lang
— Golfer —

Lang in August 2009
Personal information
Born (1985-08-22) August 22, 1985
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality  United States
Residence McKinney, Texas, U.S.
Career
College Duke University
(two years)
Turned professional 2005
Current tour(s) LPGA (joined 2006)
Professional wins 1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour 1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship T8: 2006
LPGA Championship T18: 2008
U.S. Women's Open T2: 2005
Women's British Open 2nd: 2011
The Evian Championship T57: 2013

Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Amateur career

Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior All-American, in 2001 and 2002. Lang represented the United States at the PING Junior Solheim Cup in 2002. In 2003, she won the North and South Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur in consecutive weeks. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title.

Following graduation from McKinney High School in 2003,[1] Lang played golf at Duke University for two years and won six collegiate tournaments. She was also named the 2004 ACC Freshman of the Year and NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year, and the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and won back-to-back ACC individual titles in 2004 and 2005.

Lang was also a member of the victorious 2004 U.S. Curtis Cup Team and won medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, where she advanced to the quarterfinals of match play.

While still an amateur, Lang competed as a sponsor's exemption in both the 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship and the LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 15th. She finished her amateur career at the 2005 U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, where she tied for second with fellow low amateur Morgan Pressel, two strokes behind champion Birdie Kim.

Professional career

After two years of college golf at Duke, Lang turned professional in July 2005, shortly after her T2 finish at the U.S. Women's Open. She received sponsor's exemptions in 2005 to the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (T36), State Farm Classic, and Canadian Women's Open (T6). She was the medalist in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September, then finished T22 at the final stage in December to earn full playing privileges for the 2006 season.[2]

Lang recorded six top-ten finishes both in 2006 and 2008; by the end of 2008, her third season on the LPGA Tour, her career earnings exceeded $1 million.

Lang's first professional win came in June 2012 at the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada, where she triumphed in a four-player playoff. It was the first-ever victory in an LPGA event by a former Duke Blue Devil,[3][4] and Lang's 154th event on tour.[5]

Lang has five top ten finishes in major championships: four as a professional and one as an amateur. Her best finish is a solo second at the 2011 Women's British Open at Carnoustie.

Professional wins (1)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory		 Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Jun 24, 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic 69-65-67-67=268 –16 Playoff South Korea Hee Kyung Seo
South Korea Inbee Park
South Korea Chella Choi		 195,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2012 Manulife Financial LPGA Classic South Korea Chella Choi
South Korea Inbee Park
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo		 Lang won with birdie on third extra hole
Park eliminated with birdie on second hole
Choi eliminated with birdie on first hole

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship CUT T6 T15 T21 T17 T10 T57 T26 CUT
LPGA Championship DNP DNP T69 T18 T39 T42 CUT T62 T72
U.S. Women's Open T2TLA CUT CUT T31 T40 T5 T50 T21 T7
Women's British Open DNP CUT CUT CUT T33 T43 2 CUT CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T57

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

  • Starts – 34
  • Wins – 0
  • 2nd place finishes – 2
  • 3rd place finishes – 0
  • Top 3 finishes – 2
  • Top 5 finishes – 3
  • Top 10 finishes – 6
  • Top 25 finishes – 11
  • Missed cuts – 10
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 9
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played 		Cuts
made 		Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish 		Earnings
($) 		Money
list rank 		Scoring
average 		Scoring
rank 		Rolex
ranking
2005 6 4 0 1 0 2 T2 500 n/a 71.90 n/a
2006 27 21 0 0 2 7 T3 538,552 21 71.35 16 28
2007 26 15 0 0 0 2 T4 348,148 39 73.05 60 53
2008 28 23 0 2 0 8 T2 630,294 30 71.79 29 46
2009 26 25 0 2 0 7 T2 675,065 19 71.08 15 26
2010 22 16 0 0 0 2 T5 297,213 35 72.32 44 48
2011 22 20 0 1 0 7 2 627,691 16 72.00 27 32
2012 25 24 1 0 0 3 1 575,263 24 71.59 26 27
2013 28 22 0 0 0 1 T7 355,809 42 71.97 46 60

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches 		Total
W–L–H 		Singles
W–L–H 		Foursomes
W–L–H 		Fourballs
W–L–H 		Points
won 		Points
%
Career 11 5–4–2 2–0–1 1–3–0 2–1–1 6.0 54.5
2009 3 1–0–2 0–0–1 halved w/ L. Davies 1–0–1 won w/ B. Lincicome 5&4,
halved w/ A. Stanford		 2.0 66.7
2011 4 1–3–0 1–0–0 def. S. Gal 6&5 0–2–0 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn
lost w/ J. Inkster 3&2		 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 4&3 1.0 25.0
2013 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&1 1–1–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 2&1
won w/ M. Wie 2&1		 1–0–0 won w/ B. Lincicome 4&3 3.0 75.0

References

  1. ↑ Wixon, Matt (June 25, 2012). "Former McKinney golf star Brittany Lang earns first LPGA title". DallasNews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2012. 
  2. ↑ "2005 Final Qualifying Tournament results". LPGA. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
  3. ↑ Ballengee, Ryan (June 24, 2012). "Lang becomes first Duke alumnae to win on LPGA". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 12, 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Lang wins her first professional tournament". Duke University Athletics, sports information. June 24, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012. 
  5. ↑ Robinson, Katie Ann (September 6, 2012). "Easy does it: Lang finds secret to success". LPGA. Retrieved October 16, 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Brittany Lang stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 25, 2013. 

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