Lee-Anne Pace

Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.

Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape.^[1] She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.

Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe,^[2] the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit^[3] and won the LET Player of the Year.

After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixth Ladies European Tour event in May when she took a one stroke victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that victory up with another in July, again winning by a stroke, at the Open De España Femenino. She concluded the 2013 season by winning in a playoff at the Sanya Ladies Open. The victory was her eighth on tour and netted her a second LET Player of the Year award. In October 2014, Pace would win her ninth LET event when she was victorious in her home country, winning the Cell C South African Women's Open, in a playoff, after a final round comeback. A week later, Pace won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.

Amateur wins

• 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Championship
• 2005 Western Athletic Conference Championship

Professional wins (10)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	26 Oct 2014	Blue Bay LPGA	−16 (67-66-67=200)	3 strokes	Caroline Masson

Ladies European Tour wins (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	20 Jun 2010	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	−12 (69-67-68=204)	1 stroke	Vikki Laing
2	15 Aug 2010	S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe	−6 (74-71-67-70=282)	3 strokes	Melissa Reid Christel Boeljon
3	29 Aug 2010	Finnair Masters	−14 (66-64-69=199)	3 strokes	Vikki Laing
4	24 Oct 2010	Sanya Ladies Open	−11 (68-71-66=205)	1 stroke	Stefanie Michl
5	31 Oct 2010	Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open	−5 (71-72-68=211)	Playoff	Hannah Jun Julieta Granada Christel Boeljon
6	12 May 2013	Turkish Airlines Ladies Open	−3 (70-77-70-72=289)	1 stroke	Minea Blomqvist Carlota Ciganda Charley Hull
7	21 Jul 2013	Open De España Femenino	−13 (67-69-68-71=275)	1 stroke	Mikaela Parmlid
8	27 Oct 2013	Sanya Ladies Open	−13 (67-66-70=203)	Playoff	Yu Yang Zhang
9	19 Oct 2014	Cell C South African Women's Open	−5 (71-73-67=211)	Playoff	Holly Clyburn

References

External links

• Lee-Anne Pace at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Lee-Anne Pace at the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane official site