Laura Davies
No Year Tournament Opponent ( s ) Result
1 1987 U.S. Women 's Open JoAnne Carner Ayako Okamoto Won 18-hole playoff ( Davies:71 , Okamoto:73 , Carner:74 )
2 1992 ShopRite LPGA Classic Anne Marie Palli Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 1992 Rail Charity Golf Classic Nancy Lopez Last to par on first extra hole
4 1994 JAL Big Apple Classic Beth Daniel Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 1995 Samsung World Championship of Women 's Golf Annika Sörenstam Lost to birdie on first extra hole
6 1996 State Farm Rail Classic Michelle McGann Barb Whitehead McGann won with birdie on third extra hole
7 1996 Toray Japan Queens Cup Mayumi Hirase Lost to par on third extra hole
8 1997 Standard Register PING Kelly Robbins Won with par on first extra hole
9 1997 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic Tammie Green Lost to eagle on fifth extra hole
10 1999 PageNet Championship Se Ri Pak Karrie Webb Pak won with birdie on first extra hole
Professional wins ( 87 ) -- LPGA Tour ( 20 )
Legend LPGA Tour major championships ( 4 ) Other LPGA Tour ( 16 ) No . Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner ( s ) -up 1 26 Jul 1987 U.S. Women 's Open −3 ( 72-70-72-71=285 ) Playoff JoAnne Carner Ayako Okamoto 2 20 Mar 1988 Circle K LPGA Tucson Open −10 ( 64-74-69-72=278 ) 1 stroke Robin Walton 3 5 Jun 1988 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic −11 ( 69-70-69-69=277 ) 3 strokes Nancy Lopez 4 18 Jun 1989 Lady Keystone Open −9 ( 67-73-67=207 ) 1 stroke Pat Bradley 5 10 Mar 1991 Inamori Classic −11 ( 70-68-72-67=277 ) 4 strokes Lynn Connelly Judy Dickinson 6 16 May 1993 McDonald 's Championship −7 ( 66-69-73-69=277 ) 1 stroke Sherri Steinhauer 7 20 Mar 1994 Standard Register PING −15 ( 69-72-66-70=277 ) 4 strokes Elaine Crosby Beth Daniel 8 8 May 1994 Sara Lee Classic −13 ( 65-70-68=203 ) 1 stroke Meg Mallon 9 15 May 1994 McDonald 's LPGA Championship −5 ( 70-72-69-68-279 ) 3 strokes Alice Ritzman 10 19 Mar 1995 Standard Register PING −12 ( 69-68-70-73=280 ) 1 stroke Beth Daniel 11 23 Apr 1995 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship −15 ( 67-67-67=201 ) 4 strokes Kelly Robbins 12 24 Mar 1996 Standard Register PING −8 ( 71-73-69-71=284 ) 1 stroke Kristal Parker-Manzo 13 12 May 1996 McDonald 's LPGA Championship E ( 72-71-70=213 ) 1 stroke Julie Piers 14 4 Aug 1996 du Maurier Classic −11 ( 71-70-70-66=277 ) 2 strokes Nancy Lopez Karrie Webb 15 25 Aug 1996 Star Bank LPGA Classic −12 ( 68-66-70=204 ) 3 strokes Pat Hurst Maggie Will 16 23 Mar 1997 Standard Register PING −15 ( 70-69-70-68=277 ) Playoff Kelly Robbins 17 22 Nov 1998 PageNet Tour Championship −11 ( 66-67-75-69=277 ) 4 strokes Brandie Burton Pat Hurst Karrie Webb 18 13 Feb 2000 Los Angeles Women 's Championship −5 ( 67-71-73=211 ) 3 strokes Carin Koch Janice Moodie Michele Redman 19 7 May 2000 The Philips Invitational −5 ( 68-67-68-72=275 ) 2 strokes Dottie Pepper 20 10 Jun 2001 Wegmans Rochester International −9 ( 68-68-69-74=279 ) 3 strokes Maria Hjorth Wendy Ward LPGA Tour playoff record ( 2–8 )
Dame Laura Jane Davies, DBE (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer. She has achieved the status of her nation's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, being the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list as well as winning the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006. As of 2018, Davies has 85 professional wins worldwide, with 20 on the LPGA Tour, including four majors. From 1985 to 2010, she won at least one individual title somewhere in the world every season, except for 2005, and was the first golfer, male or female, to win tournaments on five continents in one year. She is a member of U.S.-based LPGA Tour and a life member of the Ladies European Tour. She was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2015.