Amy Fruhwirth | |
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Personal information | |
Born | (1968-07-23) July 23, 1968 (age 56) Cypress, California, U.S. |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
Career | |
College | Arizona State University |
Status | Professional |
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1993-2004) |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
LPGA Tour | 1 |
Other | 1 |
Best results in LPGA major championships | |
Chevron Championship | T3: 1997 |
Women's PGA C'ship | T12: 2000 |
U.S. Women's Open | T28: 1995 |
du Maurier Classic | T10: 1996 |
Women's British Open | CUT: 2003 |
Amy Fruhwirth (born July 23, 1968) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Fruhwirth was born in Cypress, California. She played college golf at Arizona State University where she was a three-time All-American. In her amateur career, she won the 1991 California Women's Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur and 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links. She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1992. She also finished runner-up in the 1985 U.S. Girl's Junior.
Fruhwirth played on the LPGA Tour from 1993 to 2004, winning once in 1998.
She was inducted into the Sun Devil Women's Golf Hall of Fame in 2005.
Amateur wins
- 1986 AJGA Tournament of Champions
- 1991 California Women's Amateur Championship, U.S. Women's Amateur
- 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links
Professional wins (2)
LPGA Tour wins (1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | Jul 21, 1998 | Friendly's Classic | -8 (69-71-68-72=280) | 2 strokes | Kim Saiki Charlotta Sörenstam |
Other wins (1)
- 1997 JCPenney Classic (with Clarence Rose)
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1992
References
- ^ LPGA profile Archived June 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- 1985 U.S. Girls' Junior Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- "LPGA All-Time Winners List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99 Archived September 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "Anna Nordqvist Part of 2022 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame Class". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
External links
- Amy Fruhwirth at the LPGA Tour official site
- Amy Fruhwirth at the Legends Tour former site
- American female golfers
- Arizona State Sun Devils women's golfers
- LPGA Tour golfers
- Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
- Golfers from California
- Golfers from Scottsdale, Arizona
- People from Cypress, California
- Sportspeople from Orange County, California
- 1968 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American sportswomen