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American professional golfer

Janet Anderson
Personal information
Born	(1956-03-10) March 10, 1956 (age 68) West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	Slippery Rock Teacher's College
Turned professional	1978
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1978-1997)
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1)
Chevron Championship	T23: 1980
Women's PGA C'ship	T3: 1982
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1982
du Maurier Classic	T12: 1980

Janet Anderson (born March 10, 1956) is an American professional golfer.

Anderson was born in West Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States. She attended Slippery Rock Teacher's College. Her rookie year on the LPGA Tour was 1978. She achieved her only LPGA Tour victory in 1982 at one of the LPGA majors, the 1982 U.S. Women's Open. She also had her highest finish on the money list that year, placing 13th. Her last season on the tour was 1997.

Prior to her divorce in January 1983, Anderson played using her married name Janet Alex.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (1)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	Jul 25, 1982	U.S. Women's Open	−5 (70-73-72-68=283)	6 strokes	JoAnne Carner Beth Daniel Sandra Haynie Donna White

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1982	U.S. Women's Open	−5 (70-73-72-68=283)	6 strokes	JoAnne Carner, Beth Daniel, Sandra Haynie, Donna White

References

"Janet Anderson LPGA Open Chamopion". Mixcloud. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
Janet Anderson hopes to end long slump

External links

Janet Anderson at the LPGA Tour official site
Janet Anderson at the Legends Tour official site (also at former site)

v t e U.S. Women's Open champions
1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954 Babe Zaharias‡ 1955 Fay Crocker‡ 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958 Mickey Wright‡ 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963 Mary Mills‡ 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967 Catherine LaCoste‡# 1968 Susie Berning‡ 1969 Donna Caponi 1970 Donna Caponi‡ 1971 JoAnne Carner‡ 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee 2016 Brittany Lang† 2017 Park Sung-hyun 2018 Ariya Jutanugarn† 2019 Lee Jeong-eun 2020 Kim A-lim 2021 Yuka Saso† 2022 Minjee Lee 2023 Allisen Corpuz 2024 Yuka Saso
† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

U.S. Women's Open champions

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

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