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{{short description|Welsh professional golfer}}
{{about|the Welsh golfer|the former California State Senator|Becky Morgan (politician)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Becky Morgan
| image             = 2013 Women's British Open - Becky Morgan (1).jpg
| imagesize         = 250px
| caption           = Morgan at the [[2013 Women's British Open]]
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| nickname          = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1974|9|5|df=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Abergavenny]], [[Wales]]
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1974|9|5|df=y}} -->
| death_place       = 
| height            = {{height|ft=5|in=2}}
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| nationality       = {{WAL}}
| residence         = [[Ross-on-Wye]], [[Herefordshire]], [[England]]
| spouse            = 
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| college           = [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]
| yearpro           = 2000
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour              = [[LPGA Tour]] (joined 2001)<br>[[Ladies European Tour]] (joined 2001)
| extour            = <!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins           = 1
| lpgawins          = <!-- Number of LPGA Tour wins -->
| letwins           = 1
| jlpgawins         = <!-- LPGA of Japan Tour wins -->
| klpgawins         = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins -->
| lagtwins          = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins -->
| alpgwins          = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins -->
| futwins           = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins -->
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| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| nabisco           = T29: 2006
| lpga              = T6: [[2003 LPGA Championship|2003]]
| wusopen           = T28: 2006
| wbritopen         = T15: 2005
| evian             = CUT: 2013, 2019
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
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'''Becky Morgan''' (born 5 September 1974) is a [[Welsh People|Welsh]] [[professional golfer]] who plays mainly on the U.S.-based [[LPGA Tour]] but is also a member of the [[Ladies European Tour]].

==Amateur career==
Morgan was born in [[Abergavenny]]. She was introduced to the game of golf by her grandfather when she was 12<ref name="Age12">{{cite web |title=Becky Morgan - View from a Star |publisher=City and County of Swansea |url=http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=12834 |accessdate=2007-03-27 }}</ref> and had a successful amateur career. She was a member of the Welsh Junior and Under-21 teams and also won the 1991 and 1992 Welsh School Championship titles.<ref name="LPGABio">{{cite web |title=Becky Morgan Full Career Bio  |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Morgan-07.pdf  |accessdate=2007-03-28  |url-status=dead  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122052/http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Morgan-07.pdf  |archivedate=2007-09-29}}</ref> She was a member of the Great Britain and Ireland [[Curtis Cup]] team in 1998 and 2000<ref name="Curtis1">{{cite web |title=Previous Matches 1932-2002 |publisher=USGA |url=http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/previous_matches.html |accessdate=2007-03-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407105024/http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/previous_matches.html |archivedate=2007-04-07 |url-status=live}}</ref> and a member of the [[Vagliano Trophy]] team in 1997 and 1999. Morgan was the runner-up in 1996 and a semifinalist in 1997 at the [[British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship|British Amateur Championship]]. She was runner-up in the 1998 [[Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship]].<ref name="LPGABio"/><ref name="LETBio">{{cite web |title=Becky Morgan Player Profile |publisher=Ladies European Tour |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101040.htm |accessdate=2007-03-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311120920/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101040.htm |archivedate=2007-03-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Morgan was assisted by College Prospects of America to win a golf scholarship at the  [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]] in 1994,<ref name="Cpoauk">{{cite web |title=College Prospects of America UK Clients |publisher=USGA |url=http://www.cpoauk.com/success.htm  |accessdate=2007-03-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315104556/http://www.cpoauk.com/success.htm|archivedate=2007-03-15 |url-status=live}}</ref> and during the next four years won 10 NCAA Division I medalist titles, including three [[Big South Conference]] Championships from 1995 to 1997 resulting in her being named Big South [[All-American]] for those three years.<ref name="BigSouth">{{cite web |title=Big South All-Time All-Americans |publisher=Big South Sports |url=http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&KEY=&ATCLID=131007  |accessdate=2007-03-27}}</ref> She finished 10th in the NCAA Championship in 1997, the year she graduated with a major in Geography.<ref name="LPGABio"/>

Morgan returned to Wales and continued her amateur career finishing runner-up at the [[Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship]] in 1998 and 1999<ref name="LETBio"/> and second at the South Atlantic Amateur Championship in 2000.<ref name="Atlantic">{{cite magazine |title=South Atlantic Ladies Amateur |magazine=Golfweek |url=http://www.golfweekrankings.com/scores/2000/amateur/women/2389.asp |accessdate=2007-03-27 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418095419/http://www.golfweekrankings.com/scores/2000/amateur/women/2389.asp |archivedate=2007-04-18 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Professional career==
Morgan turned professional in August 2000. She qualified for the [[Ladies European Tour]] by finishing tied for sixth at the LET Qualifying School<ref name="LETBio"/> and earned non-exempt status on the [[LPGA Tour]] by finishing T14th at the [[LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament]]<ref name="LPGABio"/> and thus had rookie seasons on both sides of the Atlantic in 2001.

Morgan played in eight events on LET in 2001 without missing a cut, posting four top-10s<ref name="LETBio"/> including narrowly losing the French Open to Norway's [[Suzann Pettersen]] at the third playoff hole.<ref name="French">{{cite web |title=Pettersen defends in France |publisher=Ladies European Tour |date=2002-06-19 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4580 |accessdate=2007-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025113217/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4580 |archivedate=2006-10-25}}</ref> She also played 16 events on the LPGA earning her first LPGA top-10 finish with a tie for 7th at the [[Longs Drugs Challenge]]. She finished second to [[Hee-Won Han]] for Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honours.<ref name="LPGABio"/>

In 2002, Morgan competed in four events on the Evian Ladies European Tour, where she posted two top-10 finishes. She also played 18 events on the LPGA with a T7 at the [[ShopRite LPGA Classic]] being her only top-10 finish. In 2003, she finished second at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, the best LPGA finish of her career and in 23 starts had seven top-10s. She played in six events on the LET with her best finish being a tie for fourth at the HP Open. She narrowly missed out on a captain's pick for the [[2003 Solheim Cup]].<ref name="EUR2">{{cite web |title=European Team announced |publisher=Ladies European Tour |date=2003-08-25 |url=http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4249&page=101 |accessdate=2007-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930184812/http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4249&page=101 |archivedate=September 30, 2007}}</ref>

In 2004, Morgan played most of the year on the LPGA. In 24 starts, she amassed three top-10s. She also played in four events on the LET with her best finish being 3rd at the HP Open in Sweden. She also concentrated on the LPGA for 2005 and recorded one top-10 out of 23 events played. Her best performance on the LET was a tie for sixth on home soil at the Wales Ladies Championship.

Morgan teamed up with [[Becky Brewerton]] to finish 6th in the inaugural [[Women's World Cup of Golf]] in 2005. They teamed up again in 2006 when they finished third<ref name="WWCG2006">{{cite web |title=Beckys are third in the world |publisher=WLGU |url=http://wlgu.org/Summer%2006.pdf |accessdate=2007-03-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930010149/http://wlgu.org/Summer%2006.pdf |archive-date=2007-09-30 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and 2007 when they finished eighth.<ref name="ICWales">{{cite web |title=Sports round-up Golf: World Cup victory |publisher=South Wales Echo |date=2007-01-22 |url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/1200sportsroundup/tm_headline=golf--world-cup-victory&method=full&objectid=18514317&siteid=50082-name_page.html  |accessdate=2007-03-27}}</ref>

Morgan won her first professional tournament at the 2018 [[Hero Women's Indian Open]] on the Ladies European Tour.

==Ladies European Tour wins==
*[[2018 Ladies European Tour|2018]] [[Hero Women's Indian Open]]

==LPGA Tour career summary==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Wins !! Earnings ($) !! Money list rank !! Average
|-
|2001
|0
|align="right"|101,955
|83
|72.07
|-
|2002
|0
|align="right"|102,290
|80
|72.70
|-
|2003
|0
|align="right"|481,344
|23
|71.31
|-
|2004
|0
|align="right"|422,696
|29
|71.33
|-
|2005
|0
|align="right"|129,681
|70
|73.33
|-
|2006
|0
|align="right"|177,591
|67
|73.01
|-
|2007
|0
|align="right"|235,653
|55
|73.08
|-
|2008
|0
|align="right"|205,838
|65
|72.70
|-
|2009
|0
|align="right"|158,113
|65
|72.84
|-
|2010
|0
|align="right"|76,007
|83
|73.44
|-
|2011
|0
|align="right"|98,485
|69
|73.57
|-
|2012
|0
|align="right"|111,725
|74
|73.27
|-
|2013
|0
|align="right"|64,593
|96
|72.96
|-
|2014
|0
|align="right"|68,760
|102
|72.48
|-
|2015
|0
|align="right"|38,997
|120
|72.54
|-
|2016
|0
|align="right"|82,459
|102
|72.02
|-
|[[2017 LPGA Tour|2017]]
|0
|align=right|62,753
|124
|73.00
|-
|[[2018 LPGA Tour|2018]]
|0
|align=right|11,786
|157
|72.84
|-
|[[2019 LPGA Tour|2019]]
|0
|align=right|0
|–
|74.20
|-
|[[2020 LPGA Tour|2020]]
|0
|align=right|11,635
|148
|74.50
|-
|[[2021 LPGA Tour|2021]]
|0
|align=right|6,584
|174
|72.50
|-
|[[2022 LPGA Tour|2022]]
|0
|align=right|10,201
|182
|72.33
|}
* As of the 2022 season<ref>{{cite web |accessdate=1 December 2021 |title=Becky Morgan stats |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/players/becky-morgan/81327/stats}}</ref>

==Team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[[European Ladies' Team Championship]] (representing Wales): [[1995 European Ladies' Team Championship|1995]], [[1997 European Ladies' Team Championship|1997]], [[1999 European Ladies' Team Championship|1999]]
*[[Vagliano Trophy]] (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1997, 1999
*[[Curtis Cup]] (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1998, [[2000 Curtis Cup|2000]]
*[[Commonwealth Trophy]] (representing Great Britain): 1999

'''Professional'''
*[[Women's World Cup of Golf|World Cup]] (representing Wales): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
*[[The Queens (golf)|The Queens]] (representing Europe): 2016

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Becky Morgan}}
*{{Ladies European Tour player|101040}}
*{{LPGA player|becky-morgan/81327}}
*{{Legends Tour player|becky-morgan}}
*{{WWGR|796}}

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[[Category:Welsh female golfers]]
[[Category:Ladies European Tour golfers]]
[[Category:LPGA Tour golfers]]
[[Category:University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Abergavenny]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ross-on-Wye]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]