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{{short description|American professional golfer}}
{{use mdy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Wendy Ward
| image             = 2009 Women's British Open - Wendy Ward (6).jpg
| imagesize         = 225px
| caption           = Ward at the 2009 [[Women's British Open]]
| fullname          = 
| nickname          = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1973|5|6}}
| birth_place       = [[San Antonio, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1973|5|6}} -->
| death_place       = 
| height            = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| weight            = 
| nationality       = {{USA}}
| residence         = [[Edwall, Washington]]<ref name="res">{{cite web |publisher=Doctors Foster and Smith Pet Blog |url=http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2010/02/special-interest/ |title=An LPGA Golfer's Passion for Pets |date=2010-02-18 |access-date=2010-08-04 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235236/http://www.dfs-pet-blog.com/2010/02/special-interest/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| spouse            = Nate Hair (m. 1998)<ref name="res" />
| partner           = 
| children          = 
| college           = [[Arizona State University]]<br />(graduated 1995)
| yearpro           = 1995
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour              = 
| extour            = [[LPGA Tour]] (1996–2013)
| prowins           = 4
| lpgawins          = 4
| otherwins         = <!-- Number of Other wins -->
| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| nabisco           = T28: 2004
| lpga              = T3: [[2000 LPGA Championship|2000]], [[2001 LPGA Championship|2001]]
| wusopen           = T14: 2010
| dumaurier         = T16: 1997
| wbritopen         = T6: [[2003 Women's British Open|2003]]
| evian             = DNP
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear         = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1            = [[Honda Sports Award|Honda Award]]
| year1             = 1994, 1995
| award2            =
| year2             = 
| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
'''Wendy Ward''' (born May 6, 1973) is an American [[professional golfer]] who played on the [[LPGA Tour]].

==Early life, education and amateur career==
Ward was born in [[San Antonio, Texas]].

She attended [[Arizona State University]]<ref name="asu">{{cite web |publisher=Arizona State University |url=http://asunews.asu.edu/20100712_WGolf_Ward_Munoz |title=Ward and Munoz finish in Top 20 at U.S. Women's Open |date=2010-07-12 |access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref> where she had a successful [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) career. She was a two-time [[Honda Sports Award]] winner,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asunow.asu.edu/content/asu-golf-great-wendy-ward-inducted-ngca-hall-fame |title=ASU golf great Wendy Ward inducted to NGCA Hall of Fame |date=2008-12-04 |website=ASU Now |access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/golf |title=Golf |publisher=CWSA |access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref> a three-time first team [[All-American]], the Pac-10 Champion in 1993 and 1995 and led ASU to team titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995. She graduated in 1995 with a degree in business Management.<ref name="asu2">{{cite web |publisher=Arizona State University |url=http://asunews.asu.edu/20100513_WGolf_NCAA_Championships |title=Women's golf looks to defend NCAA title |date=2010-05-13 |access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref><ref name="asu3">{{cite web |publisher=Arizona State University |url=http://asunews.asu.edu/20100707_ASU_Seven_USOpen |title=Seven former Sun Devil golfers set for U.S. Women's Open |date=2010-07-07 |access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref>

In 1994, she won the [[U.S. Women's Amateur]] and represented the U.S. in the [[Curtis Cup]], the biennial team competition between amateur golfers from the United States and those from Great Britain and Ireland.

==Professional career==
Ward turned professional in 1995 and qualified for the [[LPGA Tour]] on her first attempt to become a [[rookie]] in 1996. Her first win came at the 1997 [[Fieldcrest Cannon Classic]] where she set both the all-time 54 and 72-hole LPGA scoring records; both records have since been broken.<ref name="1997fieldcrest">{{cite news |newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=geIxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XqYFAAAAIBAJ&dq=fieldcrest%20cannon%20classic%20wendy%20ward&pg=4167%2C9183050 |title=Ward sets record; King finishes fifth |date=1997-09-29 |access-date=2010-08-04 |page=D5 |via=Google News Archives}}</ref>

She won four tournaments on the tour. Her best season was 2001, when she finished 12th on the official LPGA Tour money list.

Ward was a member of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 U.S. [[Solheim Cup]] teams. She was also selected as an assistant captain to [[Juli Inkster]] for the [[2015 Solheim Cup]] team.

==Personal life==
Ward lives on a {{convert|300|acre|km2|adj=on}} cattle ranch in [[Edwall, Washington]] where she operates a cow/calf beef operation with her husband, Nate Hair.<ref name="res" />

==Professional wins (4)==
===LPGA Tour wins (4)===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|1
|Sep 28, [[1997 LPGA Tour|1997]]
|[[Fieldcrest Cannon Classic]]
|−23 (66-65-64-70=265)
|2 strokes<ref name="1997fieldcrest" />
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jane Geddes]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosie Jones (golfer)|Rosie Jones]]
|-
|2
|Feb 21, [[1998 LPGA Tour|1998]]
|[[Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open]]
|−4 (65-69-70=204)
|Playoff<ref name="cupnoodles">{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Golf Digest]] |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HFI/is_2_50/ai_54378689/ |title=LPGA Tour 1998 At a Glance |access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dana Dormann]]
|-
|3
|Aug 12, [[2001 LPGA Tour|2001]]
|[[Wendy's Championship for Children]]
|−21 (65-62-68=195)
|3 strokes<ref name="wendyschamp">{{cite news |work=The Golf Channel |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/lpga/2001-wendys-championship-for-children/scores/?sc=11323#11323 |title=2001 Wendy's Championship for Children Leaderboard |access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Moira Dunn]]<br />{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Annika Sörenstam]]
|-
|4
|Apr 16, [[2005 LPGA Tour|2005]]
|[[LPGA Takefuji Classic]]
|−16 (65-68-67=200)
|2 strokes<ref name="takefujiwin">{{cite web |url=http://www.8monkeys.net/golf/history.shtml |title=Takefuji Classic Past Winners|access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref><ref name="takefujiwin2">{{cite news |work=The Golf Channel |url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/players/wendy-ward/?year=2005 |title=Wendy Ward Event Results 2005 |access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref>
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Lorena Ochoa]]
|}

'''LPGA Tour playoff record (1–2)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|1
|1998
|[[Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dana Dormann]]
|Won with par on first extra hole 
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|2
|2001
|[[LPGA Champions Classic]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Wendy Doolan]]
|Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|3
|2003
|[[Wendy's Championship for Children]]
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Hee-Won Han]]
|Lost to birdie on third extra hole
|}

==Results in LPGA majors==
''Results not in chronological order''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000
|-
|align=left|[[Chevron Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|T33
|T43
|-
|align=left|[[Women's PGA Championship]]
|CUT
|T25
|style="background:yellow;"|T4
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|T19
|CUT
|T19
|T40
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[du Maurier Classic]] 
|T53
|T16
|T34
|T20
|T55
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009
|-
|align=left|[[Chevron Championship]]
|T36
|T36
|T48
|T28
|T50
|T35
|WD
|T58
|T36
|-
|align=left|[[Women's PGA Championship]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|CUT
|T11
|T30
|CUT
|T16
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|T19
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|T36
|T41
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]] ^
|CUT
|T56
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|T56
|CUT
|T67
|T23
|T59
|CUT
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament !! 2010 !! 2011 !! 2012 !! 2013 !! ... !! 2024
|-
|align=left|[[Chevron Championship]]
|CUT
|T33
|T56
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|T14
|T34
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[Women's PGA Championship]]
|T67
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Evian Championship]] ^^
|style="background:#eeeeee;" colspan=3|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.<br>
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br />
WD = withdrew<br>
"T" = tied

===Summary===
*Starts – 63
*Wins – 0
*2nd-place finishes – 0
*3rd-place finishes – 2
*Top 3 finishes – 2
*Top 5 finishes – 3
*Top 10 finishes – 4
*Top 25 finishes – 14
*Missed cuts – 23
*Most consecutive cuts made – 8
*Longest streak of top-10s – 1

==U.S. national team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[[Curtis Cup]]: 1994 (tie)
*[[Espirito Santo Trophy]]: [[1994 Espirito Santo Trophy|1994]] (winners)

'''Professional'''
*[[Solheim Cup]]: [[2002 Solheim Cup|2002]] (winners), [[2003 Solheim Cup|2003]], [[2005 Solheim Cup|2005]] (winners)

===Solheim Cup record===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 95%;"
! Year !! Total<br>matches !! Total<br>W–L–H !! Singles<br>W–L–H !! Foursomes<br>W–L–H !! Fourballs<br>W–L–H !! Points<br>won !! Points<br>%
|-
|Career
|11
|'''''2–8–1'''''
|'''''0–2–1'''''
|'''''2–3–0'''''
|'''''0–3–0'''''
|2.5
|23%
|-
|[[2002 Solheim Cup|2002]]
|4
|'''''2–1–1'''''
|'''''0–0–1''''' halved w/ [[Annika Sörenstam|A. Sörenstam]]
|'''''2–0–0''''' won w/ [[Beth Daniel|B. Daniel]] 1 up, won w/ [[Emilee Klein|E. Klein]] 3&2
|'''''0–1–0''''' lost w/ [[Beth Daniel|B. Daniel]] 4&3
|2.5
|62.5%
|-
|[[2003 Solheim Cup|2003]]
|4
|'''''0–4–0'''''
|'''''0–1–0''''' lost to [[Iben Tinning|I. Tinning]] 2&1
|'''''0–2–0''''' lost w/ [[Juli Inkster|J. Inkster]] 5&3, lost w/ [[Heather Bowie|H. Bowie]] 3&2
|'''''0–1–0''''' lost w/ [[Rosie Jones (golfer)|R. Jones]] 4&3
|0
|0%
|-
|[[2005 Solheim Cup|2005]]
|3
|'''''0–3–0'''''
|'''''0–1–0''''' lost to [[Catriona Matthew|C. Matthew]] 3&2
|'''''0–1–0''''' lost w/ [[Laura Diaz|L. Diaz]] 5&3
|'''''0–1–0''''' lost w/ [[Pat Hurst|P. Hurst]] 2&1
|0
|0%
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*{{LPGA player|wendy-ward/82306}}
*{{Legends Tour player|id=wendy-ward|old_id=345}}

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{{2002 United States Solheim Cup team}}
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{{2017 United States Solheim Cup team}}
{{2019 United States Solheim Cup team}}
}}
{{Honda Sports Award}}

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