Alison Nicholas

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Alison Nicholas Template:Post-nominals (born 6 March 1962) is an English professional golfer, who won the 1997 U.S. Women's Open.

Amateur career

Nicholas was born in Gibraltar. She was educated at the School of St Mary and St Anne (now Abbots Bromley School for Girls). She enjoyed a very successful amateur career in England. She started playing golf at the age of 17 and won the 1982 and 1983 Northern Girls Amateur Open. Nicholas was the 1983 British Amateur Stroke Play champion. In 1983, Nicholas won the Yorkshire Ladies County Championship.

Professional career

Nicholas turned professional in 1984 and joined the Ladies European Tour in the same year. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1989.

Nicholas won the Women's British Open in 1987, when it was recognised as a major championship by the Ladies European Tour only, and the 1997 U.S. Women's Open. She became the seventh player to have won both the British and U.S. Open titles, joining Laura Davies, Jane Geddes, Betsy King, Patty Sheehan, Liselotte Neumann and Annika Sörenstam.

At her retirement at the end of the 2004 season, Nicholas had won 12 events on the Ladies European Tour. She topped the European Tour Order of Merit in 1997 and finished in the top-10 15 times in 16 seasons between 1985 and 2000. She also won four times on the LPGA Tour, between 1995 and 1999, including winning the U.S. Women's Open in 1997. In 1992, she won both the Western Australian Open and the Malaysian Open.

She won the 1991 Vivien Saunders Trophy for lowest stroke average (71.71). In 1997, she became the Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year, was awarded The Association of Golf Writers Trophy and was voted LET Players' Player of the Year, 1997 Evening Mail Sports Personality of the Year and 1997 Midlands Sports Personality of the Year.

In the 1998 Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to women's golf,[1] and in 2002 became a Life Member of the Ladies European Tour.

Nicholas was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2000, forming a formidable partnership with Laura Davies. She was non-playing assistant captain in 2005. In 2007, Nicholas was selected captain for the 2009 and 2011 European Solheim Cup teams.[2] In 2011, she led the European team to a 15–13 victory at Killeen Castle outside Dublin, Ireland.

Professional wins (18)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 28 May 1995 LPGA Corning Classic[3] −13 (70-67-66-72=275) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Barb Mucha
2 10 Sep 1995 Ping-AT&T Wireless Services LPGA Golf Championship[4] −9 (66-73-68=207) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Kelly Robbins
3 13 Jul 1997 U.S. Women's Open −10 (70-66-67-71=274) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Nancy Lopez
4 20 Feb 1999 Sunrise Hawaiian Ladies Open −7 (70-66-73=209) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Annette DeLuca
Template:Flagicon Moira Dunn

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1993 LPGA Corning Classic Template:Flagicon Kelly Robbins Lost to par on first extra hole

Ladies European Tour wins (12)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Aug 1987 Weetabix Women's British Open[5] +4 (74-76-73-73=296) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Laura Davies
Template:Flagicon Muffin Spencer-Devlin
2 26 Sep 1987 Laing Charity Classic[6] −8 (76-67-69-69=281) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Corinne Dibnah
3 21 May 1988 British Olivetti Tournament[7] −9 (71-72-69-71=283) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jane Connachan
4 4 Sep 1988 Variety Club Celebrity Classic[8] −12 (68-67-69=204) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Dale Reid
5 2 Oct 1988 James Capel Guernsey Open[8] −14 (68-72-67-67= 274) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Alison Sheard
6 30 Jul 1989 Lufthansa Ladies' German Open[9] −19 (67-69-68-65=269) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Patricia Gonzalez
7 27 Aug 1989 Gislaved Ladies Open[10] E (73-72-69-74=288) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Liselotte Neumann
8 3 Nov 1989 Qualitair Classic[11] −3 (69-74-70=213) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Peggy Conley
Template:Flagicon Sofia Grönberg
9 2 Sep 1990 Variety Club Celebrity Classic[12] (2) −13 (68-68-68-71=275) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Sofia Grönberg
10 10 May 1992 AGF Ladies' Open de Paris[13] −9 (66-68-73-68=275) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Alicia Dibos
11 6 Aug 1995 Payne & Gunter Scottish Open[14] −16 (66-67-70-69=272) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Patricia Meunier
12 28 Jul 1996 Guardian Irish Open[15] −11 (69-73-65-70=277) 8 strokes Template:Flagicon Trish Johnson

Ladies European Tour Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1990 Laing Ladies Charity Classic[16] Template:Flagicon Laurette Maritz Lost

Note: Nicholas won the Women's British Open once before it was co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour in 1994, and recognized as a major championship on the LPGA Tour in 2001.

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Other wins (2)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner-up
1997 U.S. Women's Open −10 (70-66-67-71=274) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Nancy Lopez

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup record

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 18 7–8–3 1–3–2 4–3–0 2–2–1 8.5 47.22%
1990 3 1–2–0 0–1–0 lost to N. Lopez 6&4 1–0–0 won w/L. Davies 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/L. Davies 4&3 1 33.3%
1992 3 2–1–0 0–1–0 lost to J. Inkster 3&2 1–0–0 won w/L. Davies 1up 1–0–0 won w/L. Davies 1up 2 66.7%
1994 3 2–1–0 1–0–0 def P. Sheehan 3&2 1–0–0 won w/L.Davies 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/L.Davies 2&1 2 66.7%
1996 3 0–1–2 0–0–1 halved w/ K. Robbins 0–1–0 lost w/L. Davies 1dn 0–0–1 halved w/H. Alfredsson 1 33.3%
1998 2 0–2–0 0–1–0 lost to T. Green 1dn 0–1–0 lost w/H. Alfredsson 3&1 0 0%
2000 4 2–1–1 0–0–1 halved w/S. Steinhauer 1–1–0 won w/L. Davies 4&3, lost w/L.Davies 6&5 1–0–0 won w/H. Alfredsson 3&2 2.5 62.5%

See also

Notes and references

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External links

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