Cristie Kerr

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox golfer Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked golfer in the Women's World Golf Rankings for three time periods in 2010. She is naturally left handed but plays golf right handed.

Amateur career

Kerr was born in Miami, Florida, and started playing golf at the age of eight. She had a successful amateur career, winning the 1994 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship[1] and the 1995 Women's Western Amateur. She was the 1995 American Junior Golf Association Junior Player of the Year.[2] In 1996 she played in the Curtis Cup[3][4] and was the low amateur at the U.S. Women's Open. She graduated from Miami Sunset High School in West Kendall, Florida.[5]

Professional career

Kerr's first win in a professional tournament came in April 1995 in the Ironwood FUTURES Classic on the Futures Tour, which she played while still an amateur.[6][7]

She turned professional in 1996 at age 18 after graduating from high school, playing on both the Futures Tour and Players West Tour. In October 1996, she tied for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to gain exempt status for 1997.[8] Her LPGA career started fairly slowly; she broke into the top fifty on the money list in her third season in 1999, but did not win until her sixth season. In 2002, she won her first LPGA event at the Longs Drugs Challenge in California. By 2004, she was one of the leading players on the tour, with three tournament victories, and a fifth-place finish on the money list. She won two tournaments in 2005 and moved up to third on the money list. She tied for second at the 2000 U.S. Women's Open, matched by her performance in the 2006 Women's British Open. Her first win of 2006 came at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship where she posted a tournament-record score of 19 under par. In 2006, she was the only American to win more than one event on the LPGA Tour, winning three times. She won the 2007 U.S. Women's Open, her first major championship. She was also a member of the United States Solheim Cup team in 2002,[9] 2003,[10] and 2005.[11]

The hallmarks of Kerr's game are putting; she finished in the top five on the LPGA Tour in putts/greens hit in 2005 and 2006 and iron play. She was fifth in greens-in-regulation in 2005. In 2005, Kerr finished in the top 10 in half of the tournaments she entered, and ranked second in the LPGA in scoring average, trailing only Annika Sörenstam.

In 2010, Kerr won two of the first 10 tournaments on the LPGA Tour, including the LPGA Championship, which she won by a record-breaking 12-stroke margin over the second-place finisher Song-Hee Kim. As a result of this finish, she went to the top of the Women's World Golf Rankings on June 28, 2010.[12] Kerr held the position for three weeks before Ai Miyazato again regained the top ranking by a margin of 0.0006 average points.[13]

In 2015, Kerr won the CME Group Tour Championship by one shot over fellow American Gerina Piller and South Korean Jang Ha-na.[14][15] That year she made 24 cuts out of 25 events, captured her 17th career victory at the Kia Classic and posted a 3–0–1 record at her eight Solheim Cup, helping the U.S. team to victory.

In 2016, she recorded four top-10 finishes, including a tie for seventh at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship. She was also on the victorious U.S. team at the UL International Crown, where she posted a team-best 3–1–0 record. In 2017, Kerr recorded her 19th and 20th career wins, moving her into a tie with Laura Davies for 26th all-time on the LPGA career wins list. That year she also participated in her ninth Solheim Cup for the U.S., posting a 3–0–1 record, thereby surpassing Juli Inkster for the all-time lead in points recorded by a U.S. player in Solheim Cup history (21). In 2018, Kerr recorded two top-10 finishes, with a season-best finish tied for second at the Kia Classic[16]

Breast cancer activism

Kerr is actively involved in fundraising for breast cancer research.

The LPGA and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation awarded Kerr the 2006 LPGA Komen Award[17] due to her dedication to find a cure for breast cancer through the foundation that she founded called Birdies for Breast Cancer. Kerr donates $50 per birdie. As of August 2009, she has raised over $750,000 through donations and an annual charity event.[18] Kerr created the foundation in honor of her mother, Linda, who has been her inspiration. The foundation was created in 2003, the year that her mother Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer.[17] Kerr also founded Curvature Wines, which helps to raise money for breast cancer charities.[19]

Personal life and off-course activities

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Kerr made an appearance on an episode of the third season of Donald Trump's television series The Apprentice in 2005. In 2006, Kerr married businessman Erik Stevens. Kerr and Stevens maintain a residence in Scottsdale, Arizona. One of her sponsors is Mutual of Omaha, which donates money to her breast cancer research foundation every time she places third or better.[21]

Kerr partnered with Pride Mountain Vineyards in Napa, California, to launch her Curvature wine label with the 2006 vintage. She has also launched a new wine venture, Kerr Cellars, with winemaker Helen Keplinger, beginning with a 2013 vintage. The label now produces Pinot noir and red and white Bordeaux blends. In 2013, she passed the Court of Master Sommeliers level I test.[22]

On December 8, 2013, Kerr and Stevens welcomed their first child, a son named Mason, via a surrogate.[23] Kerr welcomed a second boy, Griffin, on August 28, 2018.[24]

On December 4, 2020, Kerr and her caddie Matt Gelczis were injured in a collision between golf carts before sunrise prior to the start of the second round of the Volunteers of America Classic at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas. The two were sent to an emergency room at a local hospital, and released later that day. Kerr withdrew from the tournament.[25] After completing the first round of the 2020 U.S. Women's Open, in which she shot a 71, she described what happened: Kerr and Gelczis struck another cart head-on, having been blinded by its headlights, which the cart Kerr was riding on didn't have; she and Gelczis were using a flashlight to try and find their way to the driving range, where the other cart had been coming from.[26] The two were thrown from the cart; Kerr landed on her chest, suffering three dislocated ribs, and bruising on her arms; in order to get through her first round at the U.S. Women's Open, she regularly took pain medication.[27] According to Kerr, Gelczis's injuries were far less severe, receiving only a "bump on the head", and whiplash.[28]

Professional wins (25)

LPGA Tour wins (20)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (18)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Apr 21, 2002 Longs Drugs Challenge 66-72-67-75=280 −8 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Hee-Won Han 135,000
2 Apr 17, 2004 LPGA Takefuji Classic 69-67-73=209 −7 Playoff Template:Flagicon Seol-An Jeon 165,000
3 Jun 20, 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic 66-68-68=202 −11 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Paula Creamer (a)
Template:Flagicon Giulia Sergas 		195,000
4 Sep 5, 2004 State Farm Classic 69-63-63-69=264 −24 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Christina Kim 180,000
5 May 8, 2005 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill 68-68-68-72=276 −8 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Jill McGill 330,000
6 Aug 28, 2005 Wendy's Championship for Children 68-67-66-69=270 −18 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Paula Creamer
Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam 		165,000
7 May 7, 2006 Franklin American Mortgage Championship 67-69-66-67=269 −19 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Pat Hurst
Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa
Template:Flagicon Angela Stanford 		165,000
8 Aug 13, 2006 CN Canadian Women's Open 67-70-74-65=276 −12 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Angela Stanford 255,000
9 Sep 10, 2006 John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic 70-61-68=199 −14 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam 150,000
10 Jul 1, 2007 U.S. Women's Open 71-72-66-70=279 −5 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa
Template:Flagicon Angela Park 		560,000
11 Aug 24, 2008 Safeway Classic 71-67-65=203 −13 Playoff Template:Flagicon Helen Alfredsson
Template:Flagicon Sophie Gustafson 		255,000
12 May 10, 2009 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill (2) 69-63-66-70=268 −16 2 strokes Template:Flagicon In-Kyung Kim 330,000
13 Jun 13, 2010 LPGA State Farm Classic (2) 67-67-63-69=266 −22 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Na Yeon Choi
Template:Flagicon Anna Nordqvist 		255,000
14 Jun 27, 2010 LPGA Championship 68-66-69-66=269 −19 12 strokes Template:Flagicon Song-Hee Kim 337,500
15 Nov 11, 2012 Lorena Ochoa Invitational 67-69-67-69=272 −16 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Inbee Park
Template:Flagicon Angela Stanford 		200,000
16 May 5, 2013 Kingsmill Championship (3) 66-71-66-69=272 −12 Playoff Template:Flagicon Suzann Pettersen 195,000
17 Mar 29, 2015 Kia Classic 67-68-68-65=268 −20 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Mirim Lee 255,000
18 Nov 22, 2015 CME Group Tour Championship 68-69-66-68=271 −17 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jang Ha-na
Template:Flagicon Gerina Piller 		500,000
19 Apr 15, 2017 Lotte Championship 71-69-62-66=268 −20 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Chun In-gee
Template:Flagicon Jang Su-yeon
Template:Flagicon Lydia Ko 		300,000
20 Oct 29, 2017 Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia 70-63-65-71=269 −15 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Jacqui Concolino
Template:Flagicon Shanshan Feng
Template:Flagicon Danielle Kang 		270,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 LPGA Takefuji Classic Template:Flagicon Seol-An Jeon Won with par on seventh extra hole
2 2004 ADT Championship Template:Flagicon Annika Sörenstam Lost to bogey on first extra hole
3 2008 Safeway Classic Template:Flagicon Helen Alfredsson
Template:Flagicon Sophie Gustafson 		Won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2008 Navistar LPGA Classic Template:Flagicon Candie Kung
Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa 		Ochoa won with par on second extra hole
Kerr eliminated by par on first hole
5 2013 Kingsmill Championship Template:Flagicon Suzann Pettersen Won with par on second extra hole
6 2017 Volunteers of America Texas Shootout Template:Flagicon Haru Nomura Lost to birdie on sixth extra hole

Futures Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner-up Winner's
share ($)
1 Apr 3, 1995 Ironwood Futures Classic 71-67=138 −6 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Stephanie Comstock n/a^

^ Won as an amateur, top professional (Comstock) earned $4,500.[6]

Ladies European Tour (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Oct 8, 2017 Lacoste Ladies Open de France −17 (62-64-68-69=263) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Lin Xiyu

Other wins (2)

Legends of the LPGA wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2007 U.S. Women's Open −5 (71-72-66-70=279) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Lorena Ochoa, Template:Flagicon Angela Park
2010 LPGA Championship −19 (68-66-69-66=269) 12 strokes Template:Flagicon Song-Hee Kim

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order.

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Chevron Championship CUT T35
U.S. Women's Open CUT T36LA 60 CUT T2
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT T5 WD
du Maurier Classic CUT T54 T17 CUT
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Chevron Championship T66 T3 T11 T5 T3 T35 T20 T21 T2 T5
U.S. Women's Open T4 T32 T13 T27 T10 T28 1 T13 T3 T17
Women's PGA Championship CUT T41 T34 T17 T33 T5 T18 T10 T31 1
Women's British Open ^ CUT T29 T14 T11 T5 T2 T33 6 T8 T5
Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chevron Championship CUT T22 T19 T4 T41 T45 7 T30 T52 T32
U.S. Women's Open 3 T9 T20 CUT CUT T8 T19 T52 CUT T23
Women's PGA Championship T3 T12 T12 T17 T19 T50 CUT T49 T60 T37
The Evian Championship ^^ CUT T67 T53 T39 T18 CUT CUT NT
Women's British Open ^ T14 T13 16 WD T13 72 T59 T28 CUT CUT
Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Chevron Championship T28
U.S. Women's Open CUT
Women's PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
The Evian Championship CUT
Women's British Open

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

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CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 0 1 2 6 7 12 23 21
U.S. Women's Open 1 1 2 5 8 14 26 20
Women's PGA Championship 1 0 1 4 5 11 29 19
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 4
Women's British Open 0 1 0 3 5 11 20 16
du Maurier Classic 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
Totals 2 3 5 18 25 50 110 82
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 36 (2002 Kraft Nabisco – 2010 British Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2009 U.S. Open – 2010 LPGA)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
1997 27 14 0 0 0 0 T15 49,058 112 73.44 109
1998 26 17 0 0 0 1 T4 88,613 74 72.89 90
1999 23 16 0 0 0 3 T5 177,978 47 72.09 53
2000 24 23 0 2 1 8 T2 530,751 15 71.94 19
2001 23 18 0 0 2 5 3 373,947 28 72.26 60
2002 26 22 1 1 3 8 1 685,393 12 71.47 17
2003 23 21 0 2 2 8 T2 696,097 13 70.69 7
2004 24 22 3 2 0 11 1 1,189,990 5 70.33 4
2005 22 20 2 2 4 11 1 1,360,941 3 70.86 2
2006 26 26 3 3 0 19 1 1,578,362 5 70.07 3
2007 22 19 1 0 1 6 1 1,098,921 6 71.88 17
2008 26 26 1 1 0 11 1 1,108,839 10 70.88 5
2009 25 25 1 1 2 13 1 1,519,722 2 70.28 3
2010 21 21 2 2 2 13 1 1,601,552 3 69.95 2
2011 22 20 0 3 3 12 2 1,470,979 2 70.71 3
2012 23 21 1 0 0 7 1 837,314 14 71.27 19
2013 21 18 1 0 1 5 1 710,946 19 71.19 22
2014 24 22 0 2 1 11 2 911,883 15 70.57 11
2015 25 21 2 1 0 8 1 1,294,301 7 70.64 13
2016 25 22 0 0 0 4 T7 456,215 39 71.23 33
2017 23 21 2 1 1 10 1 1,414,752 7 69.95 12
2018 22 20 0 1 0 2 T2 426,981 51 71.09 33
2019 21 13 0 0 0 3 T9 181,456 80 71.64 79
2020 16 12 0 0 0 2 T6 243,576 47 71.43 35
2021 14 7 0 0 0 1 T6 98,870 113 72.06 95
2022 13 5 0 0 0 0 T12 58,962 139 72.38 123
2023 10 3 0 0 0 0 33 13,449 180 73.96 n/a
2024 2 0 0 0 0 0 CUT 0 n/a 74.00 n/a
Totals^ 599 495 20 24 23 182 1 20,179,848 3

^ Official as of 2024 season[29][30][31]
* Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Notes
2006 4 [32]
2007 6 [33]
2008 7 [34]
2009 4 [35]
2010 2 [36]
2011 4 [37]
2012 11 [38]
2013 12 [39]
2014 13 [40]
2015 11 [41]
2016 30 [42]
2017 10 [43]
2018 31 [44]
2019 110 [45]
2020 99 [46]
2021 167 [47]
2022 394 [48]
2023 818 [49]
2024 unranked [50]

Team appearances

Amateur

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 38 18–14–6 3–4–2 4–5–3 11–5–1 21 55.3
2002 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to S. Gustafson 3&2 0–1–0 lost w/ M. Redman 4&3 1–1–0 won w/ R. Jones 1 up,
lost w/ R. Jones 1 up 		1 25.0
2003 4 3–1–0 1–0–0 def. S. Pettersen 1 up 0–1–0 lost w/ K. Kuehne 3&1 2–0–0 won w/ K. Kuehne 2&1,
won w/ K. Kuehne 2&1 		3 75.0
2005 4 2–2–0 0–1–0 lost to G. Nocera 2&1 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Gulbis 2&1 2–0–0 won w/ N. Gulbis 2&1,
won w/ P. Creamer 1 up 		2 50.0
2007 5 1–3–1 0–1–0 lost to L. Wessberg 1 up 0–1–1 halved w/ P. Hurst,
lost w/ N. Castrale 1 dn 		1–1–0 won w/ N. Castrale 3&2,
lost w/ M. Presel 3&2 		1.5 30.0
2009 4 2–1–1 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Hjorth 1–0–0 won w/ M. Wie 1 up 1–1–0 won w/ P. Creamer 1 up,
lost w/ N. Castrale 1 up 		2.5 62.5
2011 5 2–2–1 0–1–0 lost to K. Stupples 10&81 1–0–1 won w/ M. Wie 2&1,
halved w/ P. Creamer 		1–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 2 down,
won w/ M. Pressel 1 up 		2.5 50.0
2013 4 1–2–1 0–0–1 halved with K. Icher 0–1–0 lost w/ P. Creamer 2&1 1–1–0 won w/ M. Wie 2&1,
lost w/ M. Pressel 2dn 		1.5 37.5
2015 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. C. Hull 3&2 1–0–0 won w/ L. Thompson 2&1 1–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson
won w/ L. Thompson 3&2 		3.5 87.5
2017 4 3–0–1 1–0–0 def. M. Reid 2&1 1–0–1 halved w/ L. Thompson
won w/ L. Thompson 5&3 		1–0–0 won w/ L. Thompson 4&2 3.5 87.5

1 Kerr conceded the match at the start because of injury; Solheim Cup rules categorized this as a 10 and 8 loss.

See also

References

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Awards and achievements
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2011, 2012 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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