Jane Geddes

American professional golfer

This article is about the American golfer. For the British art historian, see Jane Geddes (art historian).

Jane Geddes

Personal information
Born|  (1960-02-05) February 5, 1960 (age 65)
Huntington, New York, U.S.
Height| 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality|  United States
Residence| Connecticut, U.S.
Partner| Gigi Fernández
Children| 2
Career
College| Florida State University
Turned professional| 1983
Former tour(s)| LPGA Tour (1983–2003)
Professional wins| 15
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour| 11
Ladies European Tour| 1
LPGA of Japan Tour| 1
ALPG Tour| 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron Championship| T5: 1986
Women's PGA C'ship| Won: 1987
U.S. Women's Open| Won: 1986
du Maurier Classic| 2nd: 1985
Women's British Open| T18: 2002

Jane Geddes (born February 5, 1960) is a retired American professional golfer. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1983 and won two major championships and 11 LPGA Tour events overall. Geddes was the Vice President of Talent Relations of WWE.[1]

## Career

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Geddes was born in Huntington, New York. She played college golf at Florida State University and was a member of the school's national championship team in 1981. She joined the LPGA Tour in 1983, posting runner-up finishes three times from 1984 to 1985.

Geddes broke through for her first professional victory when she won the 1986 U.S. Women's Open by defeating Sally Little in an 18-hole playoff. Then she won again the very next week. The year 1987 was her best, as she posted five victories, including the Mazda LPGA Championship, and four second-place finishes, finishing third on the money list. In all, seven of Geddes' 11 career wins came from 1986 to 1987.

Geddes won twice in 1991 and her last win was at the 1994 Chicago Challenge. Geddes finished in the Top 20 on the money list nine times, and posted 14 Top 10 finishes in majors in addition to her two major championship wins. In 2000, she was recognized during the LPGA's 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA's top-50 players and teachers. She retired from the LPGA Tour following the 2003 season.

Geddes co-founded an Internet e-commerce company named Planesia, which she sold in 2001. She received a degree in criminology from the University of South Florida in 2003, and later received a law degree from Stetson University College of Law in Florida. She also served as assistant captain of the U.S. Solheim Cup team in 2002 and 2003. In January 2007, she joined the LPGA Tour as Senior Director of Tournament Business Affairs. She was later promoted to Vice-President of Competition. In 2009, she was promoted again to Senior Vice President of Tournament Operations and Players Services.

In September 2011, Geddes left the LPGA to become VP of Talent Relations for World Wrestling Entertainment.[2] On March 4, 2015, it was reported that Geddes had parted ways with the WWE.

In April 2017, Geddes was named CEO of Executive Women's Golf Association (EWGA), a Florida not-for-profit corporation whose mission is to connect women to learn, play and enjoy golf for business and for fun. The EWGA was acquired by the LPGA and she became the Executive Director of the LPGA Amateur Golf Association.

From 2016 to 2019 she served as the Executive Director of the International Association of Golf Administrators.

In 2019 she left both positions in the LPGA Amateur Golf Association and International Association of Golf Administrators.[3]

## Personal life

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She currently resides near Stamford, Connecticut, with her partner, former professional tennis player Gigi Fernández, and their twins, Karson Xavier and Madison Jane.[4][5]

## Professional wins (15)

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### LPGA Tour (11)

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Legend

LPGA Tour major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (9)
No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | Margin of
victory  | Runner(s)-up

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1  | Jul 14, 1986 | U.S. Women's Open | −1 (74-74-70-69=287)  | Playoff  |  Sally Little
2  | Jul 20, 1986 | Boston Five Classic | −7 (71-70-72-68=281)  | 1 stroke  |  Deb Richard
3  | Mar 1, 1987 | Women's Kemper Open | −12 (67-70-69-70=276)  | Playoff  |  Cathy Gerring
4  | Mar 8, 1987 | GNA/Glendale Federal Classic | −2 (74-74-71-67=286)  | Playoff  |  Robin Walton
5  | May 24, 1987 | Mazda LPGA Championship | −13 (72-68-68-67=275)  | 1 stroke  |  Betsy King
6  | Jul 5, 1987 | Jamie Farr Toledo Classic | −8 (71-73-69-67=280)  | 2 strokes  |  Jill Briles-Hinton
Nancy Taylor
7  | Jul 19, 1987 | Boston Five Classic | −11 (73-70-67-67=277)  | 1 stroke  |  Jody Rosenthal
Donna White
8  | Jan 20, 1991 | The Jamaica Classic | −6 (71-72-64=207)  | 3 strokes  |  Patty Sheehan
9  | Jun 9, 1991 | Atlantic City Classic | −8 (71-68-69=208)  | 1 stroke  |  Amy Alcott
Cindy Schreyer
10  | Jun 6, 1993 | Oldsmobile Classic | −11 (72-68-68-69=277)  | 1 stroke  |  Tammie Green
Trish Johnson
Alice Ritzman
11  | Aug 21, 1994 | Chicago Challenge | −16 (68-69-68-67=272)  | 3 strokes  |  Dale Eggeling
Robin Walton

LPGA Tour playoff record (3–2)

No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result

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1  | 1986  | U.S. Women's Open |  Sally Little | Won 18-hole playoff (Geddes:71, Little:73)
2  | 1987  | Women's Kemper Open |  Cathy Gerring | Won with bogey on first extra hole
3  | 1987  | GNA/Glendale Federal Classic |  Robin Walton | Won with birdie on first extra hole
4  | 1991  | The Phar-Mor in Youngstown |  Deb Richard | Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5  | 1996  | HealthSouth Inaugural |  Martha Nause
Karrie Webb | Webb won with par on fourth extra hole
Nause eliminated by par on first hole

### Ladies European Tour (1)

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* 1989 Weetabix Women's British Open

### LPGA of Japan Tour (1)

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* 1987 Treasure Invitational

### ALPG Tour (2)

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* 1990 Daikyo Australian Ladies Masters
* 1991 Daikyo Australian Ladies Masters

## Major championships

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### Wins (2)

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Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up

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1986 | U.S. Women's Open | −1 (74-74-70-69=287) | Playoff 1 |  Sally Little
1987 | Mazda LPGA Championship | −13 (72-68-68-67=275) | 1 stroke |  Betsy King

1 In an 18-hole playoff, Geddes 71, Little 73.

## Team appearances

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Professional

* Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1996 (winners)
* Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2006 (winners)

## See also

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* List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins
* List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins

## References

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1. ^ Wertheim, L. Jon (July 8, 2013). "Jane Geddes". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on October 3, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
2. ^ Manahan, Theresa (September 28, 2011). "LPGA's Jane Geddes Leaving The Tour For Role With WWE". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
3. ^ LinkedIn Profile
4. ^ Crouse, Karen (August 29, 2010). "A Dream Deferred, Almost Too Long". The New York Times. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
5. ^ Best, Best (March 24, 2013). "Ex-LPGA golfer Jane Geddes now working for WWE". Newsday. Retrieved August 28, 2013.

## External links

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* Jane Geddes at the LPGA Tour official site
* Jane Geddes at the Legends Tour official site (also at former site)
* Jane Geddes at golf.about.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-02-17)

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Women's PGA Championship champions

* 1955 Beverly Hanson‡
* 1956 Marlene Hagge†
* 1957 Louise Suggs
* 1958 Mickey Wright‡
* 1959 Betsy Rawls
* 1960 Mickey Wright
* 1961 Mickey Wright‡
* 1962 Judy Kimball‡
* 1963 Mickey Wright
* 1964 Mary Mills
* 1965 Sandra Haynie
* 1966 Gloria Ehret
* 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth‡
* 1968 Sandra Post†‡
* 1969 Betsy Rawls
* 1970 Shirley Englehorn†
* 1971 Kathy Whitworth
* 1972 Kathy Ahern
* 1973 Mary Mills
* 1974 Sandra Haynie
* 1975 Kathy Whitworth
* 1976 Betty Burfeindt
* 1977 Hisako Higuchi
* 1978 Nancy Lopez
* 1979 Donna Caponi
* 1980 Sally Little
* 1981 Donna Caponi
* 1982 Jan Stephenson‡
* 1983 Patty Sheehan
* 1984 Patty Sheehan
* 1985 Nancy Lopez‡
* 1986 Pat Bradley
* 1987 Jane Geddes
* 1988 Sherri Turner
* 1989 Nancy Lopez
* 1990 Beth Daniel
* 1991 Meg Mallon
* 1992 Betsy King‡
* 1993 Patty Sheehan
* 1994 Laura Davies
* 1995 Kelly Robbins
* 1996 Laura Davies
* 1997 Christa Johnson†
* 1998 Se-ri Pak‡
* 1999 Juli Inkster
* 2000 Juli Inkster†
* 2001 Karrie Webb
* 2002 Se-ri Pak
* 2003 Annika Sörenstam†
* 2004 Annika Sörenstam
* 2005 Annika Sörenstam
* 2006 Se-ri Pak†
* 2007 Suzann Pettersen
* 2008 Yani Tseng†
* 2009 Anna Nordqvist
* 2010 Cristie Kerr‡
* 2011 Yani Tseng‡
* 2012 Shanshan Feng
* 2013 Inbee Park†
* 2014 Inbee Park†
* 2015 Inbee Park
* 2016 Brooke Henderson†
* 2017 Danielle Kang
* 2018 Park Sung-hyun†
* 2019 Hannah Green‡
* 2020 Kim Sei-young
* 2021 Nelly Korda
* 2022 Chun In-gee
* 2023 Yin Ruoning
* 2024 Amy Yang

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

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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
* 2025 Maja Stark

† 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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United States Solheim Cup team – 1996

* Pat Bradley
* Brandie Burton
* Beth Daniel
* Jane Geddes
* Rosie Jones
* Betsy King
* Meg Mallon
* Michelle McGann
* Dottie Pepper
* Kelly Robbins
* Patty Sheehan
* Val Skinner

* Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

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