Kathy Guadagnino

American professional golfer

Kathy Guadagnino

Personal information
Full name| Kathy Baker Guadagnino
Born|  (1961-03-20) March 20, 1961 (age 61)
Albany, New York
Height| 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sporting nationality|  United States
Career
College| University of Tulsa
South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary
Turned professional| 1983
Former tour(s)| LPGA Tour (1983-1999)
Professional wins| 2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour| 2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron Championship| T11: 1989
Women's PGA C'ship| T26: 1995
U.S. Women's Open| Won: 1985
du Maurier Classic| T8: 1993

Kathy Guadagnino (born March 20, 1961) is an American professional golfer. Up to 1987, she played under her maiden name of Kathy Baker.

## Contents

* 1 Career
* 2 Amateur wins
* 3 Professional wins
* 3.1 LPGA Tour wins (2)
* 4 Major championships
* 4.1 Wins (1)
* 5 U.S. national team appearances
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Career[edit]

She was born in Albany, New York. She attended the University of Tulsa and South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary and was the low amateur at the 1983 Nabisco Dinah Shore.[1] In 1982, while attending Tulsa, Guadagnino won the inaugural NCAA individual title, while leading her team to both the AIAW and NCAA national titles.

She joined the LPGA Tour and in 1985, she was a surprise winner of the U.S. Women's Open at Baltusrol Golf Club.[2][3] Guadagnino's only other LPGA Tour title came at the Konica San Jose Classic in 1988. Her best money list finish was 13th in 1985; she retired from the tour after the 1999 season.

## Amateur wins[edit]

this list may be incomplete

* 1980 Women's Western Amateur
* 1982 NCAA individual championship

## Professional wins[edit]

### LPGA Tour wins (2)[edit]

Legend

LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.  | Date  | Tournament  | Winning score  | Margin
of victory  | Runner-up

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1  | Jul 14, 1985 | U.S. Women's Open | −8 (70-72-68-70=280)  | 3 strokes  |  Judy Clark
2  | Oct 2, 1988 | Konica San Jose Classic | −9 (69-71-67=207)  | 1 stroke  |  Cathy Marino

## Major championships[edit]

### Wins (1)[edit]

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

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1985 | U.S. Women's Open | −8 (70-72-68-70=280) | 3 strokes |  Judy Clark

## U.S. national team appearances[edit]

Amateur

* Curtis Cup: 1982 (winners)
* Espirito Santo Trophy: 1982 (winners)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Scoreboard:Dinah Shore". Spokane Chronicle. Associated Press. April 4, 1983. p. 17.
2. ^ McDermott, Barry (July 22, 1985). "Opening in high style". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
3. ^ Jenkins, Sally (July 15, 1985). "Baker shakes off pressure to win Open". Eugene Register-Guard. (Washington Post). p. 1C.

## External links[edit]

* Kathy Guadagnino at the LPGA Tour official site

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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

† 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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