Trish Johnson

ELIGIBILITY CODE: 2, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17)

Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984, she was both the England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985, she was England Amateur Champion, England Stroke Play Champion and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986, she represented GB & I in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup, where she won maximum points. Johnson reached the quarterfinals of the 1986 U.S. Women's Amateur Championship.
Here is a year-by-year highlight of her Ladies European Tour record:
1987 Notes: Johnson turned professional and won three tournaments in her rookie season on the Ladies European Tour, as well as finishing as the Rookie of the Year. She also won the LPGA's Qualifying School at Sweetwater.
1990 Notes: Completed four victories to win 1990 Order of Merit. 1991 Notes:
1992 Notes: Shared individual honors with Lotta Neumann in 1992 World Team Championship in Taiwan. Beat Patty Sheehan, US & British Open Champion, in Europe's 1992 Solheim Cup triumph.
1996 Notes: Set Tour records in the 1996 French Open at Le Golf d'Arras with an opening round of 62 followed by a 36-hole total of 130 and 200 for 54 holes. Missed first cut in 30 tournaments at the 1996 Weetabix Women's British Open.
1999 Notes: Twice matched record for lowest nine holes in 1999 with 29 in both Cantor Fitzgerald.
2000 Notes: Represented Europe for the sixth time in the 2000 Solheim Cup and helped to secure 2.5 out of a possible 4 points for the victorious European team. Won 2000 The Daily Telegraph Ladies British Masters presented by Kellogg's.
2004 Notes: Won the Wales Ladies Open in fine style with a closing 8-under par 65 to deny close friend Laura Davies. Finished second on the OOM behind Davies, her best season since 2000.
2005 Notes: Finished second at the Arras Open de France Dames and Wales Ladies Championship in 2005, which secured a place on the European Solheim Cup team.
2007 Notes: Won the BMW Ladies Italian Open at Sheraton Parco de- Medici in Rome and qualified automatically for the eighth appearance on the European Solheim Cup Team. Posted a 0-1-2 win-loss-draw record at Halmstad taking all-time Solheim record to 5-13-7 with eight and a half points won.
2008 Notes: Represented England at the inaugural VCI European Ladies Golf Cup at La Sella Resort in Spain and won the event partnering Rebecca Hudson.
2010 Notes: Claimed the Tenerife Ladies Open at Buenavista Golf Club and the Open de France Feminin at Paris International Golf Club, where she defeated Italy's Diana Luna on the first playoff hole. Johnson achieved Life Membership of the LET according to the LET's qualifying criteria with 20 points, after the LET Membership voted to award points to winners of the Comunitat Valenciana European Nations Cup retrospectively.
2011 Notes: Played in 18 tournaments and best finish was a tie for 9th at the Ladies Scottish Open.
2012 Notes: Played in 19 tournaments, recorded eight top 10 finishes with a season-best 3rd at the Tenerife Open de Espana and tied 3rd at the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters. Season's earnings euro124,438.10 (10).
2013 Notes: Played in 15 tournaments and recorded three top-10 finishes with a season-best tied for 6th at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She ended the season ranked 44th on the Money List
2014 Notes: Trish earned her 22nd worldwide win (her 19th LET title) at the Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open at Archerfield Links in East Lothian. She made history by becoming the oldest winner on the Ladies European Tour at the tender age of 48, after ending two strokes clear of France's Gwladys Nocera. She played in 19 tournaments and recorded three top 10 finishes in total.
2015 Notes: Played in 10 tournaments on the LET with a season-best T-7th place at the ISPS HANDA Ladies European Masters at Buckinghamshire GC.
2016 Notes: Trish was the Captain of the LET Team in The Queens presented by Kowa in Japan. She played in 15 tournaments and her best finish was T9th in the Lalla Meryem Cup.
2017 Notes: Played in 7 events on the Ladies European Tour and didn't make a cut.
Johnson on the LPGA Tour:
Johnson played full-time between 1988 and 2000 playing in 248 events, making 158 cuts. She was in the top-ten 22 times and won three times. Her best year was in 1993 when she won twice (Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate and Atlanta Women's Championship), was runner-up once and had 10, top-ten finishes. She won $331,745 that year, which placed her 10th on the money list. Her career LPGA earnings were $1,345,617.
Johnson plays on the Legends Tour, her first victory coming at the 2016 Legends Championship when she defeated Solheim Cup Captain Juli Inkster in a marathon 6-hole playoff.
In 2017, she won the Senior LPGA Championship by 3 shots over Michele Redman.
In 2018, Johnson won the Suquamish Clearwater Legends Cup in Kingston, Wash. by 5 strokes over Lisa Grimes. She was 6th at the 2018 Senior LPGA Championship.

Johnson shot 71-71-73-73=288 (-4) to finish 3rd in the inaugural U.S. Senior Women's Open, finishing 12 shots back of winner Laura Davies.