Stacy Lewis

Stacy Lewis
Lewis at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born	February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16) Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	University of Arkansas
Turned professional	2008
Current tour(s)	LPGA (joined 2009)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won: 2011
LPGA Championship	T6: 2011
U.S. Women's Open	T3: 2008
Women's British Open	T11: 2011
Achievements and awards
Golf Digest Amateur of the Year	2007
Dinah Shore Trophy	2007

Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.

Early years

Born in Ohio, Lewis grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003. Suffering from scoliosis, which was diagnosed at age 11 and treated by a spinal fusion when she was in high school, Lewis missed her first collegiate golf season recovering from the surgery.

Amateur career

Lewis was a decorated amateur and a four-time All-American at the University of Arkansas. She redshirted her first year while recovering from her back surgery. As a redshirt freshman in 2005, she won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and was named SEC Freshman Golfer of the Year. In 2006, she won the Women's Western Amateur.

In her 2007 season, though a back injury kept her out of the SEC Tournament, Lewis won the NCAA Division I Championship and was selected Golf Digest Amateur of the Year. She also received the National Golf Coaches Association Dinah Shore Trophy. Following the college season, she won the 92nd Women's Southern Amateur and finished second in individual play in leading the U.S. team to a victory at the Copa de las Americas.

Competing as an amateur, Lewis finished first in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship, a professional LPGA tournament. Due to rain, the tournament was shortened to one round and Lewis's win was declared unofficial.

In her senior season in 2008, Lewis again won the SEC Tournament and was selected SEC Golfer of the Year and SEC Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team for the second time and NGCA All-America for the fourth time.

Lewis graduated from Arkansas in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting.

In 2008, as a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team, Lewis became the first player ever to go 5–0 in a single Curtis Cup match.

Professional career

Lewis turned professional in June 2008, prior to competing in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open. She won medalist honors in the Garland, Texas, sectional on June 9, 2008. The U.S. Women's Open, three weeks later, was her first tournament as a professional. She led the field after three rounds and went on to finish tied for third, five strokes behind winner Inbee Park. Lewis competed in seven events on the LPGA tour in 2008, with two top-10 finishes and earned over $247,000.

Before 2009, Lewis was not a member of the LPGA Tour or any other professional golf tour. She was eligible to play in the U.S. Women's Open after successfully competing in the sanctioned qualifying process. She then tried to earn her LPGA Tour card in 2008 through the use of sponsor's exemptions, but was not successful. As a result she went to the final stage LPGA Qualifying School in December 2008, an event which garnered considerably more press coverage than normal, due to the presence of Michelle Wie. Lewis finished as top scorer for the five-round event, three shots ahead of the field and six in front of Wie, who finished in a tie for 7th place.

Lewis's first official professional victory came at the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, a major, where she led the field for the first two rounds, and then held off current world number 1 and defending champion Yani Tseng to win by three strokes.

Lewis was a member of the United States 2011 Solheim Cup team.

Lewis's endorsement deals include Mizuno Corp. golf clubs and Fila Golf apparel.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour (1*)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
-	Sep 9, 2007	LPGA NW Arkansas Championship* (as an amateur)	65 (1 round)	–7	1 stroke	Katherine Hull Teresa Lu Kristy McPherson	n/a
1	Apr 3, 2011	Kraft Nabisco Championship	66–69–71–69=275	–13	3 strokes	Yani Tseng	300,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2012	Women's Australian Open	Julieta Granada Jessica Korda Brittany Lincicome, So Yeon Ryu Hee Kyung Seo	Korda won with birdie on second extra hole

LPGA majors are shown in bold.
* unofficial LPGA Tour win due to tournament being shortened to one round

Major championships

Wins (1)

No.	Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1	2011	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-13 (66-69-71-69=275)	3 strokes	Yani Tseng

Results timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T5LA	DNP	T64	T19	1
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T9	T14	T6
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T3	T48	T14	T34
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	T31	T11

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2006	1	0	0	0	0	1	MC	n/a		74.50
2007	4	3	0	0	0	1	T5	n/a		72.00
2008	7	6	0	0	1	2	T3	247,464	n/a1	71.96	n/a
2009	23	16	0	0	0	2	T4	298,422	47	72.21	43
2010	24	18	0	1	1	4	2	566,401	21	71.24	14
2011	23	22	1	2	0	12	1	1,356,211	4	70.98	7
2012	1	1	0	1	0	1	T2	63,784	2	72.25	T2

• official as of February 12, 2012
  

¹Lewis turned professional in June 2008but was not a member of the LPGA Tour. If she had been an LPGA Tour member, she would have placed 59th on the 2008 money list.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners)

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2011

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	4	1–3–0	0–1–0	0–2–0	1–0–0	1.0	25.0
2011	4	1–3–0	0–1–0 lost to S. Gustafson 2 down	0–2–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 3&2, lost w/ A. Stanford 6&5	1–0–0 won w/ Ryann O'Toole 2&1	1.0	25.0

External links

• Official website
• Stacy Lewis at the LPGA Tour official site
• Arkansas Razorbacks.com - profile - Stacy Lewis