Helen Wadsworth
| Helen Wadsworth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 7 April 1964 | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Wales | ||
| Residence | London, England | ||
| Career | |||
| College | Wake Forest University | ||
| Turned professional | 1991 | ||
| Former tour(s) | Ladies European Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 3 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Ladies European Tour | 1 | ||
| Ladies Asian Golf Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | T41: 1998 | ||
| du Maurier Classic | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
| |||
Helen Wadsworth (born 7 April 1964)[1] is a former Welsh professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.
Career
Prior to turning professional, Wadsworth was runner-up to Julie Wade in the 1990 British Ladies Amateur, won the 1990 World Fourball Championship (with Julie Wade) in Brazil, and was a member of the 1990 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team.[2] She played collegiate golf with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.[3]
In her first year as a professional, Wadsworth had three top-10 finishes, winning her the Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year Award. In 1994, she won the BMW European Masters and took second place at the Irish Open. In 1996 she placed second at the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe at Gleneagles and in 1997 she won the Sunningdale Foursomes. She won the Taiwan Ladies Open in 1998.
In 2002, she was voted to a position on the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th anniversary golf team.[3]
Professional wins (3)
Ladies European Tour wins (1)
| Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 1994 | BMW European Masters | 278 | −14 | 2 strokes |  Tracy Hanson
|
Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)
| Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Jan 1998 | Taiwan Ladies Open | 70-78=148 | +4 | 2 strokes | Laura Philo
|
Source:[4]
Other wins (1)
- 1997 Sunningdale Foursomes
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1990
References
- ^ "April 7th, 1964 in Sport". TodayInSport.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "The 33rd Curtis Cup Match: Previous Matches 1932–2002". CurtisCup.org. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b "ACC Reveals 50th Anniversary Women's Golf Team". TheACC.com. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "1998 Taiwan Ladies Open". Golfdata. Retrieved 14 July 2020.