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Cindy Figg-Currier

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Cindy Figg-Currier
Personal information
Born (1960-02-23) February 23, 1960 (age 64)
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceLakeway, Texas, U.S.
SpousePatrick J. Currier
ChildrenKaitland, Mary
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional1983
Current tour(s)Futures Tour
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (1984-2006)
Legends Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour1
Other4
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron ChampionshipT24: 1998
Women's PGA C'shipT5: 1990
U.S. Women's OpenT26: 1990
du Maurier ClassicT5: 1997
Women's British OpenCUT: 2001

Cindy Figg-Currier (born February 23, 1960) is an American professional golfer who joined the LPGA Tour in October 1984. She was instructed by Paul Marchand and Harvey Penick. She also played under her maiden name, Cindy Figg, before her marriage on July 19, 1986.

Figg was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. She started playing golf at age seven. She was the 1976 Toledo, Ohio junior girls golf champion and the 1978 Michigan Prep golf champion while she was at Mount Pleasant High School. In 2003, she was inducted into the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame.

Figg played college golf at the University of Texas where she was named Most Valuable Player as a senior. She led UT to three top-10 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) national tournament finishes. She individually won the 1982 Women's Trans-National. She graduated in 1982 with a business-marketing degree.

Figg-Currier won once on the LPGA Tour[1] in 1997 after 313 LPGA Tour starts.[2] She also has 31 top-10s on the LPGA Tour. She has also won three times on the Legends Tour and played in the Legends Tour Handa Cup in 2008. Her career earnings exceed two million dollars.[3]

Figg-Currier is currently a board member for The First Tee of Greater Austin.

Professional wins (5)

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LPGA Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 Sep 1, 1997 State Farm Rail Classic –16 (69-63-68=200) Playoff Canada Lorie Kane
United States Kris Tschetter

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1997 State Farm Rail Classic Canada Lorie Kane
United States Kris Tschetter
Won with birdie on first extra hole

Legends Tour (3)

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  • 2008 BJ's Charity Championship (with Sherri Turner), Wendy's Charity Challenge
  • 2010 Wendy's Charity Classic

Other wins (1)

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Team appearances

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Professional

  • Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013

References

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  1. ^ LPGA All-Time Winners List Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99 Archived September 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Cindy Figg-Currier - player profile" (PDF). LPGA.com. Retrieved January 29, 2012.[permanent dead link]
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