Cindy Figg-Currier
| Cindy Figg-Currier | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | February 23, 1960 Mount Pleasant, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Residence | Lakeway, Texas, U.S. |
| Spouse | Patrick J. Currier |
| Children | Kaitland, Mary |
| Career | |
| College | University of Texas |
| Turned professional | 1983 |
| Current tour(s) | Futures Tour |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1984-2006) Legends Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Other | 4 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | T24: 1998 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T5: 1990 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T26: 1990 |
| du Maurier Classic | T5: 1997 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 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)
[edit]LPGA Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sep 1, 1997 | State Farm Rail Classic | –16 (69-63-68=200) | Playoff |  Lorie Kane Kris Tschetter
|
LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1997 | State Farm Rail Classic | Lorie Kane Kris Tschetter
|
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Legends Tour (3)
[edit]- 2008 BJ's Charity Championship (with Sherri Turner), Wendy's Charity Challenge
- 2010 Wendy's Charity Classic
Other wins (1)
[edit]- 2010 Texas Women's Open
Team appearances
[edit]Professional
- Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2008 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013
References
[edit]- ^ LPGA All-Time Winners List Archived December 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99 Archived September 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cindy Figg-Currier - player profile" (PDF). LPGA.com. Retrieved January 29, 2012.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Cindy Figg-Currier at the LPGA Tour official site
- Cindy Figg-Currier at the Epson Tour official site
- Cindy Figg-Currier at the Legends Tour official site (also at former site)
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