Kelli Kuehne Doremus (born May 11, 1977) is a retired American professional golfer.
| Kelli Kuehne | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | May 11, 1977 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Sporting nationality |  United States |
| Career | |
| College | University of Texas |
| Turned professional | 1996 |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | 35th: 2001 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T6: 2008 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 3rd: 1999 |
| du Maurier Classic | T18: 2000 |
| Women's British Open | T7: 2001 |
Amateur career
editKuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. She was the Texas UIL 4A Girls Individual State Champion four years in a row, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 while attending Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. In 1994 she won the U.S. Girls' Junior.[1] The following year she won the U.S. Women's Amateur[2] and in 1996 repeated as the U.S. Women's Amateur champion[3] while also winning the British Ladies Amateur.[4] She played college golf at the University of Texas where she was an All-American.[4] She played on the 1996 Curtis Cup team.[4]
Professional career
editKuehne turned professional in 1996.[4] She joined the LPGA Tour in 1998. Her only LPGA Tour win came at the 1999 LPGA Corning Classic. She played on the U.S. team in the Solheim Cup in 2002 and 2003.
At the 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Kuehne took part in a six-player playoff. It was the biggest in LPGA history.[5] Se Ri Pak birdied the first sudden death playoff hole to defeat Kuehne, Karrie Webb, Carin Koch, Sherri Steinhauer, and Mardi Lunn.[6] Kuehne, who had finished play 90 minutes before the last group finished play, had left the golf course and gone back to her hotel. After getting a call from a LPGA official, Kuenhe raced back to the course just in time to take part in the playoff.[7]
Personal
editTwo of Kuehne's brothers are also golfers. Trip Kuehne was runner-up to Tiger Woods in the 1994 U.S. Amateur and won the 2007 U.S. Mid-Amateur. Hank Kuehne won the U.S. Amateur in 1998 before turning professional.
Kuehne was diagnosed with diabetes mellitus type 1 when she was ten years old, and started using an insulin pump in 1998.[8]
Amateur wins
editProfessional wins
editLPGA Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 30, 1999 | LPGA Corning Classic | –10 (69-69-70-70=278) | 1 stroke |  Rosie Jones
|
LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1999 | Jamie Farr Kroger Classic |  Carin Koch Mardi Lunn Se Ri Pak Sherri Steinhauer Karrie Webb
|
Pak won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2000 | LPGA Corning Classic | Vicki Goetze-Ackerman Betsy King
|
King won with birdie on second extra hole |
U.S. national team appearances
editAmateur
- Curtis Cup: 1996
- Espirito Santo Trophy: 1996
Professional
- Solheim Cup: 2002 (winners), 2003
References
edit- ^ "1994 U.S. Girls' Junior". USGA. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "1995 U.S. Women's Amateur". USGA. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "1996 U.S. Women's Amateur". USGA. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "LPGA Tour profile". LPGA. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "LPGA All-Time Records" (PDF). LPGA. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "Pak wins six player playoff". Golf Today. 1999. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ Junga, Steve (July 5, 1999). "Far away from a playoff". Toledo Blade. p. 26. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ^ "Kelli Kuehne talks about her LPGA Career & living with diabetes". WALA-TV. May 15, 2013. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
External links
edit- Kelli Kuehne at the LPGA Tour official site