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Laura Davies

Laura is considered one of the most accomplished female golfers of all time with over 70 professional wins.  

She has four majors to her credit – the LPGA Championship twice, the Du Maurier Classic and the US Women’s Open as well as the British Open before it was recognised as a major.Her wins have come around the world including 37 wins on the LET – the first in her rookie year in 1985 when she also won the Order of Merit and the last was this year at the UNIQA Ladies Open. Davies has 20 victories on the LPGA spanning 14 years, six wins in Japan and five on the ALPG Tour including the Australian Masters, the Australian Open and the New South Wales Open earlier this year.

Laura was the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list. She has also won the LET Order of Merit a record seven times: in 1985, 1986, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2004 and 2006.

New Zealand is one of the few golfing nations where she has not played.“I went through the airport a few years ago. I am really looking forward to coming to New Zealand and to adding another national open title,” Davies said.“I’ve had an extremely good finish to the year and so hopefully I will be in good form to start off the year in Australia and New Zealand.”“I am only 45 and a long way from retirement. I enjoy what I am doing and I can do it well. I love competing especially against some of the younger players. I am old enough to be their mother but I am still able to get out there and beat them.”Her golden year was in 1994 when she became the first golfer, female or male, to win on five different golf tours in the calendar year – USA, Europe, Asia, Japan and Australia. And she was the first European player to be ranked No 1 in the world.She is the only player to compete in all 10 Solheim Cups – the women’s equivalent of the Ryder Cup – from 1990.Davies hopes the Open will be a catalyst for the growth of the women’s game here.“Hopefully the golfing public will be interested in coming out to make it a successful event. Then you will get more back next time, hopefully some young kids will come to watch and be encouraged to take up the game and New Zealand can produce some good players as a result.”
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