Angela Stanford

Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas State Junior Championship.

Following graduation from Boswell High School in 1996, she enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. Stanford won nine collegiate tournaments for the Horned Frogs, was a four-time All-American and a four-time All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) selection. She was named WAC Freshman of the Year in 1997 and WAC Player of the Year in 1999 and won the 2000 WAC Championship. She earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from TCU in 2000.

Stanford was a member of the 2000 U.S. Curtis Cup team and a semifinalist at the 2000 British Ladies Amateur.

Professional career Stanford turned professional following the 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur in August and played on the Futures Tour, where she earned a victory at the season-ending event in early October. She finished fourth in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament that year to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2001.

Her first victory on the LPGA Tour came in her third season, at the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic. A week later Stanford was in a three player 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Women's Open; she lost to Hilary Lunke by one stroke. Her best finish on the LPGA money was in 2008, at ninth place with over $1.1 million.

Stanford has been a member of six U.S. Solheim Cup teams: in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, where in the penultimate match, she defeated Suzann Pettersen which cleared the way for Paula Creamer to score the winning point, and gave the U.S. Its first Solheim Cup win since 2009.

On September 16, 2018, Stanford won her first major title at the Evian Championship.

Stanford retired following the 2024 season.

Awards and honors While at Texas Christian University she was an All-American every year. In 1997, Stanford earned Western Athletic Conference's (WAC) Freshman of the Year award. In 1999, she earned the WAC Player of the Year award.

Professional wins (11) LPGA Tour wins (7) Legend Major championships (1) Other LPGA Tour (6)

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–4)

Futures Tour wins (1) 2000 (1) Summit Consulting SBC Futures Tour Championship

Legends of the LPGA wins (3) 2023 Senior LPGA Championship, Eagles Landing 2024 Senior LPGA Championship

Major championships Wins (1)

Results timeline Results not in chronological order. ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001 ^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2009 British Open – 2012 British Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 Evian – 2014 Kraft Nabisco)

LPGA Tour career summary ^ Official through 2024 season Includes matchplay and other tournaments with no cut

World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Ref2006 67 2007 32 2008 9 2009 9 2010 20 2011 19 2012 19 2013 17 2014 22 2015 45 2016 58 2017 71 2018 34 2019 76 2020 52 2021 73 2022 312 2023 446 2024 363

Team appearances Amateur Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2000 (winners)

Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2003, 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners) Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006, 2008 (winners)

Solheim Cup record Year TotalMatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H PointsWon Points%Career204–13–3 3–3–0 1–5–1 0–5–2 5.527.5200330–2–1 0–1–0 lost to A. Sörenstam 3&2 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Redman0–1–0 lost w/ M. Mallon 3&20.516.7200732–0–1 1–0–0 def. T. Johnson 3&2 1–0–0 won w/ P. Hurst 4&20–0–1 halved w/ S. Prammanasudh2.583.3200941–2–1 1–0–0 def. B. Brewerton 5&4 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Castrale 3&10–1–1 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn,halved w/ B. Lang1.537.5201130–3–0 0–1–0 lost to A. Muñoz 1 dn0–2–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&2,lost w/ S. Lewis 6&50–0–0 00201340–4–0 0–1–0 lost to B. Recari 2&10–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&10–2–0 lost w/ G. Piller 2&1,lost w/ G. Piller 1 dn00201531–2–0 1–0–0 def. S. Pettersen 2&10–1–0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 1 dn0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 3&2133.3