English professional golfer
Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English professional golfer .
Early life and amateur career
Johnson was born in Bristol . Her three brothers were all golfers, one of them was a professional golfer. She practised other sports, including badminton, soccer and tennis. She preferred to learn by herself rather than taking golf lessons.[ 1]
She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985 she won the English Women's Amateur Championship , was the English Women's Strokeplay Champion[ 2] and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986 she represented GB & I in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup , where she won maximum points.[ 3] [ 4]
Professional career
Johnson turned professional in March 1987. She won three tournaments in her first year as a professional and was Rookie of Year on the Ladies European Tour in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall, she has won 19 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour and has finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit on thirteen occasions, including second places in 2000 and 2004 when she won the 2004 Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open .[ 5] Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open .[ 6]
Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour Qualifying School to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the US-based LPGA Tour. She won the 1993 Las Vegas LPGA tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship . Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic .[ 7]
She was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2005 , and 2007 and teamed with Laura Davies to represent England at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf .[ 8]
Senior career
Johnson has won six tournaments on the Legends Tour , including three senior women's major golf championships ; the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship in 2017 and 2021 and the 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Open .
Amateur wins
Professional wins (29)
LPGA Tour wins (3)
Ladies European Tour wins (19)
Other wins (1)
this list may be incomplete
Legends Tour wins (6)
^ Johnson won with a par at the sixth playoff hole.
Senior major championships
Wins (3)
Ladies European Tour career summary
Year
Earnings
Order of Merit rank
Scoring average
1987
£35,718
5
1988
£2,110
90
1989
£11,631
36
1990
£83,043
1
1991
£18,155
19
1992
£51,805
4
1993
£17,451
17
1994
£31,309
15
1995
£52,464
7
1996
£80,333
3
1997
£45,742
9
72.40
1998
£73,190
4
72.13
1999
£117,214
4
70.86
2000
€115,131
2
71.93
2001
€66,043
16
72.71
2002
€36,011
27
73.71
2003
€89,066
9
71.73
2004
€160,051
2
71.82
2005
€116,190
9
71.91
2006
€72,288
24
2007
€202,468
4
72.35
2008
€67,782
34
73.12
2009
€46,567
40
72.30
2010
€139,925
9
72.11
2011
€30,839
71
73.27
2012
€124,438
10
71.90
2013
€50,055
44
72.63
2014
€92,607
17
72.38
2015
€27,434
75.00
2016
€32,093
52
73.61
2017
−
−
74.29
Yellow for top-10 finishes, green for first.
Team appearances
Amateur
Professional
Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990 , 1992 (winners), 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 (winners), 2005 , 2007
World Cup (representing England): 2007, 2008
Handa Cup (representing World team): 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015
The Queens (representing Europe): 2016
Solheim Cup record
Year
Total matches
Total W-L-H
Singles W-L-H
Foursomes W-L-H
Fourballs W-L-H
Points won
Points %
Career
25
5–13–7
1–7–0
2–4–2
2–2–5
8.5
34%
1990
3
0–3–0
0–1–0 lost to P. Bradley 8&7
0–1–0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 5&4
0–1–0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 2&1
0
0%
1992
3
1–1–1
1–0–0 def P. Sheehan 2&1
0–1–0 lost w/F.Descampe 1dn
0–0–1 halved w/F.Descampe
1.5
50%
1994
3
0–3–0
0–1–0 lost to B. Daniel 1dn
0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 2dn
0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 3&2
0
0%
1996
4
2–1–1
0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2
1–0–0 won w/L. Davies 4&3
1–0–1 won w/L. Davies 6&5, halved w/A. Sorenstam
2.5
62.5%
1998
2
0–2–0
0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2
0–1–0 lost w/L. Davies 3&1
0
0%
2000
4
2–1–1
0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 2&1
1–0–1 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2, halved w/S. Gustafson
1–0–0 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2
2.5
62.5%
2005
3
0–1–2
0–1–0 lost to P.Hurst 2&1
0–0–1 halved w/S. Gustafson
0–0–1 halved w/I. Tinning
1
33.3%
2007
3
0–1–2
0–1–0 lost to A.Stanford 3&2
0–0–2 halved w/L. Davies, halved w/I. Tinning
1
33.3%
See also
Notes and references
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