English professional golfer

For the singer of a similar name, see Ruder Than You. For other people of this name, see Patricia Johnson (disambiguation).

Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English professional golfer.

Contents

• 1 Amateur career
• 2 Professional career
• 3 Senior career
• 4 Professional wins (28)
  • 4.1 Ladies European Tour wins (19)
  • 4.2 LPGA Tour wins (3)
  • 4.3 Other wins (1)
  • 4.4 Legends Tour wins (5)
• 5 Ladies European Tour career summary
• 6 Team appearances
  • 6.1 Solheim Cup record
• 7 See also
• 8 Notes and references
• 9 External links

Amateur career

Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. 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 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.

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 18 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. Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open.

Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour Qualifying School to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the US-based LPGATour. 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 Cl*ic.

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.

Senior career

Johnson has won four tournaments in the Legends Tour, including the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship in 2017.

Professional wins (28)

Ladies European Tour wins (19)

• 1987 (3) McEwan's Wirral Cl*ic, Bloor Homes Eastleigh Cl*ic, Woolmark Ladies' Matchplay
• 1990 (4) Longines Cl*ic, Hennessy Ladies' Cup, Bloor Homes Eastleigh Cl*ic, Ladies European Open
• 1992 (1) Skol La Manga Club Cl*ic
• 1996 (2) Marks & Spencer European Open, Open de France Dames
• 1999 (2) Open de France Dames, Marrakech Open
• 2000 (1) The Daily Telegraph Ladies British Masters
• 2004 (1) Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open
• 2007 (1) BMW Ladies Italian Open
• 2008 (1) VCI European Ladies Golf Cup (with Rebecca Hudson)
• 2010 (2) Tenerife Ladies Open, Open de France Feminin
• 2014 (1) Aberdeen *et Management Ladies Scottish Open

LPGA Tour wins (3)

Other wins (1)

this list may be incomplete

• 1992 Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (individual)

Legends Tour wins (5)

• 2016 The Legends Championship
• 2017 Senior LPGA Championship
• 2018 Suquamish Clearwater Legends Cup, BJ's Charity Championship (with Laura Davies)
• 2021 Senior LPGA Championship

Ladies European Tour career summary

Yellow for top-10 finishes, green for first.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1985 (winners)
• European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 1985
• Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1986 (winners)
• Espirito Santo Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1986

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

See also

• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins

Notes and references

External links

• Trish Johnson at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Trish Johnson at the Legends Tour official site (also at former site)
• Trish Johnson at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site