Stacy Lewis

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Stacy Lewis
Lewis at the 2013 Women's British Open
Personal information
Born (1985-02-16) February 16, 1985 (age 39)
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Height5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePalm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.[1]
SpouseGerrod Chadwell
Children1
Career
CollegeUniversity of Arkansas
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2009)
Professional wins14
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour13
LPGA of Japan Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 2)
Chevron ChampionshipWon: 2011
Women's PGA C'shipT2: 2012
U.S. Women's Open2nd: 2014
Women's British OpenWon: 2013
Evian ChampionshipT6: 2013
Achievements and awards
LPGA Player of the Year2012, 2014
GWAA
Female Player of the Year		2012,[2] 2014
LPGA Vare Trophy2013, 2014
LPGA Tour
Money Winner		2014
Golf Digest
Amateur of the Year		2007
Dinah Shore Trophy Award2007

Stacy Lewis (born February 16, 1985) is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. She has won two major championships: the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2011 and the Women's British Open in 2013. She was ranked number one in the Women's World Golf Rankings for four weeks in 2013,[3] and reclaimed the position in June 2014 with a victory at the ShopRite LPGA Classic[4] for another 21 weeks.[5]

Early life[edit]

Lewis was born on February 16, 1985, in Toledo, Ohio. She grew up in Texas at The Woodlands outside of Houston, and graduated from The Woodlands High School in 2003.[6] Suffering from scoliosis, which was diagnosed at age 11 and treated by a spinal fusion when she was in high school, she missed her first collegiate golf season recovering from the surgery.[7]

Amateur career[edit]

Lewis was a decorated amateur and a four-time All-American at the University of Arkansas. She redshirted her first year while recovering from her back surgery.[7] As a redshirt freshman in 2005, she won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and was named SEC Freshman Golfer of the Year.[8] In 2006, she won the Women's Western Amateur.

In her 2007 season, though a back injury kept Lewis out of the SEC Tournament, she won the NCAA Division I Championship and was selected Golf Digest Amateur of the Year. She also received the National Golf Coaches Association Dinah Shore Trophy.[9] Following the college season, she won the 92nd Women's Southern Amateur and finished second in individual play in leading the U.S. team to a victory at the Copa de las Americas.[8]

Lewis qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women's Open in North Carolina, shot 78-73 in the tournament and missed the cut by three strokes to finish tied for 93rd.[10] Two months later, Lewis finished first in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship, a professional LPGA tournament. Due to rain, the tournament was shortened to one round and Lewis's win was declared unofficial.[11]

In her senior season in 2008, Lewis again won the SEC Tournament and was selected SEC Golfer of the Year and SEC Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team for the second time and NGCA All-America for the fourth time.[8] She graduated from Arkansas in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting.

As a member of U.S. Curtis Cup team in 2008, Lewis became the first player ever to go 5–0 in a single Curtis Cup. The 2008 edition was held at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotland in late May and early June,[12] and was her last competition as an amateur. The U.S. won 13 to 7 for a sixth consecutive victory over Great Britain & Ireland.[13]

Professional career[edit]

Following the Curtis Cup victory, Lewis turned professional, prior to competing in sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open. She won medalist honors in the Garland, Texas, sectional on June 9 to qualify for her first tournament as a professional. She was tied for ninth after 36 holes and shot a 67 (−6) in the third round to lead the field, but a final round 78 (+5) left her tied for third, five strokes behind winner Inbee Park. Lewis competed in seven events on the LPGA tour in 2008, with two top-10 finishes and earned over $247,000.[14]

Before 2009, Lewis was not a member of the LPGA Tour or any other professional golf tour. She was eligible to play in the U.S. Women's Open after successfully competing in the sanctioned qualifying process. She then tried to earn her LPGA Tour card in 2008 through the use of sponsor's exemptions,[15] but was not successful.

As a result, Lewis went to sectional qualifying in September in California[16] and advanced to the final stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in Florida in December, an event which garnered considerably more press coverage than normal, due to the presence of Michelle Wie. Lewis finished as the medalist for the five-round event, three shots ahead of the field and six in front of Wie, who finished in a tie for 7th place.[17][18]

Lewis's first official professional victory came at the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, a major, where she led the field for the first two rounds, and then held off current world number 1 and defending champion Yani Tseng to win by three strokes.[19] She made her Solheim Cup debut in 2011, qualifying second for the U.S. team behind Cristie Kerr.

Lewis's endorsement deals include Mizuno Corp. golf clubs[20] and Fila Golf apparel.[21] She signed a sponsorship deal with KPMG in 2012.[22]

Lewis in 2015

In 2012, Lewis won four tournaments, and became the first American player to win the LPGA Player of the Year award since Beth Daniel in 1994.[23] Lewis won three times in 2013, and after her win at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup in Arizona on March 17, Lewis unseated Yani Tseng as the #1 ranked woman golfer in the world. Inbee Park overtook the number one position four weeks later on April 15. Lewis won her second major title at Women's British Open in August at St Andrews with a score of 280 (−8), two strokes ahead of runners-up Na Yeon Choi and Hee Young Park.

In 2014, Lewis won the North Texas LPGA Shootout on May 4 for her ninth official victory on tour, six strokes ahead of runner-up Meena Lee. Four weeks later, she won the ShopRite LPGA Classic and reclaimed the top position in the world rankings.[4] A week after a runner-up finish at the U.S. Women's Open at Pinehurst, Lewis won the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship on June 29. Lewis would go on to win her second LPGA Player of the Year award in a three-year span. She would also win her second consecutive Vare Trophy for the season's lowest scoring average.

In April 2015, Lewis lost in a sudden death playoff to Brittany Lincicome at the ANA Inspiration. Lincicome won with a par on the third extra hole, having forced the playoff with Lewis after an eagle at the 72nd hole of regulation play.

As of June 2015, Lewis was represented by Sterling Sports Management.[24] Lewis was the top female earner on the 2015 Golf Digest 50 All-Encompassing Money List, ranking at number 41.[24]

On September 3, 2017, Lewis won the Cambia Portland Classic for her first victory in three years. Prior to the tournament, Lewis pledged her earnings to relief for victims of Hurricane Harvey. With her winner's check, and a matching donation from her main sponsor, KPMG, this amounted to $390,000.[25]

Lewis missed the final women's major of the year – the Evian Championship – and later said she would not play in the event again until big changes had been made to the event. "It's not treated like a major, and yet we are calling it that," she said.[26]

In 2020, Lewis won her first title in almost three years with a playoff victory in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club in East Lothian, Scotland.[27]

Lewis captained the U.S. Solheim Cup team in 2023 and 2024.[28]

Personal life[edit]

Lewis is married to Gerrod Chadwell, who has been the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies women's golf team since 2021. They have one child.[29]

Professional wins (14)[edit]

LPGA Tour wins (13*)[edit]

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other LPGA Tour (11)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up Winner's
share ($)
- Sep 9, 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship * [1] 65 (1 round) −7 1 stroke Australia Katherine Hull
Taiwan Teresa Lu
United States Kristy McPherson 		n/a
1 Apr 3, 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship 66-69-71-69=275 −13 3 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng 300,000
2 Apr 29, 2012 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic 68-67-67-69=271 −17 1 stroke United States Lexi Thompson 187,500
3 Jun 3, 2012 ShopRite LPGA Classic 65-65-71=201 −12 4 strokes Australia Katherine Hull 225,000
4 Sep 23, 2012 Navistar LPGA Classic 66-70-65-69=270 −18 2 strokes United States Lexi Thompson 195,000
5 Nov 4, 2012 Mizuno Classic [2] 71-70-64=205 −11 1 stroke South Korea Lee Bo-mee 180,000
6 Mar 3, 2013 HSBC Women's Champions 67-66-69-71=273 −15 1 stroke South Korea Na Yeon Choi 210,000
7 Mar 17, 2013 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup 68-65-68-64=265 −23 3 strokes Japan Ai Miyazato 225,000
8 Aug 4, 2013 Women's British Open 67-72-69-72=280 −8 2 strokes South Korea Na Yeon Choi
South Korea Hee Young Park 		402,584
9 May 4, 2014 North Texas LPGA Shootout 71-64-69-64=268 −16 6 strokes South Korea Meena Lee 195,000
10 Jun 1, 2014 ShopRite LPGA Classic 67-63-67=197 −16 6 strokes United States Christina Kim 225,000
11 Jun 29, 2014 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship 70-66-65=201 −12 1 stroke United States Cristie Kerr
New Zealand Lydia Ko
United States Angela Stanford 		300,000
12 Sep 3, 2017 Cambia Portland Classic 70-64-65-69=268 −20 1 stroke South Korea Chun In-gee 195,000
13 Aug 16, 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open 71-66-70-72=279 −5 Playoff Spain Azahara Munoz
Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen
United States Cheyenne Knight 		225,000

* Unofficial LPGA Tour win due to tournament being shortened to one round
1 Lewis competed in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship as an amateur.
2 Co-sanctioned by the LPGA of Japan Tour

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2012 Women's Australian Open Paraguay Julieta Granada
United States Jessica Korda
United States Brittany Lincicome
South Korea So Yeon Ryu
South Korea Hee Kyung Seo 		Korda won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2015 ANA Inspiration United States Brittany Lincicome Lost to par on third extra hole
3 2015 Canadian Pacific Women's Open New Zealand Lydia Ko Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open Spain Azahara Munoz
Denmark Emily Kristine Pedersen
United States Cheyenne Knight 		Won with birdie on first extra hole

Major championships[edit]

Wins (2)[edit]

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship 2 shot deficit −13 (66-69-71-69=275) 3 strokes Taiwan Yani Tseng
2013 Ricoh Women's British Open 1 shot deficit −8 (67-72-69-72=280) 2 strokes South Korea Na Yeon Choi, South Korea Hee Young Park

Results timeline[edit]

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Chevron Championship T5LA T64 T19 1 T4 T32 3 2 T18 T27 T55 T26 5 T40 CUT CUT
Women's PGA Championship T9 T14 T6 T2 T28 T6 T13 T58 T9 T28 CUT T33 CUT T50 T71
U.S. Women's Open CUT T3 T48 T14 T34 T46 T42 2 T3 7 T27 CUT CUT T44 T41 CUT
The Evian Championship ^ T6 T16 T16 T55 T52 NT
Women's British Open CUT T31 T11 T8 1 T12 T17 4 T7 CUT CUT T29 CUT CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied

Summary[edit]

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Chevron Championship 1 1 1 6 6 8 16 14
Women's PGA Championship 0 1 0 1 5 7 15 13
U.S. Women's Open 0 1 2 3 4 5 16 12
The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 5
Women's British Open 1 0 0 2 4 7 14 9
Totals 2 3 3 12 20 30 66 53
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 37 (2010 Kraft Nabisco – 2018 ANA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (2013 British Open – 2014 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary[edit]

Year Tournaments
played		 Cuts
made*		 Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best
finish		 Earnings
($)		 Money
list rank		 Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2006 1 0 0 0 0 0 MC n/a1 n/a 74.50 n/a
2007 4 3 0 0 0 1 T5 72.00
2008 7 6 0 0 1 2 T3 71.96
2009 23 16 0 0 0 2 T4 298,422 47 72.21 43
2010 24 18 0 1 1 4 2 566,399 21 71.24 14
2011 23 22 1 2 0 12 1 1,356,211 4 70.98 7
2012 26 25 4 3 0 16 1 1,872,409 3 70.33 4
2013 26 25 3 3 1 19 1 1,938,868 3 69.48 1
2014 28 28 3 6 1 18 1 2,539,039 1 69.53 1
2015 26 25 0 6 3 14 2 1,893,423 3 69.79 3
2016 24 24 0 3 0 8 2 943,502 16 70.46 14
2017 25 25 1 1 1 8 1 1,057,208 15 69.61 5
2018 12 8 0 0 0 1 T7 116,079 99 71.47 53
2019 19 11 0 0 1 3 3 329,191 60 71.29 53
2020 17 14 1 0 0 3 1 513,863 17 71.42 34
2021 22 18 0 0 0 4 T6 425,061 50 70.99 49
2022 25 17 0 0 1 3 3 399,412 64 71.32 68
2023 21 12 0 0 0 2 6 244,168 91 71.68 84
Totals (as member)^ 341 288 13 25 9 117 1 14,493,255 8
Totals (as non-member) 12 9 0 0 1 3 3

^ Official as of 2023 season[30][31][32]
* Includes matchplay and other events with no cut.
1 Lewis turned professional in June 2008, but was not a member of the LPGA Tour until 2009.

World ranking[edit]

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

Year World
ranking		 Source
2007 230 [33]
2008 73 [34]
2009 47 [35]
2010 37 [36]
2011 10 [37]
2012 3 [38]
2013 3 [39]
2014 3 [40]
2015 3 [41]
2016 13 [42]
2017 16 [43]
2018 57 [44]
2019 101 [45]
2020 36 [46]
2021 51 [47]
2022 128 [48]
2023 213 [49]

Team appearances[edit]

Amateur

Professional

Solheim Cup record[edit]

Year Total
matches		 Total
W–L–H		 Singles
W–L–H		 Foursomes
W–L–H		 Fourballs
W–L–H		 Points
won		 Points
%
Career 16 5–10–1 0–3–1 2–6–0 3–1–0 5.5 34.4
2011 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to S. Gustafson 2 dn 0–2–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 3&2
lost w/ A. Stanford 6&5 		1–0–0 won w/ R. O'Toole 2&1 1 25.0
2013 4 1–2–1 0–0–1 halved with A. Nordqvist 1–1–0 lost w/ L. Salas 4&2
won w/ P. Creamer 1 up 		0–1–0 lost w/ L. Thompson 1 dn 1.5 37.5
2015 4 2–2–0 0–1–0 lost to A. Nordqvist 2&1 1–1–0 lost w/ L. Salas 3&2
won w/ G. Piller 5&4 		1–0–0 won w/ G. Piller 1 up 2 50.0
2017 4 1–3–0 0–1–0 lost to C. Matthew 1 dn 0–2–0 lost w/ G. Piller 1 dn
lost w/ G. Piller 2&1 		1–0–0 won w/ G. Piller 2&1 1 25.0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Stacy Lewis wins GWAA Female Player of the Year Award". LPGA. December 19, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  3. ^ "Stacy Lewis wins, now No. 1 in world". ESPN. Associated Press. March 17, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Stacy Lewis: No. 1 after ShopRite win". ESPN. Associated Press. June 1, 2014.
  5. ^ "Inbee Park to take over No. 1 spot". ESPN. Associated Press. October 24, 2014.
  6. ^ "Profile - Stacy Lewis". Arkansas Razorbacks.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  7. ^ a b Dorman, Larry (June 29, 2008). "Stacy Lewis leads 3rd round of U.S. Women's Open". The New York Times. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
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  18. ^ "Wie ties for seventh with 2-over 74; Lewis is medalist with 3-under 69". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 7, 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  19. ^ "Stacy Lewis wins Kraft Nabisco Championship". Los Angeles Times. April 3, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  20. ^ "Stacy Lewis signs mult-year contract to be ambassador for Mizuno". World Golf. September 18, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  21. ^ "Stacy Lewis signs with Fila". Women's Golf Apparel. February 11, 2009. Retrieved February 22, 2009.
  22. ^ "Stacy Lewis lands endorsement deal". ESPN.com. Associated Press. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  23. ^ "Cristie Kerr wins Lorena Ochoa Invitational, Stacy Lewis wraps up player of the year award". Washington Post. Associated Press. November 11, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.[dead link]
  24. ^ a b Sirak, Ron (June 11, 2015). "Stacy Lewis shows she's as savvy about business as she is about golf". Golf Digest. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  25. ^ Inglis, Martin (September 4, 2017). "Stacy Lewis donates $195k winnings to Houston flood victims". bunkered.
  26. ^ Inglis, Martin (November 16, 2017). "Stacy Lewis to skip Evian until big changes made". bunkered.
  27. ^ McEwan, Michael (August 16, 2020). "Stacy Lewis ends title drought with Ladies Scottish Open win". bunkered.
  28. ^ "LPGA names Stacy Lewis Team USA captain for 2024 Solheim Cup". ESPN. Reuters. February 14, 2023.
  29. ^ "Gerrod Chadwell – Profile". Texas A&M Athletics. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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