Sandra Post

Sandra Post
Post in 1978
Personal information
Full nameSandra Post
Born (1948-06-04) June 4, 1948 (age 76)
Oakville, Ontario
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Sporting nationality Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario
Spouse
John Elliot, Jr.
(m. 1970; died 1971)
John McDermid
(m. 1992; died 2008)
[1][2]
Career
Turned professional1968  (age 19)
Former tour(s)LPGA Tour (1968–83)
Professional wins10
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour8
LPGA of Japan Tour1
Other1
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Titleholders C'shipDNP
Chevron ChampionshipT62: 1983
Women's PGA C'shipWon: 1968
U.S. Women's OpenT2: 1975
du Maurier ClassicT7: 1979
Achievements and awards
LPGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
1968

Sandra Post, CM (born June 4, 1948) is a retired professional golfer, the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour. In 1968 at age 20 in her rookie professional year, she won a women's major – the LPGA Championship, and was the youngest player at the time to win a major.

Over her 16 year career on the LPGA Tour, Post won 8 championships and became the first Canadian to win multiple times in the same season, doing so twice in each of 1978 and 1979. The next time a two-win season by a Canadian occurred was in 2000 by Lorie Kane.[3] In 1988, Post was named to both the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame.[4] In 2004, she was inducted into the Order of Canada as a Member with the designation, CM.[4]

  1. ^ "Sandra Post to wed Fort Lauderdale pro". Daytona Beach Morning Journal. Associated Press. March 14, 1970. p. 70.
  2. ^ Svoboda, Chuck (August 22, 1970). "Wedding bells hamper Sandra Post's career". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Canadian Press. p. 9.
  3. ^ Sportsnet Central. July 4, 2016. Rogers Sportsnet.
  4. ^ a b "Sandra Post, CM". Canadian Golf Hall of Fame; Golf Canada - Heritage. 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.