Sandra Post | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sandra Post | ||
Born | Oakville, Ontario | June 4, 1948||
Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
Sporting nationality | Canada | ||
Residence | Toronto, Ontario | ||
Spouse | |||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1968 (age 19) | ||
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1968–83) | ||
Professional wins | 10 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
LPGA Tour | 8 | ||
LPGA of Japan Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) | |||
Titleholders C'ship | DNP | ||
Chevron Championship | T62: 1983 | ||
Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1968 | ||
U.S. Women's Open | T2: 1975 | ||
du Maurier Classic | T7: 1979 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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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]