JoAnne Carner | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
Full name | JoAnne Gunderson Carner | ||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Great Gundy, Big Mama | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Kirkland, Washington, U.S. | April 4, 1939||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||||||||||
Sporting nationality | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Don Carner (m. 1963–99, his death) | ||||||||||||||||
Career | |||||||||||||||||
College | Arizona State University | ||||||||||||||||
Turned professional | 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1970–2005) | ||||||||||||||||
Professional wins | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||||||||||
LPGA Tour | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
Other | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 2) | |||||||||||||||||
Western Open | T2: 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
Titleholders C'ship | T10: 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
Chevron Championship | T2: 1989 | ||||||||||||||||
Women's PGA C'ship | 2nd: 1974, 1982, 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. Women's Open | Won: 1971, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
du Maurier Classic | 2nd/T2: 1980, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
Women's British Open | DNP | ||||||||||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||||||||||
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JoAnne Gunderson Carner (born April 4, 1939) is an American former professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person to win three different USGA championship events. Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.
Carner was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1969.[1] In 1981, Carner was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. She captained the 1994 U.S. Solheim Cup team.