JoAnne Carner

JoAnne Carner
Personal information
Full name	JoAnne Gunderson Carner
Nickname	The Great Gundy, Big Mama
Born	(1939-04-04) April 4, 1939 (age 85) Kirkland, Washington, U.S.
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
World Golf Hall of Fame 1982 (member page) LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year 1970 LPGA Tour Money Winner 1974, 1982, 1983 LPGA Tour Player of the Year 1974, 1981, 1982 LPGA Vare Trophy 1974, 1975, 1981, 1982, 1983 USGA Bob Jones Award 1981 GWAA Female Player of the Year 1982, 1983 LPGA William and Mousie Powell Award 1995

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 ever 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.