Paula Creamer

Paula Creamer
Creamer at the 2013 Kingsmill Championship
Personal information
Full namePaula Creamer
NicknameThe Pink Panther
Born (1986-08-05) August 5, 1986 (age 38)
Mountain View, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Sporting nationality United States
ResidenceWindermere, Florida, U.S.
Spouse
Derek Heath
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(m. 2014; div. 2018)​
Career
Turned professional2004
Current tour(s)LPGA Tour (joined 2005)
Professional wins12
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour10
LPGA of Japan Tour2
Best results in LPGA major championships
(wins: 1)
Chevron ChampionshipT13: 2013
Women's PGA C'shipT3: 2005, 2011
U.S. Women's OpenWon: 2010
Women's British Open3rd/T3: 2009, 2012
Evian Championship7th: 2014
Achievements and awards
American Junior Golf
Association (AJGA)
Player of the Year		2003
Golf Digest
Junior of the Year		2003
Golf Digest
Amateur of the Year		2004
LPGA Rookie of the Year2005
(For a full list of awards, see here)
Creamer during practice round at the 2009 LPGA Championship

Paula Creamer (born August 5, 1986)[2] is an American professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. As a professional, she has won 12 tournaments, including 10 LPGA Tour events. Creamer has been as high as number 2 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. She was the 2010 U.S. Women's Open champion. As of the end of the 2023 season, Creamer was 19th on the all-time LPGA career money list with earnings of $12,161,187.[3]

As an amateur, Creamer won numerous junior golf titles, including 11 American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) tournaments. Creamer joined the LPGA Tour in the 2005 season, and her victory in that year's Sybase Classic made her the LPGA's second-youngest event winner.

  1. ^ "Player: Paula Creamer". LPGA. Archived from the original on December 19, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  2. ^ Current Biography Yearbook 2011, p. 128.
  3. ^ "Career Money". LPGA. Retrieved January 13, 2024.