Beth Daniel
| Beth Daniel | |
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Daniel posing in the U.S. Solheim Cup team uniform after the 2009 team was announced at Royal Lytham & St Annes, August 2, 2009.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Beth Daniel |
| Born |
October 14, 1956 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | Delray Beach, Florida |
| Career | |
| College | Furman University |
| Turned professional | 1978 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1979) |
| Professional wins | 41 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 33 |
| Other | 8 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) |
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| ANA Inspiration | T2: 1983 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1990 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 2nd/T2: 1981, 1982 |
| du Maurier Classic | 2nd: 1982 |
| Women's British Open | T5: 2004 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2000 (member page) |
| LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year |
1979 |
| LPGA Tour Money Winner |
1980, 1981, 1990 |
| LPGA Tour Player of the Year |
1980, 1990, 1994 |
| LPGA Vare Trophy | 1989, 1990, 1994 |
| GWAA Female Player of the Year |
1980, 1990 |
| Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year |
1990 |
| LPGA Heather Farr Award | 2003 |
Beth Daniel (born October 14, 1956) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1979 and won 33 LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Daniel was born in Charleston, South Carolina. She played her collegiate golf at Furman University, and was on the 1976 national championship team that included future LPGA players Betsy King, Sherri Turner and Cindy Ferro. Daniel won the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1975 and 1977, the Women's Western Amateur in 1978, and was on the U.S. Curtis Cup teams in 1976 and 1978 (going 4-0 in 1976). She turned pro at the end of 1978 and joined the LPGA Tour in 1979.
Daniel's first victory came in 1979 year at the Patty Berg Classic, and she went on to win the LPGA Rookie of the Year award. Over the next five years, when Nancy Lopez was at her most dominant, Daniel still managed to win 13 tournaments, including four in 1980 when she was named LPGA Tour Player of the Year. Daniel led the Tour in wins in 1982, 1990 and 1994. She also led in scoring three times, including in 1989 when she became the second golfer in Tour history to record a scoring average below 71.00.
The year 1990 was her most successful on tour. She won seven times, including her lone major at the Mazda LPGA Championship. That year she was also named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. Along the way, Daniel endured two major slumps. She was winless from 1986 to 1988 and again from 1996 to 2002. When she finally won again in 2003, she became - at age 46 years, 8 months and 29 days - the oldest winner in Tour history. She had outlasted most of her contemporaries such as King, Patty Sheehan and Amy Alcott, remaining competitive on the LPGA Tour.
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