Brittany Lang
| Brittany Lang | |
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Lang in August 2009
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| Personal information | |
| Born |
August 22, 1985 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Residence | McKinney, Texas, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College |
Duke University (two years) |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA (joined 2006) |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) |
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| ANA Inspiration | T8: 2006 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | T18: 2008 |
| U.S. Women's Open | Won: 2016 |
| Women's British Open | 2nd: 2011 |
| Evian Championship | T57: 2013 |
Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior All-American, in 2001 and 2002. Lang represented the United States at the PING Junior Solheim Cup in 2002. In 2003, she won the North and South Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur in consecutive weeks. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title.
Following graduation from McKinney High School in 2003, Lang played golf at Duke University for two years and won six collegiate tournaments. She was also named the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year, and the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and won back-to-back ACC individual titles in 2004 and 2005.
Lang was also a member of the victorious Curtis Cup team in 2004 and won medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, where she advanced to the quarterfinals of match play.
While still an amateur in 2005, Lang competed as a sponsor's exemption in both the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 15th. She finished her amateur career at the U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, where she tied for second with fellow low amateur Morgan Pressel, two strokes behind champion Birdie Kim. With the last hole to play, Lang was in the clubhouse when Kim holed out from the 18th greenside bunker to seal the victory.
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