JoAnne Carner
| JoAnne Carner | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | JoAnne Gunderson Carner |
| Nickname | The Great Gundy, Big Mama |
| Born |
April 4, 1939 Kirkland, Washington |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| 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 |
| ANA Inspiration | 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.
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.
Born in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle, "The Great Gundy" (as she was known before she married Don Carner) remained an amateur until age 30. In 1960, while attending Arizona State University, she won the national intercollegiate individual golf championship. From 1956 to 1968, she was the dominant woman in amateur golf, and accumulated five U.S. Women's Amateur titles (1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968), ranking her second only to Glenna Collett Vare who had six. She was runner-up two other times (1956, 1964). In 1966, Carner needed 5 extra holes (41 holes in total) to beat Marlene Stewart Streit in the longest final match in U.S. Women's Amateur history. She also won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 1956.
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