Sandra Post
| Sandra Post | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Sandra Post |
| Born |
June 4, 1948 Oakville, Ontario |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Nationality |
 Canada
|
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Spouse | John Elliot, Jr. (m. 1970) |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1968 (age 19) |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour (1968–83) |
| Professional wins | 9 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 8 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Titleholders C'ship | DNP |
| ANA Inspiration | T62: 1983 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | Won: 1968 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T2: 1975 |
| du Maurier Classic | T7: 1979 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| LPGA Tour Rookie of the Year |
1968 |
Sandra Post, CM (born June 4, 1948) is a retired professional golfer, the first Canadian to play on the LPGA Tour.
Post was the first Canadian to win multiple times in the same season on the LPGA Tour, doing so twice, the first two times a Canadian performed the feat, in 1978 and 1979. The next time which this occurred was in 2000 with Lorie Kane.
Born in Oakville, Ontario, Post was introduced to golf at age five by her father, and was a youthful prodigy who learned her golf at the nearby Trafalgar Golf Club. She was competing in Ontario provincial events by age 13 and compiled an outstanding junior and amateur career that included winning the Ontario and Canadian Junior Girls Championships three times each.
Bypassing college, Post turned professional in the spring of 1968 and joined the LPGA Tour at age 19. In her debut season of 1968, Post became the youngest to win a women's major title at the LPGA Championship. Her 18-hole playoff victory over defending champion Kathy Whitworth, by 68 to 75, also marked the first victory in the championship by a non-U.S. player; she was the only Canadian to win a major for 48 years, until 18-year-old Brooke Henderson in 2016.
For her performance on the professional circuit, Post was voted the Tour's Rookie of the Year award. Post did not return to the winner's circle on the Tour until 1978; however, she challenged to win on many occasions during that ten-year period. In December 1974, she won the Colgate Far East Open, a non-tour event in Melbourne, Australia.
Post hit her peak form from 1978 to 1981, winning seven of her eight career titles, and became one of the world's top players. She captured back-to-back wins at the Colgate-Dinah Shore Winner's Circle in 1978 and 1979.
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