Trish Johnson
| Trish Johnson | |
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Johnson during 2010 Women's British Open
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Patricia Mary Johnson |
| Born |
17 January 1966 Bristol, England |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1987 |
| Current tour(s) | Ladies European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | LPGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 24 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 3 |
| Ladies European Tour | 19 (T3rd all-time) |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships |
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| ANA Inspiration | T8: 1993 |
| Women's PGA C'ship | 8th/T8: 1993, 1997 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 10th: 1998 |
| du Maurier Classic | T3: 1991 |
| Women's British Open | T19: 2001 |
| Evian Championship | CUT: 2014 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year |
1987 |
| Ladies European Tour Order of Merit |
1990 |
Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English professional golfer.
Johnson was born in Bristol. She had a successful amateur career. She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985 she was England Amateur Champion, England Strokeplay Champion and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986 she represented GB & I in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup, where she won maximum points.
Johnson turned professional in March 1987. She won three tournaments in her first year as a professional and was Rookie of Year on the Ladies European Tour in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall, she has won 18 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour and has finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit on thirteen occasions, including second places in 2000 and 2004 when she won the 2004 Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open. Her latest victory came at the 2007 BMW Ladies Italian Open.
Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour Qualifying School to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the US-based LPGATour. She won the 1993 Las Vegas LPGA tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship. Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic.
She was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, and 2007 and teamed with Laura Davies to represent England at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf.
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