Cristie Kerr (born October 12, 1977) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. She has 20 wins on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships, and over $19 million in career earnings. Kerr was the number one-ranked golfer in the Women’s World Golf Rankings for three time periods in 2010. She is naturally left handed but plays golf right handed.
| Turned professional | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 1997) |
| Former tour(s) | Futures Tour (1996) Players West Tour (1996) |
| Professional wins | 24 |
| Highest Ranking | 1 (June 28, 2010) |
| Wins by Tour | LPGA Tour: 20 Ladies European Tour: 1 Epson Tour: 1 Other: 2 |
| Major Results | Chevron Championship: T2 (2009) Women’s PGA Championship: Won (2010) US Women’s Open: Won (2007) du Maurier Classic: T17 (1999) Women’s British Open: T2 (2006) Evian Championship: T18 (2017) |
| Achievements and Awards | LPGA Komen Award1 (2006) |
| International and Team Golf |  United StatesCurtis Cup2 (1996) Solheim Cup3 (2002  , ’03, ’05 , ’07 , ’09 , ’11, ’13, ’15 , & ’17)International Crown4 (2014, ’16 , & ’18)Lexus Cup5 (2007 & ’08 )Wendy’s 3 Tour Challenge6 (2004 , ’05, ’06, ’07 , ’08, ’09 , ’10, ’11, ’12, ‘& ’13 ) |
- Presented by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation for promoting the early detection of breast cancer. ↩︎
- Curtis Cup is a match play event contested between the top female amateur golfers from the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ↩︎
- Solheim Cup is a match play event contested between a team of female pro golfers from the United States and Europe. ↩︎
- The International Crown is a biennial women’s professional team golf tournament on the LPGA Tour. Eight national teams of four players each (32 players in total) participate in the match play event. ↩︎
- Lexus Cup was a match play event contested between a team of female pro golfers representing the best of Asia and a team representing the remainder of the world. ↩︎
- The Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge was an unofficial golf event held in November at the Rio Secco Golf Club in Henderson, Nevada at Reflection Bay Golf Club. The tournament was a unique stroke play event, and, as the name suggests, pitted three teams, with three members per team, from the PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and the Champions Tour (known as the Senior PGA Tour prior to 2001) against each other. ↩︎