Brittany Lang

Brittany Lang
— Golfer —
Lang in August 2009
Personal information
Born	(1985-08-22) August 22, 1985 Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	United States
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)
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.^[1]

Amateur career

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,^[2] 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.

Professional career

After two years of college golf at Duke, Lang turned professional in July 2005, shortly after her T2 finish at the U.S. Women's Open. She received sponsor's exemptions in 2005 to the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (T36), State Farm Classic, and Canadian Women's Open (T6). She was the medalist in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September, then finished T22 at the final stage in December to earn full playing privileges for the 2006 season.^[3]

Lang recorded six top-ten finishes, in 2006 and 2008. At the end of 2008, her third season on the LPGA Tour, her career earnings exceeded $1 million.

Lang's first professional win came in June 2012 at the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada, where she triumphed in a four-player playoff. She birdied the last hole four consecutive times to win the playoff. It was the first-ever victory in an LPGA event by a former Duke Blue Devil,^[4]^[5] and Lang's 154th event on tour.^[6]

Lang has seven top ten finishes in major championships: six as a professional and one as an amateur. She won the U.S. Women's Open in 2016 at CordeValle and was a solo runner-up at the Women's British Open in 2011 at Carnoustie.

She has represented the United States in four successive Solheim Cups in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. She was undefeated in singles play until falling to Melissa Reid in 2015.

Professional wins (2)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	Jun 24, 2012	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	69-65-67-67=268	–16	Playoff	Chella Choi Inbee Park Hee Kyung Seo	195,000
2	Jul 10, 2016	U.S. Women's Open	68-75-68-71=282	–6	Playoff	Anna Nordqvist	810,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2012	Manulife Financial LPGA Classic	Chella Choi Inbee Park Hee Kyung Seo	Lang won with birdie on third extra hole Park eliminated with birdie on second hole Choi eliminated with birdie on first hole
2	2016	U.S. Women's Open	Anna Nordqvist	Won three hole aggregate playoff: Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2016	U.S. Women's Open	2 shot deficit	−6 (68-75-68-71=282)	Playoff¹	Anna Nordqvist

¹ Defeated Nordqvist in a three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang (3-4-5=12) and Nordqvist (3-6-6=15)

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
ANA Inspiration	CUT	T6	T15	T21	T17	T10	T57	T26
Women's PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T69	T18	T39	T42	CUT	T62
U.S. Women's Open	T2TLA	CUT	CUT	T31	T40	T5	T50	T21
Women's British Open	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	T33	T43	2	CUT

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016
ANA Inspiration	CUT	CUT	T35	CUT
Women's PGA Championship	T72	T62	T49	T39
U.S. Women's Open	T7	T22	T14	1
Women's British Open	CUT	T43	CUT	T60
The Evian Championship^	T57	CUT	CUT	CUT

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
T = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	0	0	2	5	12	8
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	1	10	9
U.S. Women's Open	1	1	3	4	7	12	10
Women's British Open	0	1	1	1	1	11	5
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Totals	1	2	4	7	14	49	33

Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2009 Kraft Nabisco – 2011 Kraft Nabisco)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2005 U.S. Open – 2006 Kraft Nabisco)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2005	6	4	0	1	0	2	T2	500	n/a	71.90	n/a
2006	27	21	0	0	2	7	T3	538,552	21	71.35	16
2007	26	15	0	0	0	2	T4	348,148	39	73.05	60
2008	28	23	0	2	0	8	T2	630,294	30	71.79	29
2009	26	25	0	2	0	7	T2	675,065	19	71.08	15
2010	22	16	0	0	0	2	T5	297,213	35	72.32	44
2011	22	20	0	1	0	7	2	627,691	16	72.00	27
2012	25	24	1	0	0	3	1	575,263	24	71.59	26
2013	28	22	0	0	0	1	T7	355,809	42	71.97	46
2014	30	26	0	0	1	5	T3	551,703	29	71.35	24
2015	29	21	0	1	0	5	2	616,097	25	71.44	33
2016	28	23	1	0	0	6	1	1,259,787	9	71.11	30

official as of 2016 season ^[7]

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	Ranking	Notes
2006	28	^[8]
2007	53	^[9]
2008	46	^[10]
2009	26	^[11]
2010	48	^[12]
2011	32	^[13]
2012	29	^[14]
2013	62	^[15]
2014	66	^[16]
2015	44	^[17]

Team appearances

Amateur

Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2002 (winners)
Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2004 (winners)

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2009 (winners), 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners)

Solheim Cup record

Year	Total matches	Total W–L–H	Singles W–L–H	Foursomes W–L–H	Fourballs W–L–H	Points won	Points %
Career	14	5–6–3	2–1–1	1–3–0	2–2–2	6.5	46.4
2009	3	1–0–2	0–0–1 halved w/ L. Davies		1–0–1 won w/ B. Lincicome 5&4, halved w/ A. Stanford	2.0	66.7
2011	4	1–3–0	1–0–0 def. S. Gal 6&5	0–2–0 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn lost w/ J. Inkster 3&2	0–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 4&3	1.0	25.0
2013	4	3–1–0	1–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&1	1–1–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 2&1 won w/ M. Wie 2&1	1–0–0 won w/ B. Lincicome 4&3	3.0	75.0
2015	3	0–2–1	0–1–0 lost to M. Reid 2&1		0–1–1 halved w/ G. Piller lost w/ L. Salas 2&1	0.5	16.7

References

↑ Fields, Bill (July 10, 2016). "Brittany Lang prevails as penalty again plays role in U.S. Open". ESPNW. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
↑ Wixon, Matt (June 25, 2012). "Former McKinney golf star Brittany Lang earns first LPGA title". Dallas News. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
↑ "2005 Final Qualifying Tournament results". LPGA. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
↑ Ballengee, Ryan (June 24, 2012). "Lang becomes first Duke alumnae to win on LPGA". Golf Channel. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
↑ "Lang wins her first professional tournament". Duke University Athletics. June 24, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
↑ Robinson, Katie Ann (September 6, 2012). "Easy does it: Lang finds secret to success". LPGA. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
↑ "Brittany Lang stats". LPGA. Retrieved November 23, 2016.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 26, 2006.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 25, 2007.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2008.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2009.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2010.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 27, 2011.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 31, 2012.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 30, 2013.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 29, 2014.
↑ "Women's World Golf Rankings". December 28, 2015.

External links

Official website
Brittany Lang at the LPGA Tour official site
Brittany Lang on Twitter

U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee 2016 Brittany Lang†

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

Brittany Lang in the Solheim Cup

United States Solheim Cup team – 2009

Nicole Castrale Paula Creamer Natalie Gulbis Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Brittany Lincicome Kristy McPherson Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Beth Daniel (non-playing captain) Meg Mallon (non-playing assistant captain) Kelly Robbins (non-playing assistant captain)

Won: 16 – 12

United States Solheim Cup team – 2011

Paula Creamer Vicky Hurst Juli Inkster Cristie Kerr Christina Kim Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Ryann O'Toole Morgan Pressel Angela Stanford Michelle Wie Rosie Jones (non-playing captain) Juli Inkster (playing assistant captain) Sherri Steinhauer (non-playing assistant captain)

Lost: 13–15

United States Solheim Cup team – 2013

Paula Creamer Cristie Kerr Jessica Korda Brittany Lang Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Gerina Piller Morgan Pressel Lizette Salas Angela Stanford Lexi Thompson Michelle Wie Meg Mallon (non-playing captain) Laura Diaz (non-playing assistant captain) Dottie Pepper (non-playing assistant captain)

Lost: 10–18

United States Solheim Cup team – 2015

Paula Creamer Cristie Kerr Brittany Lang Alison Lee Stacy Lewis Brittany Lincicome Gerina Piller Morgan Pressel Lizette Salas Angela Stanford Lexi Thompson Michelle Wie Juli Inkster (non-playing captain) Wendy Ward (non-playing assistant captain)

Won: 14.5 – 13.5

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