Player Biography

KARINE ICHER Birthdate: January 26, 1979 Birthplace: Chateauroux, France Age: 28 Ht: 5'9" Home: Crans Montana, Switzerland Turned Professional: 2000
Joined LPGA Tour: 2003 LPGA Tour Wins: None Ladies European Tour Wins: 4 - 2001 Palmerston Ladies German Open, Mexx Sport Open, 2002 Caja Duero Open De Espana, 2004 Catalonia Ladies Masters Player Notes: Member of the victorious 1999 European Team Championship squad and the 2000 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship team for native France…Started playing golf at the age of 10...Credits her parents as the individuals most influencing her career...Hobbies include spending time with friends, shopping and going to the movies. Professional 2006 • Recorded a season-best tie for fourth at the KOLON-Hana Bank Championship. • Posted four additional top-10 finishes: a tie for seventh at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic presented by SemGroup, tie for eighth at the Florida’s Natural Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez, and ties for 10th at the Wegmans LPGA and Weetabix Women’s British Open. • Carded a season-low 66 in the third round of the Wendy’s Championship for Children and during the final round of the Corona Morelia Championship. 2006 Stats (rank) Rds under par: 42/82 (21) Rds in the 60s: 16/82 (42) Birdies: 245 (35) Eagles: 1 (107) Greens in reg: 70.2% (15) Driving accuracy: 71.7% (69) Sand saves: 35.6% (105) Putts per GIR: 1.84 (94) Driving avg: 248 (104) Icher played in two LET events and finished T10 in the Weetabix Women's British Open and T15 in the Evian Masters. She represented France in the Women's World Cup of Golf at Sun City in South Africa with Gwladys Nocera and the pair finished T13. Karine earned a total of EUR 67,892.13 to finish 26th on the New Star Money List. 2005 Highlights • Opened her season with a career-best finish at the Corona Morelia Championship, where she placed second. • Finished in the top 10 in three straight tournaments: a tie for ninth at the State Farm Classic; fifth at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic; and a tie for fourth at the Office Depot Championship at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles. • Carded a career-low 64 at the Mizuno Classic, where she tied for sixth. • Successfully defended her title at the Catalonia Ladies Masters on the Robe di Kappa Ladies European Tour (LET). 2005 Stats (rank) Rds under par: 26/60 (23) Rds in the 60s: 12/60 (34) Birdies: 204 (51) Eagles: 0 (N/A) Greens in reg: 72.8% (3) Driving accuracy: 74.7% (61) Sand saves: 22.2% (149) Putts per GIR: 1.81 (27) Driving avg: 244 (95) 2004 Highlights • Competed in 13 events on the Robe di Kappa Ladies European Tour (LET), where she won the Catalonia Ladies Masters and posted four additional top-10 finishes. • Carded a career-low 69 during the second round of the Evian Masters, where she tied for 43rd. • Returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Presented by American Airlines, where she tied for 55th to retain non-exempt status for the 2005 season. • Karine will remember 2004 as the year she broke back into the LET Elite players with a resounding victory in the final event of the year, the Catalonia Ladies Masters. In the previous 14 events she played, Karine threatened a win on many occasions. Finished 3rd in the BMW Ladies Italian Open Also T4 in the Ladies Open of Portugal, T4 in the Central European Open and T9 at the HP Open for her fifth top ten of the year. Little surprise she finished 4th on the OOM, her best year since her rookie season in 2001 when she won twice. 2005 looks like being a vintage year for Karine and a second Solheim Cup appearance beckons for the amiable Frenchwoman. 2003 Highlights • Played on the Evian Ladies European Tour (LET), where she posted two top-10 finishes in 14 events. • Returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for 65th to retain non-exempt status for 2004. • Karine began her season with much promise finishing T3 at the Tenerife Ladies Open but struggled to find that same form for most of the rest of the year. Also finished T6 at the WPGA Championship of Europe, but failed to make the 2003 Solheim Team by right. However, it was still a successful year, finishing 19th on the OOM and there is always 2004 for Karine to re-impress upon us that she is still the future of French women's golf. Career Highlights • In 2002, won the Caja Duerno Open de Espana Femenino, an event on the LET; tied for seventh at the Evian Masters; was a member of the European Solheim Cup Team; tied for 38th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2003 season. • In 2001, won twice on the LET: the Palmerston Ladies German Open and the Mexx Sport Open.