Player Biography

DANA DORMANN Birthdate: September 16, 1967 Birthplace: Oxnard, Calif. Age: 39 Ht: 5'9" Home: Pleasanton, Calif. College: San Jose State Turned Professional: 1988
Joined LPGA Tour: 1991 LPGA Tour Wins: 2 - 1992 Las Vegas LPGA International. 1993 McCall’s LPGA Classic at Stratton Mountain. Player Notes: Is the Assistant Golf Coach at San Jose State for her husband John… Also a teaching pro and four-year site director for LPGA-USGA Girls Golf in Pleasanton, Calif.…One of three 2005 inductees into the National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame…2004 San Jose State Sports Hall of Fame inductee…Played on the LGPA Tour and won two times…Remains in the top 110 on the LPGA's all-time money-winning list with over $1.45 million…Three time All-American…Member of the 1987 San Jose team that won the school's first NCAA Women's Golf Championship…Three time NCGA Scholar All-American…Won 1985 U.S. Girls’ Junior…Also a former Junior World champion…Has played in 13 U.S. Women's Opens in her career…Retired from the tour in 2000 to raise her two sons. Career Highlights • In 2000, best finish of the season was a tie for seventh at the LPGA Takefuji Classic. • In 1999, tied for 21st at both the Longs Drugs Challenge and the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic; posted her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the second round of the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship. • In 1998, best finish was a second place at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open, where she lost to Wendy Ward in a playoff. • In 1997, season-best finish was a tie for fifth at the Friendly’s Classic. • In 1996, best finish was a tie for eighth at both the Oldsmobile Classic and the du Maurier Classic, one of the Tour’s four majors. • In 1995, tied for 18th at the du Maurier Ltd. Classic, one of the LPGA’s four major championships; competed in just 17 events due to early-season maternity leave; her son William was born on March 11. • In 1994, best finish was a tie for seventh at the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions. • In 1993, posted a career-low round with a 63 during the first round of the McCall’s LPGA Classic at Stratton Mountain and went on to win the event, her second career title. • In 1992, became a Rolex First-Time Winner by capturing the Las Vegas LPGA International title. • In 1991, finished second in her first LPGA event, the Oldsmobile LPGA Classic. • Prior to joining the LPGA Tour, competed on the Women Professional Golfers’ European Tour (WPGET).