BRANDIE BURTON
Birthdate: January 8, 1972
Birth Place: San Bernadino, Calif.
Age: 37 - Ht.: 5’7"
Home: Highland, Calif.
College: Arizona State
Turned Professional: 1991
Joined LPGA Tour: 1991
LPGA Tour Victories: 5 - 1992 PING/Welch’s Championship. 1993 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic, du Maurier Ltd. Classic, SAFECO Classic. 1998 du Maurier Classic.
LPGA Awards (2): 1991 LPGA Rookie of the Year. 2000 Heather Farr Player Award. The Solheim Cup (5): 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000.
Player Notes:
Started playing golf at the age of nine. Credits Roger and Barbara Burton as the individuals most influencing her career. Named the 1993 Female Player of the Year by Golf World. In 2007, became the first person inducted into the Rialto (Calif.) Hall of Fame. In 2008, was inducted into the Arizona State University Hall of Fame. Hobbies include NHRA drag racing, fishing and bowling. Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.
Burton won the 1987 and 1989 San Diego Junior World Championships, the 1988 PGA National and the 1989 U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship. Burton played collegiate golf for one season at Arizona State University. During that year, she played in seven tournaments and was the medalist in six. Following that performance, she was ranked as the nation’s top women’s collegiate golfer. In 1989, she placed second at both the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship and the Trans-National Championship. Burton played in three U.S. Women’s Opens as an amateur and was a member of the U.S. Curtis Cup Team in 1990. That same year, she won the North and South Women’s Amateur Championship and the Broadmoor Ladies Invitation.
1990 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -2; Rounds Played - 4; In Money - 0; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 75.75; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - Cut at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and U.S. Women’s Open
1991 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -24; Rounds Played - 81; In Money - 21; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 71.96; Money - $176,412.00; Best Finish - T-2nd at the Wegmans LPGA
1992 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -24; Rounds Played - 83; In Money - 22; Top-10 Finishes - 13; Scoring Average - 71.30; Money - $419,570.00; Best Finish - Win at the Welch’s /Circle K Championship
1993 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -26; Rounds Played - 91; In Money - 25; Top-10 Finishes - 16; Scoring Average - 71.02; Money - $517,741.83; Best Finish - Win at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic,du Maurier Classic and SAFECO Classic
1994 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -22; Rounds Played - 74; In Money - 19; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Scoring Average - 72.04; Money - $172,821.67; Best Finish - T-2nd at the Welch’s /Circle K Championship
1995 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -24; Rounds Played - 84; In Money - 22; Top-10 Finishes - 6; Scoring Average - 71.96; Money - $214,455.78; Best Finish - T-3rd at the Kraft Nabisco Championship and Pinewild Women’s Championship
1995 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -27; Rounds Played - 92; In Money - 24; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 71.57; Money - $343,176.00; Best Finish - T-2nd at the Rainbow Foods Classic and Friendly’s Classic
1997 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -25; Rounds Played - 87; In Money - 22; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 71.53; Money - $300,311.00; Best Finish - 3rd at the Friendly’s Classic
1998 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -26; Rounds Played - 91; In Money - 24; Top-10 Finishes - 11; Scoring Average - 71.15; Money - $652,084.00; Best Finish - Win at the du Maurier Classic
2000 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -25; Rounds Played - 82; In Money - 20; Top-10 Finishes - 8; Scoring Average - 71.70; Money - $379,819.00 Rank (23rd); Best Finish - 2nd at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open and Longs Drugs Challenge
2001 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -19; Rounds Played - 63; In Money - 16; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Scoring Average - 71.51; Money - $265,853.00 Rank (37th); Best Finish - 4th at the Wegmans LPGA
2002 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -21; Rounds Played - 68; In Money - 15; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 72.50; Money - $152,704.00 Rank (58th); Best Finish - 5th at the Electrolux USA Championship
2003 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -18; Rounds Played - 55; In Money - 13; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 72.18; Money - $171,536.00 Rank (57th); Best Finish - T-4th at the Wegmans LPGA
2004 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -20; Rounds Played - 68; In Money - 16; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Scoring Average - 71.69 Rank (35th); Money - $256,189.00 Rank (46th); Best Finish - 4th at the Wegmans LPGA
2005 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -19; Rounds Played - 54; In Money - 11; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 72.89 Rank (55th); Money - $93,400.00 Rank (84th); Best Finish - T-14th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship
2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -22; Rounds Played - 62; In Money - 14; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 72.50 Rank (62nd); Money - $207,175.00 Rank (62nd); Best Finish - 3rd at the LPGA Corning Classic
2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -11; Rounds Played - 32; In Money - 6; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 73.78 Rank (103rd); Money - $53,769.00 Rank (116th); Best Finish - T-22nd at the SemGroup Championship
2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -20; Rounds Played - 55; In Money - 10; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 72.82 Rank (77th); Money - $86,726.00 Rank (110th); Best Finish - T-17th at the MasterCard Classic
