Brandie Burton - Part 2 (Winning the 1993 and 1998 du Maurier Classic)
We begin this second installment of our interview with Brandie Burton with her recounting life on the road as an LPGA newbie. Brandie earned Rookie of the Year honors in 1991 and was the youngest player ever to surpass $1M in career earnings. It didn't take her long to secure her first win at the 1992 PING/Welch's Championship and her first major win came the next year as a 21-year-old at the 1993 du Maurier Classic in a playoff with Betsy King. She won her second major in 1998, again at the du Maurier Classic and this time by one shot over Annika Sorenstam, making Brandie one of only five multiple winners of that event. She didn't know it at the time but this would be her final victory on Tour as physical challenges interrupted what was looking to be a very promising career. Brandie Burton looks back at her life on the LPGA Tour, "FORE the Good of the Game."
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"FORE the Good of the Game” is a golf podcast featuring interviews with World Golf Hall of Fame members, winners of major championships and other people of influence in and around the game of golf. Highlighting the positive aspects of the game, we aim to create and provide an engaging and timeless repository of content that listeners can enjoy now and forever. Co-hosted by PGA Tour star Bruce Devlin, our podcast focuses on telling their life stories, in their voices. Join Bruce and Mike Gonzalez “FORE the Good of the Game.”
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Burton, Brandie
Golf Professional
Started playing golf at the age of 9...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. 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 Championship.
Brandie had 5 professional wins, all on the LPGA Tour including two majors, the 1993 and 1998 du Maurier Classics. She was also a member of Solheim Cup teams on 5 successive occasions from 1992 - 2000.
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