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Home > Golf > LPGA Tour Players > Lidback, Jenny
Lidback, Jenny
Golf is an outdoor sport where player as an individual or from varied teams strike a ball targeting a hole using various clubs. LPGA stands for Ladies Professional Golf Association Tour. LPGA, in is an American organization for female professional golfers. The organization, with headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida runs a series of weekly golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world from February to November each year. The LPGA was founded in 1950 by a group of 13 women. LPGA Tour's events are held in the United States.
Jenny Lidback was born on 30 March 1963 in Lima, Peru. Her height is 5 foot 5 inches. Lidback was the runner-up in the 1978 USGA, United States Golf Association Junior Girls Championship. In 1981, she achieved a junior golf Grand Slam and the All-American Junior Classic. Lidback took runner-up honors in the 1982 Women’s Western Amateur and was a quarterfinalist in the 1984 U.S. Women’s Amateur and played on the 1985 World Cup Team for Peru.
Lidback played at Texas Christian University from 1981 to 83, where she was a member of the 1983 NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association Championship team and was a two-time All-American. In 1988, she qualified for the Tour by tying for 20th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 1989 season. In 1991, her best finish of the season was a tie for 5th at the Atlantic City Classic. In 1995, she became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the du Maurier Ltd. Classic, one of the LPGA’s four major championships.
In 1996, her best finish was 12th place at the U.S. Women’s Open. In 1997, her best finish was a tie for 7th at the Oldsmobile Classic. She recorded her first two LPGA career holes in one during the third and fourth rounds of the Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions, tying the record for most holes in one in a single event.
In 2000, she posted 11 top-20 finishes, including a tie for ninth at the Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open. In 2001, she tied for fifth at the Wegmans Rochester International and recorded her fourth career hole in one during the third round of the Your Life Vitamins LPGA Classic. In 2002, her best finish was a tie for 12th at the Longs Drugs Challenge. Her superior approach and dedication to the game made her stand out from the crowd.
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