Introduction
Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.
Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.
Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe, the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit and won the LET Player of the Year.
After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixth Ladies European Tour event in May when she took a one stroke victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that victory up with another in July, again winning by a stroke, at the Open De España Femenino. She concluded the 2013 season by winning in a playoff at the Sanya Ladies Open. The victory was her eighth on tour and netted her a second LET Player of the Year award. In October 2014, Pace would win her ninth LET event when she was victorious in her home country, winning the Cell C South African Women's Open, in a playoff, after a final round comeback. A week later, Pace won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.
Amateur wins
- 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Championship
- 2005 Western Athletic Conference Championship
Professional wins (12)
LPGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Oct 2014 | Blue Bay LPGA | −16 (67-66-67=200) | 3 strokes | Caroline Masson |
Ladies European Tour wins (9)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 Jun 2010 | Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open | −12 (69-67-68=204) | 1 stroke | Vikki Laing |
| 2 | 15 Aug 2010 | S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe | −6 (74-71-67-70=282) | 3 strokes | Melissa Reid Christel Boeljon |
| 3 | 29 Aug 2010 | Finnair Masters | −14 (66-64-69=199) | 3 strokes | Vikki Laing |
| 4 | 24 Oct 2010 | Sanya Ladies Open | −11 (68-71-66=205) | 1 stroke | Stefanie Michl |
| 5 | 31 Oct 2010 | Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open | −5 (71-72-68=211) | Playoff | Hannah Jun Julieta Granada Christel Boeljon |
| 6 | 12 May 2013 | Turkish Airlines Ladies Open | −3 (70-77-70-72=289) | 1 stroke | Minea Blomqvist Carlota Ciganda Charley Hull |
| 7 | 21 Jul 2013 | Open De España Femenino | −13 (67-69-68-71=275) | 1 stroke | Mikaela Parmlid |
| 8 | 27 Oct 2013 | Sanya Ladies Open | −13 (67-66-70=203) | Playoff | Yu Yang Zhang |
| 9 | 19 Oct 2014 | Cell C South African Women's Open | −5 (71-73-67=211) | Playoff | Holly Clyburn |
Other wins (2)
- 2015 South African Women's Open
- 2017 South African Women's Open
Results in LPGA majors
Results not in chronological order before 2019.
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | T70 | CUT | CUT | T69 | T14 | CUT | ||||||
| U.S. Women's Open | T55 | CUT | T43 | T56 | CUT | 43 | ||||||
| Women's PGA Championship | CUT | T62 | WD | T64 | DQ | CUT | ||||||
| The Evian Championship ^ | T54 | T6 | T43 | T48 | CUT | |||||||
| Women's British Open | CUT | CUT | T39 | T25 | T29 | T24 | T17 | CUT | CUT | |||
^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
"T" = tied
Summary
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANA Inspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| U.S. Women's Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
| Women's PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Women's British Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| The Evian Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 18 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2014 Evian – 2016 ANA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1