Vikki Laing
| Vikki Laing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Futures Tour | |||
| Professional wins | 1 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| Epson Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |||
| Chevron Championship | DNP | ||
| Women's PGA C'ship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | ||
| Women's British Open | T62: 2014 | ||
| Evian Championship | DNP | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Vikki Laing (born 14 March 1981) is a Scottish
After a promising amateur career, Laing turned professional in the U.S. with high hopes in 2003 but never quite managed to fulfill her potential, as illustrated by her LET career earnings of just over £300,000. She finished runner-up five times on the LET and
ALPG Tour, another professional win proving elusive after The Gettysburg Championship in 2007.[3]
Amateur career
Laing is from
NCAA Championships 2001–2003 and to the 2003 NCAA Central Regional title. In 2016, she was inducted into the California Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]
Professional career
Laing turned professional in 2003 but a limiting category led to a frustrating year on the
State Farm Rail Classic in Springfield, Illinois, were she made her first LPGA Tour cut.[5]
In 2005 she played just 8 LPGA tournaments.
In 2006 she dropped down to play on the
LPGA Tour. In 2007 she had her first professional career win, in The Gettysburg Championship.[6] She also finished runner-up at the 2007 Betty Puskar Golf Classic and the 2008 Duramed Invitational, one stroke behind Vicky Hurst
.
In 2009, Laing joined the
Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open and the Finnair Masters, both behind Lee-Anne Pace, and ended the season in 10th spot on the Order of Merit. In 2011, she was runner-up at the Sanya Ladies Open, a tournament co-sanctioned by the China LPGA Tour, Ladies Asian Golf Tour and the LET.[7]
Laing participated in the "Australian Swing", and on the
New South Wales Women's Open.[7]
At her first major, the
the fourth albatross to be recorded at women's major golf championships.[8] Following the tournament she rose to a career high of 143 on the Women's World Golf Rankings, and she featured in the top 150 also in 2010 and 2015.[7]
Amateur wins
- 2000 St Rule Trophy[9]
- 2003 Pac-10 Championship[2]
Professional wins (1)
Futures Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 Aug 2007 | The Gettysburg Championship | 70-68-69=207 | −9 | 3 strokes |  Violeta Retamoza
|
14,000 |
Team appearances
Amateur
- Junior Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1997
- European Young Masters (representing Scotland): 1997
- European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 2001, 2003
- Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2002
- Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2003 (winners)
References
- ^ a b "Vikki Laing". California Athletics Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b "Vikki Laing Bio". California Golden Bears. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Vikki Laing 'really happy' after hanging on to LET card". The Scotsman. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "European Young Masters". EGA. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Vikki Laing's 2nd Outing On LPGA Tour". Kirkwood Golf. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Gettysburg Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Vikki Laing". Rolex Rankings. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Burnside, Elspeth (11 July 2014). "Albatross puts Musselburgh's Vikki Laing in with a shout". Edinburgh News.
- ^ "St Rule Trophy: Past Winners". St Andrews. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vikki Laing.
- Vikki Laing at the Ladies European Tour official site
- Vikki Laing at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site