Jerilyn Britz

Jerilyn Britz
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Jerilyn Britz
Born	(1943-01-01) January 1, 1943 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Mankato State College University of New Mexico
Turned professional	1974
Retired	1999
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1974–99)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration	T10: 1986
Women's PGA C'ship	2nd/T2: 1979, 1981
U.S. Women's Open	Won: 1979
du Maurier Classic	T23: 1988

Jerilyn Britz (born January 1, 1943) was an American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She won the 1979 U.S. Women's Open.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Britz attended Mankato State College (now Minnesota State University, Mankato) and the University of New Mexico. She is in the Minnesota State Maverick Athletic Hall of Fame.^[1]

Britz spent five years working as a high school teacher and three years as a college instructor^[1] before making her LPGA Tour debut at age 31 in 1974.^[2]

During her 26-year career on the tour, Britz won twice. Her first win came in 1979 at a major championship, the U.S. Women's Open; the second was at the Mary Kay Classic in Texas in 1980. Britz also had two runner-up finishes in major championships, at the LPGA Championship in 1979 and 1981. Her best finish on the LPGA Tour money list was 14th in 1980, and she played her last tour event in 1999.

Britz finished fifth in the 1980 Women's Superstars competition.^[1]

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jul 15, 1979	U.S. Women's Open	E (70-70-75-69=284)	2 strokes	Debbie Massey Sandra Palmer
2	Sep, 28 1980	Mary Kay Classic	−5 (70-68=139)	Playoff	Nancy Lopez

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1980	Mary Kay Classic	Nancy Lopez	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1979	U.S. Women's Open	E (70-70-75-69=284)	2 strokes	Debbie Massey, Sandra Palmer

References

1 2 3 "Jerilyn Britz". LPGA. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
↑ Jerilyn Who?

External links

Jerilyn Britz at the LPGA Tour official site

U.S. Women's Open champions

1946 Patty Berg∞ 1947 Betty Jameson 1948 Babe Zaharias 1949 Louise Suggs 1950 Babe Zaharias 1951 Betsy Rawls 1952 Louise Suggs 1953 Betsy Rawls† 1954‡ Babe Zaharias 1955‡ Fay Crocker 1956 Kathy Cornelius† 1957 Betsy Rawls 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Mickey Wright 1960 Betsy Rawls 1961 Mickey Wright 1962 Murle Lindstrom 1963‡ Mary Mills 1964 Mickey Wright† 1965 Carol Mann 1966 Sandra Spuzich 1967‡ Catherine LaCoste# 1968‡ Susie Berning 1969 Donna Caponi 1970‡ Donna Caponi 1971‡ JoAnne Carner 1972 Susie Berning 1973 Susie Berning 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Sandra Palmer 1976 JoAnne Carner† 1977 Hollis Stacy 1978 Hollis Stacy 1979 Jerilyn Britz 1980 Amy Alcott 1981 Pat Bradley 1982 Janet Alex 1983 Jan Stephenson 1984 Hollis Stacy 1985 Kathy Baker 1986 Jane Geddes† 1987 Laura Davies† 1988 Liselotte Neumann 1989 Betsy King 1990 Betsy King 1991 Meg Mallon 1992 Patty Sheehan† 1993 Lauri Merten 1994 Patty Sheehan 1995 Annika Sörenstam 1996 Annika Sörenstam 1997 Alison Nicholas 1998 Pak Se-ri† 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Karrie Webb 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Juli Inkster 2003 Hilary Lunke† 2004 Meg Mallon 2005 Birdie Kim 2006 Annika Sörenstam† 2007 Cristie Kerr 2008 Inbee Park 2009 Ji Eun-hee 2010 Paula Creamer 2011 Ryu So-yeon† 2012 Choi Na-yeon 2013 Inbee Park 2014 Michelle Wie 2015 Chun In-gee 2016 Brittany Lang†

† event won in a playoff; ‡ winner held lead wire-to-wire; # event won by an amateur; ∞ event won in match-play

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