Angela Gwen Stanford (born November 28, 1977) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career Born and raised in Saginaw, Texas, Stanford won the Fort Worth Girls Championship four times (1993–1996), the 1996 Texas State 4A High School Championship and the 1996 PING Texas State Junior Championship.

Following graduation from Boswell High School in 1996, she enrolled at Texas Christian University (TCU) in Fort Worth. Stanford won nine collegiate tournaments for the Horned Frogs, was a four-time All-American and a four-time All-Western Athletic Conference (WAC) selection. She was named WAC Freshman of the Year in 1997 and WAC Player of the Year in 1999 and won the 2000 WAC Championship. She earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from TCU in 2000.

Stanford was a member of the 2000 U.S. Curtis Cup team and a semifinalist at the 2000 British Ladies Amateur.

Professional career Stanford turned professional following the 2000 U.S. Women's Amateur in August and played on the Futures Tour, where she earned a victory at the season-ending event in early October. She finished fourth in the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament that year to earn exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2001.

Her first victory on the LPGA Tour came in her third season, at the 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic. A week later Stanford was in a three player 18-hole playoff for the U.S. Women's Open; she lost to Hilary Lunke by one stroke. Her best finish on the LPGA money was in 2008, at ninth place with over $1.1 million.

Stanford has been a member of six U.S. Solheim Cup teams: in 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015, where in the penultimate match, she defeated Suzann Pettersen which cleared the way for Paula Creamer to score the winning point, and gave the U.S. Its first Solheim Cup win since 2009.

On September 16, 2018, Stanford won her first major title at the Evian Championship.

Stanford retired following the 2024 season.

Stanford captained the U.S. Solheim Cup team in 2026. Following the event, she took a job as assistant women's golf coach Texas Christian University, her alma mater.

Awards and honors While at Texas Christian University she was an All-American every year. In 1997, Stanford earned Western Athletic Conference's (WAC) Freshman of the Year award. In 1999, she earned the WAC Player of the Year award.

Professional wins (11) LPGA Tour wins (7) Legend Major championships (1) Other LPGA Tour (6) No.DateTournamentWinningscoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)1Jun 29, 2003ShopRite LPGA Classic65-67-65=197−163 strokes Becky Morgan195,0002Sep 14, 2008Bell Micro LPGA Classic70-67-67-73=277−111 stroke Shanshan Feng210,0003Nov 16, 2008Lorena Ochoa Invitational68-66-72-69=275−131 stroke Brittany Lang Annika Sörenstam200,0004Feb 14, 2009SBS Open at Turtle Bay65-71-70=206−103 strokes Michelle Wie180,0005Feb 26, 2012HSBC Women's Champions66-70-71-71=278−10Playoff Na Yeon Choi Shanshan Feng Jenny Shin210,0006Sep 16, 2018The Evian Championship72-64-68-68=272−121 stroke Austin Ernst Kim Sei-young Mo Martin Amy Olson577,5007Dec 6, 2020Volunteers of America Classic71-69-70-67=277−72 strokes Yealimi Noh Inbee Park Ryu So-yeon262,500

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–4) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12003U.S. Women's Open Hilary Lunke Kelly RobbinsLunke won 18-hole playoff (Lunke:70, Stanford:71, Robbins:73) 22009P&G Beauty NW Arkansas Championship Jiyai Shin Sun Young YooShin won with birdie on second extra hole 32012HSBC Women's Champions Na Yeon Choi Shanshan Feng Jenny ShinWon with par on third extra holeChoi eliminated by par on second holeFeng eliminated by par on first hole42013Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Hee Young ParkLost to birdie on third extra hole 52015Toto Japan Classic Ahn Sun-ju Lee Ji-heeAhn won with birdie on first extra hole

Futures Tour wins (1) 2000 (1) Summit Consulting SBC Futures Tour Championship

Legends of the LPGA wins (3) 2023 Senior LPGA Championship, Eagles Landing 2024 Senior LPGA Championship

Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunners-up2018 The Evian Championship 5 shot deficit −12 (72-64-68-68=272) 1 stroke Austin Ernst, Kim Sei-young Mo Martin, Amy Olson

Results timeline Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009201020112012Chevron ChampionshipT51CUTT58CUTT10T15T12T15T3T11Women's PGA ChampionshipCUTT59T27T4T16T29T33T25T5T25T30CUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTCUTT2CUTT10T49T16T58CUTT194T54Women's British Open ^T13T64CUTCUTT36CUTCUTT20T50T22T23 Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 201920202021202220232024Chevron ChampionshipT19T7T11CUTT47T20CUTT64T40CUTCUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT28T30T41CUTCUTT63T66CUTCUTCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenT4T30T26T11T33T10CUTT44T58CUTCUTCUTThe Evian Championship ^^T6CUTCUT7T181CUTNTCUTCUTT59T26Women's British OpenT17T5T21T60CUTCUTT29T14CUTT41T56 ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001 ^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

CUT = missed the half-way cut NT = no tournament T = tied

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeChevron Championship 0 0 1 1 3 10 22 15U.S. Women's Open 0 1 0 3 5 8 24 14Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 2 2 5 24 17The Evian Championship 1 0 0 1 3 4 11 6Women's British Open 0 0 0 1 1 8 22 15Totals 1 1 1 8 14 35 103 67 Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2009 British Open – 2012 British Open) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2013 Evian – 2014 Kraft Nabisco)

LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoringrank 200126120000T1566,9569873.24103 2002191201022221,8574572.3746 2003211711031643,1921771.9438 200424190002T4297,7903971.86T43200525150013T3272,2884473.1169 2006252002032473,2182371.80T292007242100212T3713,8801971.6211200827232121011,134,753971.229200921201221111,081,9161070.64112010221901072596,8301871.351920112120003931,017,196771.42152012262312161794,2941671.51212013221001162778,2341270.71112014272002062754,7281971.1818201527230103T2491,7773471.2722201626190104T2488,5883771.40402017292300133367,1195271.47622018251910051957,2701671.3846201922120000T23117,60810272.681312020161310131586,3211371.554020211890002T5222,6617771.3064202219400002369,91713273.141552023940000T2654,27115473.12n/a20241660000T26131,19712172.10107Total^53738371514100112,333,86020 ^ Official through 2024 season * Includes matchplay and other tournaments with no cut

World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year Ranking Ref2006 67 2007 32 2008 9 2009 9 2010 20 2011 19 2012 19 2013 17 2014 22 2015 45 2016 58 2017 71 2018 34 2019 76 2020 52 2021 73 2022 312 2023 446 2024 363

Team appearances Amateur Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2000 (winners)

Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2003, 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners), 2026 (non-playing captain) Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2006, 2008 (winners)

Solheim Cup record Year TotalMatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H PointsWon Points%Career204–13–3 3–3–0 1–5–1 0–5–2 5.527.5200330–2–1 0–1–0 lost to A. Sörenstam 3&2 0–0–1 halved w/ M. Redman0–1–0 lost w/ M. Mallon 3&20.516.7200732–0–1 1–0–0 def. T. Johnson 3&2 1–0–0 won w/ P. Hurst 4&20–0–1 halved w/ S. Prammanasudh2.583.3200941–2–1 1–0–0 def. B. Brewerton 5&4 0–1–0 lost w/ N. Castrale 3&10–1–1 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dn,halved w/ B. Lang1.537.5201130–3–0 0–1–0 lost to A. Muñoz 1 dn0–2–0 lost w/ S. Lewis 3&2,lost w/ S. Lewis 6&50–0–0 00201340–4–0 0–1–0 lost to B. Recari 2&10–1–0 lost w/ B. Lang 2&10–2–0 lost w/ G. Piller 2&1,lost w/ G. Piller 1 dn00201531–2–0 1–0–0 def. S. Pettersen 2&10–1–0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 1 dn0–1–0 lost w/ A. Lee 3&2133.3

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