Brittany Lang (born August 22, 1985) is an American professional golfer. She plays on the LPGA Tour. Lang has won one major championship, the 2016 U.S. Women's Open.
Early life In 1985, Lang was born in Richmond, Virginia. She was raised in McKinney, Texas.
Lang had a decorated junior career. She won eight American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior All-American, in 2001 and 2002. Lang represented the United States at the PING Junior Solheim Cup in 2002. In 2003, Lang graduated from McKinney High School.
Amateur career In 2003, Lang entered Duke University. She attended for two years and won six collegiate tournaments. In the summer, she won the North and South Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur in consecutive weeks. She was also named the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title. In 2005, Lang was the ACC Player of the Year. She also won back-to-back ACC individual titles in 2004 and 2005.
Lang was also a member of the victorious Curtis Cup team in 2004 and won medalist honors at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, where she advanced to the quarterfinals of match play.
While still an amateur in 2005, Lang competed as a sponsor's exemption in both the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 15th. She finished her amateur career at the U.S. Women's Open at Cherry Hills, where she tied for second with fellow low amateur Morgan Pressel, two strokes behind champion Birdie Kim. With the last hole to play, Lang was in the clubhouse when Kim holed out from the 18th greenside bunker to seal the victory.
Professional career In 2005, after two years of college golf at Duke, Lang turned professional. It was shortly after her runner-up finish at the U.S. Women's Open. She received sponsor's exemptions in 2005 to the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (T-36), State Farm Classic, and Canadian Women's Open (T-6). Lang was the medalist in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September, then finished T-22 at the final stage in December to earn full playing privileges for the 2006 season.
Lang recorded six top-ten finishes, in 2006 and 2008. At the end of 2008, her third season on the LPGA Tour, her career earnings exceeded $1 million.
Lang's first professional win came in June 2012 at the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Canada, where she triumphed in a four-player playoff. She birdied the last hole four consecutive times to win the playoff. It was the first-ever victory in an LPGA event by a former Duke Blue Devil, and Lang's 154th event on tour.
Lang has seven top ten finishes in major championships: six as a professional and one as an amateur. She won the U.S. Women's Open in 2016 at CordeValle and was a solo runner-up at the Women's British Open in 2011 at Carnoustie.
She has represented the United States in four successive Solheim Cups in 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. She was undefeated in singles play until falling to Melissa Reid in 2015.
Awards and honors
In 2004, while at Duke University, Lang earned NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year. In 2005, Lang was the ACC Player of the Year.
Professional wins (2) LPGA Tour wins (2) Legend Major championships (1) Other LPGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upWinner'sshare ($)1Jun 24, 2012Manulife Financial LPGA Classic69-65-67-67=268–16Playoff Chella Choi Inbee Park Hee Kyung Seo195,0002Jul 10, 2016U.S. Women's Open68-75-68-71=282–6Playoff Anna Nordqvist810,000
LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result12012Manulife Financial LPGA Classic Chella Choi Inbee Park Hee Kyung SeoLang won with birdie on third extra holePark eliminated by birdie on second holeChoi eliminated by birdie on first hole22016U.S. Women's Open Anna NordqvistWon three hole aggregate playoff:Lang: 3-4-5=12 (E), Nordqvist: 3-6-6=15 (+3)
Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 2016 U.S. Women's Open 2 shot deficit −6 (68-75-68-71=282) Playoff1 Anna Nordqvist 1 Defeated Nordqvist in a three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang (3-4-5=12) and Nordqvist (3-6-6=15)
Results timeline Results not in chronological order. Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012Chevron ChampionshipCUTT8T15T21T17T10T57T26Women's PGA ChampionshipT69T18T39T42CUTT62U.S. Women's OpenT2TLACUTCUTT31T40T5T50T21Women's British OpenCUTCUTCUTT33T432CUT !Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020Chevron ChampionshipCUTCUTT35CUTT42CUTCUTT51Women's PGA ChampionshipT72T62T49T39CUTCUTT21CUTU.S. Women's OpenT7T22T141T58CUTT68CUTThe Evian Championship^T57CUTCUTCUTCUTT54T55NTWomen's British OpenCUTT43CUTT60CUTCUTT61CUT Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Chevron ChampionshipCUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTT59CUTCUTWomen's PGA ChampionshipT40CUTThe Evian ChampionshipT12Women's British Open ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013
LA = low amateur 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 0 0 2 5 17 10U.S. Women's Open 1 1 0 3 4 7 21 13Women's PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 11The Evian Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 4Women's British Open 0 1 0 1 1 1 15 6Totals 1 2 0 4 7 16 77 44 Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2009 Kraft Nabisco – 2011 Kraft Nabisco) Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2005 U.S. Open – 2006 Kraft Nabisco)
LPGA Tour career summary Year Tournaments played Cuts made* Wins 2nd 3rd Top 10s Best finish Earnings($) Money list rank Scoring average Scoring rank2005640102T2500n/a71.90n/a200627210027T3538,5522171.3516200726150002T4348,1483973.0560200828230208T2630,2943071.7929200926250207T2675,0651971.0815201022160002T5297,2133572.32442011222001072627,6911672.00272012252410031575,2632471.5926201328220001T7355,8094271.9746201430260015T3551,7032971.35242015292101052616,0972571.443320162823100611,259,787971.1130201725200001T10248,9346971.767620182270000T2558,98912772.47115201922130000T16154,8588771.969320201480001T6117,1298072.31822021186000110133,8879873.0213320221570001T983,41812371.921002023420000T5926,91017273.83n/a2024520001T840,6281680.00n/a Official as of 2024 season * Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.
World ranking Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year Ranking Notes 2006 28 2007 53 2008 46 2009 26 2010 48 2011 32 2012 29 2013 62 2014 66 2015 44 2016 22 2017 65 2018 249 2019 200 2020 159 2021 200 2022 303 2023 576 2024 956
Team appearances Amateur Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2002 (winners) Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 2004 (winners)
Professional Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2009 (winners), 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners), 2017 (winners)
Solheim Cup record Year Totalmatches TotalW–L–H SinglesW–L–H FoursomesW–L–H FourballsW–L–H Pointswon Points%Career177–7–32–2–11–3–04–2–28.550.0200931–0–20–0–1 halved w/ L. Davies 1–0–1 won w/ B. Lincicome 5&4halved w/ A. Stanford266.7201141–3–01–0–0 def. S. Gal 6&50–2–0 lost w/ J. Inkster 1 dnlost w/ J. Inkster 3&20–1–0 lost w/ M. Wie 4&3125.0201343–1–01–0–0 def. A. Muñoz 2&11–1–0 lost w/ A. Stanford 2&1won w/ M. Wie 2&11–0–0 won w/ B. Lincicome 4&3375.0201530–2–10–1–0 lost to M. Reid 2&10–1–1 halved w/ G. Pillerlost w/ L. Salas 2&10.516.7201732–1–00–1–0 lost to C. Hull 1 dn2–0–0 won w/ B. Lincicome 3&2won w/ B. Lincicome 2 up266.7
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