Amy Fruhwirth
{{short description|American professional golfer}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|7|23}}
| birth_place = Cypress, California, U.S.
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| nationality = {{USA}}
| residence = Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
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| college = Arizona State University
| status = Professional
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| extour = LPGA Tour (1993-2004)
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| nabisco = T3: 1997
| lpga = T12: 2000
| wusopen = T28: 1995
| dumaurier = T10: 1996
| wbritopen = CUT: 2003
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Amy Fruhwirth (born July 23, 1968) is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour.
Fruhwirth was born in Cypress, California. She played college golf at Arizona State University where she was a three-time All-American.[http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Fruhwirth,Amy-10.pdf LPGA profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132742/http://www.lpga.com/content/2010PlayerBiosPDF/Fruhwirth%2CAmy-10.pdf |date=June 29, 2011 }} In her amateur career, she won the 1991 California Women's Amateur and U.S. Women's Amateur[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=643 1991 U.S. Women's Amateur] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304023101/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=643 |date=March 4, 2012 }} and 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links.[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=919 1992 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304023115/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=919 |date=March 4, 2012 }} She played on the U.S. Curtis Cup team in 1992. She also finished runner-up in the 1985 U.S. Girl's Junior.[http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=37 1985 U.S. Girls' Junior] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304023123/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/results_winner.asp?ID=37 |date=March 4, 2012 }}
Fruhwirth played on the LPGA Tour from 1993 to 2004, winning once{{Cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |title=LPGA All-Time Winners List |access-date=July 8, 2010 |archive-date=December 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf |url-status=dead }} in 1998.[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920192212/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf |date=September 20, 2007 }}
She was inducted into the Sun Devil Women's Golf Hall of Fame in 2005.{{Cite web |title=Anna Nordqvist Part of 2022 Sun Devil Athletics Hall of Fame Class |url=https://thesundevils.com/news/2022/10/13/womens-golf-anna-nordqvist-part-of-2022-sun-devil-athletics-hall-of-fame-class.aspx |access-date=2022-12-01 |publisher=Arizona State University Athletics}}
Amateur wins
Professional wins (2)
=LPGA Tour wins (1)=
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!No.!! Date!!Tournament!!Winning Score!!Margin of |
1
|Jul 21, 1998 | |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Kim Saiki |
=Other wins (1)=
- 1997 JCPenney Classic (with Clarence Rose)
Team appearances
Amateur
- Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1992
References
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External links
- {{LPGA player|amy-fruhwirth/82747}}
- {{Legends Tour player|old_id=258}}
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Category:American female golfers
Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's golfers
Category:Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships
Category:Golfers from California
Category:Golfers from Scottsdale, Arizona