Brittany Lang

Born in Richmond, Virginia and raised in McKinney, Texas, Lang had a decorated amateur 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, she won the North and South Women's Amateur and the Women's Western Amateur in consecutive weeks. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title.

Following graduation from McKinney High School in 2003,{{cite news |url=http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/06/former-mckinney-golf-star-brittany-lang-earns-first-lpga-title.html/ |newspaper=Dallas News |last=Wixon |first=Matt |title=Former McKinney golf star Brittany Lang earns first LPGA title |date=June 25, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525044012/http://highschoolsportsblog.dallasnews.com/2012/06/former-mckinney-golf-star-brittany-lang-earns-first-lpga-title.html/ |archive-date=May 25, 2013 }} Lang played golf at Duke University for two years and won six collegiate tournaments. She was also named the 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference Freshman of the Year and NCAA Freshman College Golfer of the Year, and the 2005 ACC Player of the Year and 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.

After two years of college golf at Duke, Lang turned professional in July 2005, shortly after her T2 finish at the U.S. Women's Open. She received sponsor's exemptions in 2005 to the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (T36), State Farm Classic, and Canadian Women's Open (T6). She was the medalist in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September, then finished T22 at the final stage in December to earn full playing privileges for the 2006 season.{{cite web |title=2005 Final Qualifying Tournament results |publisher=LPGA |url=http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=5299&mid=1 |access-date=July 31, 2011 }}

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,{{cite news |url=http://www.golfchannel.com/news/golftalkcentral/lang-ends-duke-winless-drought/ |title=Lang becomes first Duke alumnae to win on LPGA |first=Ryan |last=Ballengee |date=June 24, 2012 |work=Golf Channel |access-date=August 12, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=205498356| publisher=Duke University Athletics |title=Lang wins her first professional tournament |date=June 24, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012}} and Lang's 154th event on tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.lpga.com/golf/news/2012/9/lang--easy-does-it.aspx |publisher=LPGA |last=Robinson |first=Katie Ann |title=Easy does it: Lang finds secret to success |date=September 6, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012}}

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.

LPGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

¹ Defeated Nordqvist in a three-hole aggregate playoff: Lang (3-4-5=12) and Nordqvist (3-6-6=15)

Results not in chronological order.

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013

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LA = Low amateur

CUT = missed the half-way cut

NT = no tournament

T = tied

• Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (2009 Kraft Nabisco – 2011 Kraft Nabisco)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2005 U.S. Open – 2006 Kraft Nabisco)

Official as of 2024 season{{cite web |access-date=December 3, 2024 |title=Brittany Lang – Results |publisher=LPGA |url=https://www.lpga.com/athletes/brittany-lang/82819/results}}

* Includes matchplay and other events without a cut.

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

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)

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