Angela Stanford recorded her second win of the 2008 LPGA Tour season with her victory at the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.
Stanford is enjoying a great season with both wins coming in the last five events. She earlier won at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in September and has not finished outside of the top five since. In her last four events, she has a third place finish at the Samsung World Championship, second place at the Longs Drugs Challenge and a fourth place at the Kapalua LPGA Classic.
For the 2008 season, Stanford has nine top 10 finishes and has only missed four cuts in 26 events played.
Last season, Stanford had 12 top 10 finishes in 24 tournaments and finished with a 2-0-1 record for the U. S. Solheim Cup team. She finished tied for third at the MasterCard Classic and, a couple of weeks later, finished tied for 10th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Her other top finishes for the 2007 season were at the Michelob ULTRA Open (t-10), HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship (t-9), Evian Masters (t-6), CN Canadian Women’s Open (t-10), and the Samsung World Championship (9). Her other notable finishes were at the SemGroup Championship (t-3), Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA (t-7), Wegmans LPGA (7), Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (t-7) and the Navistar LPGA Classic (t-7).
Stanford joined the LPGA in 2001 after playing one year on the Futures Tour, where she won the Futures Tour Championship. She tied for fourth place at the 2000 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2001 season.
She won for the first time in 2003 at the Shop-Rite LPGA Classic and then finished in second place at the U. S. Women’s Open, losing in a three-way playoff. She also played on her first Solheim Cup team this year.
Spotlight: Angela Stanford
Angela Stanford recorded her second win of the 2008 LPGA Tour season with her victory at the inaugural Lorena Ochoa Invitational at the Guadalajara Country Club in Mexico.
Stanford is enjoying a great season with both wins coming in the last five events. She earlier won at the Bell Micro LPGA Classic in September and has not finished outside of the top five since. In her last four events, she has a third place finish at the Samsung World Championship, second place at the Longs Drugs Challenge and a fourth place at the Kapalua LPGA Classic.
For the 2008 season, Stanford has nine top 10 finishes and has only missed four cuts in 26 events played.
Last season, Stanford had 12 top 10 finishes in 24 tournaments and finished with a 2-0-1 record for the U. S. Solheim Cup team. She finished tied for third at the MasterCard Classic and, a couple of weeks later, finished tied for 10th at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Her other top finishes for the 2007 season were at the Michelob ULTRA Open (t-10), HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship (t-9), Evian Masters (t-6), CN Canadian Women’s Open (t-10), and the Samsung World Championship (9). Her other notable finishes were at the SemGroup Championship (t-3), Ginn Tribute Hosted by ANNIKA (t-7), Wegmans LPGA (7), Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic (t-7) and the Navistar LPGA Classic (t-7).
Stanford joined the LPGA in 2001 after playing one year on the Futures Tour, where she won the Futures Tour Championship. She tied for fourth place at the 2000 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2001 season.
She won for the first time in 2003 at the Shop-Rite LPGA Classic and then finished in second place at the U. S. Women’s Open, losing in a three-way playoff. She also played on her first Solheim Cup team this year.