# Trish Johnson

Patricia Mary "Trish" Johnson (born 17 January 1966) is an English professional golfer. She won three times on the LPGA Tour and 19 times on the Ladies European Tour. As a senior she has won both senior women's major championships, the U.S. Senior Women's Open and the Senior LPGA Championship.

## Early life

Johnson was born in Bristol, South West England, United Kingdom. Her father and her three brothers were all golfers, one of them was a professional golfer. She practiced other sports, including badminton, soccer and tennis, but took up golf at age nine influenced by her family, playing at Royal North Devon Golf Club, a links course and the oldest golf club in England. She preferred to learn by herself rather than taking golf lessons.

## Amateur career

She was South Western Champion in 1983 and 1984. In 1984 she was both England Under-23 and Under-21 Champion. In 1985 she won the English Women's Amateur Championship, was the English Women's Strokeplay Champion and repeated as England Under-23 Champion. In 1986 she represented Great Britain and Ireland in the Espirito Santo Trophy World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup. At the 1986 Curtis Cup match, on foreign soil at Prairie Dunes Country Club in Hutchinson, Kansas, her team won with 13−5 against United States and Johnson won maximum points in her four games.

## Professional career

Johnson turned professional in March 1987. She won three tournaments in her first year as a professional and was Rookie of Year on the Ladies European Tour in 1987. She won four tournaments in 1990 and won the 1990 Order of Merit. Overall, she has won 19 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour and has finished in the top ten of the Order of Merit on thirteen occasions, including second places in 2000 and 2004.
Her latest regular victory came at the age of 48 years, 7 months, and 15 days at the 2014 Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open, making her the oldest ever winner on the Ladies European Tour and tied third on the all-time-list of most wins on the tour.
Johnson won the 1987 LPGA Tour Qualifying School to earn playing rights for the 1988 season. She has three wins on the US-based LPGA Tour. She won the 1993 Las Vegas LPGA tournament and the following week's LPGA Atlanta Women's Championship. Her last LPGA victory was the 1996 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic.
She was a member of the European Solheim Cup team in 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, and 2007 and teamed with Laura Davies to represent England at the 2007 Women's World Cup of Golf.

## Senior career

After turning 50, Johnson has won six tournaments on the Legends Tour, where most tournaments had an age limit of 45, including three senior women's major golf championships. She won the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship in 2017 and repeated that victory in 2021.
At the 2023 U.S. Senior Women's Open at Waverley Country Club in Portland, Oregon, which had an age limit of 50, Johnson, at 57 years of age, was tied at fourth, five strokes from leader Catriona Matthew after two rounds. She advanced to the lead after a third round 5-under-par 67 and finished winner, one stroke ahead of Leta Lindley after the final round. Johnson received a winner's check of $180,000, twice as much as the highest prize on any regular win in her career.
Johnson became the player with most victories in senior women's majors championships and one of three players who, during their careers, have won both of the two senior majors. The other two players are Laura Davies and Helen Alfredsson.

## Awards, honors

In 2010, Johnson earned Life Time Membership of the Ladies European Tour, reaching the criteria for the honor after the tour decided to retrospectively award points for her 2008 win of the European Nations Cup.
In September 2024, the England Golf Federation announced that Johnson was selected to be inducted in to the England Golf Hall of Fame.

## Amateur wins

* 1984 England Under-21 Championship, England Under-23 Championship
* 1985 English Women's Amateur Championship, English Women's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship, England Under-23 Championship, French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship

## Professional wins (29)
### LPGA Tour wins (3)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 4 Apr 1993 | Las Vegas LPGA | −7 (71-71-67=209) | 4 strokes | Missie McGeorge |
| 2 | 18 Apr 1993 | Atlanta Women's Championship | −6 (72-72-68-70=282) | 2 strokes | Sherri Steinhauer |
| 3 | 29 Sep 1996 | Fieldcrest Cannon Classic | −18 (67-71-68-64=270) | 3 strokes | Kim Saiki |

### Ladies European Tour wins (19)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 6 Jun 1987 | McEwan's Wirral Classic | −4 (72-70-73-77=292) | Playoff | Karen Lunn |
| 2 | 25 Jul 1987 | Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic | −22 (64-60-60-58=242) | 11 strokes | Corinne Dibnah |
| 3 | 25 Oct 1987 | Woolmark Ladies' Matchplay | 4 and 3 | 4 and 3 | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi |
| 4 | 13 May 1990 | Hennessy Ladies' Cup | −3 (72-68-71-74=285) | 3 strokes | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi, Tammie Green |
| 5 | 15 Jul 1990 | Bloor Homes Eastleigh Classic | −11 (61-66-58-64=249) | 5 strokes | Corinne Dibnah |
| 6 | 16 Sep 1990 | Ladies European Open | −12 (71-67-69-69=276) | 2 strokes | Michelle Estill, Pearl Sinn |
| 7 | 11 Nov 1990 | Longines Classic | +2 (72-71-75-68=286) | 6 strokes | Gillian Stewart |
| 8 | 31 May 1992 | Skol La Manga Club Classic | −10 (73-66-67-68=274) | 1 stroke | Florence Descampe, Catrin Nilsmark |
| 9 | 8 Sep 1996 | Marks & Spencer European Open | −14 (74-66-64-70=274) | 5 strokes | Pernilla Sterner, Anne-Marie Knight |
| 10 | 13 Oct 1996 | Open de France Dames | −19 (62-68-70=200) | 10 strokes | Raquel Carriedo-Tomás |
| 11 | 11 Jul 1999 | Open de France Dames (2) | −6 (70-70-75-67=282) | 1 stroke | Alison Nicholas |
| 12 | 24 Oct 1999 | Marrakech Palmeraie Open | −12 (70-67-67=204) | 5 strokes | Valérie Van Ryckeghem |
| 13 | 6 Aug 2000 | The Daily Telegraph Ladies British Masters | −9 (68-71-68=207) | 2 strokes | Vibeke Stensrud |
| 14 | 15 Aug 2004 | Wales "Golf as it should be" Ladies Open | −15 (73-70-69-65=277) | 3 strokes | Iben Tinning, Laura Davies |
| 15 | 26 May 2007 | BMW Ladies Italian Open | −15 (68-70-69-66=273) | 1 stroke | Bettina Hauert |
| 16 | 6 Apr 2008 | VCI European Ladies Golf Cup^ (with Rebecca Hudson) | −21 (267) | 5 strokes | Martina Eberl / Anja Monke Ellen Smets / Lara Tadiotto |
| 17 | 4 Jul 2010 | Tenerife Ladies Open | −14 (67-71-66-70=274) | 1 stroke | Virginie Lagoutte |
| 18 | 12 Sep 2010 | Open de France Feminin (3) | −14 (70-67-63-74=274) | Playoff | Diana Luna |
| 19 | 29 Aug 2014 | Aberdeen Asset Management Ladies Scottish Open | −7 (66-70-73=209) | 2 strokes | Gwladys Nocera |
^ Nation team event, with two rounds of better-ball and two rounds of a greensome variation, sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour, counted as a tour win but with unofficial prize money and not counted in the Order of Merit.
Ladies European Tour playoff record (2–4)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
| 1 | 1987 | British Olivetti Tournament | Jane Connachan | Lost. Connachan won with par on first extra hole. |
| 2 | 1987 | McEwan's Wirral Classic | Karen Lunn | Won on second extra hole. |
| 3 | 1996 | Hennessy Cup | Helen Alfredsson Liselotte Neumann | Lost. Alfredsson won with birdie on second extra hole. Neumann eliminated on first hole. |
| 4 | 1997 | Deesse Ladies' Swiss Open | Marie-Laure de Lorenzi | Lost. |
| 5 | 1999 | Laura Davies' Invitational | Sofia Grönberg -Whitmore | Lost. Grönberg won win birdie on second extra hole. |
| 6 | 2010 | Open de France Feminin | Diana Luna | Won with birdie on first extra hole. |
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### Other wins (1)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 18 Oct 1992 | Sunrise Cup World Team Championship (individual) | +3 (71-72-76=219) | Shared with Liselotte Neumann | Shared with Liselotte Neumann |

### Legends Tour wins (6)

* Legend
* Legends Tour major championships (3)
* Other Legends Tour (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
| 1 | 21 Aug 2016 | The Legends Championship | −5 (68-71=139) | Playoff | Juli Inkster |
| 2 | 12 Jul 2017 | Senior LPGA Championship | −4 (67-72-73=212) | 3 strokes | Michele Redman |
| 3 | 10 Jun 2018 | Suquamish Clearwater Legends Cup | −8 (66-70=136) | 5 strokes | Lisa Grimes |
| 4 | 7 Sep 2018 | BJ's Charity Championship (with Laura Davies) | −10 (61) | 2 strokes | Patti Rizzo and Michele Redman, Donna Caponi and Laurie Rinker |
| 5 | 29 Aug 2021 | Senior LPGA Championship | −7 (67-73-69=209) | 1 stroke | Becky Morgan |
| 6 | 27 Aug 2023 | U.S. Senior Women's Open | −4 (73-72-67-72=284) | 1 stroke | Leta Lindley |
* ↑ Johnson won with a par at the sixth playoff hole.

## Senior major championships
### Wins (3)

| Year | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 2017 | Senior LPGA Championship | −4 (67-72-73=212) | 3 strokes | Michele Redman |
| 2021 | Senior LPGA Championship | −7 (67-73-69=209) | 1 stroke | Becky Morgan |
| 2023 | U.S. Senior Women's Open | −4 (73-72-67-72=284) | 1 stroke | Leta Lindley |

## Ladies European Tour career summary

| Year | Earnings | Order of Merit rank | Scoring average |
| 1987 | £35,718 | 5 | |
| 1988 | £2,110 | 90 | |
| 1989 | £11,631 | 36 | |
| 1990 | £83,043 | 1 | |
| 1991 | £18,155 | 19 | |
| 1992 | £51,805 | 4 | |
| 1993 | £17,451 | 17 | |
| 1994 | £31,309 | 15 | |
| 1995 | £52,464 | 7 | |
| 1996 | £80,333 | 3 | |
| 1997 | £45,742 | 9 | 72.40 |
| 1998 | £73,190 | 4 | 72.13 |
| 1999 | £117,214 | 4 | 70.86 |
| 2000 | €115,131 | 2 | 71.93 |
| 2001 | €66,043 | 16 | 72.71 |
| 2002 | €36,011 | 27 | 73.71 |
| 2003 | €89,066 | 9 | 71.73 |
| 2004 | €160,051 | 2 | 71.82 |
| 2005 | €116,190 | 9 | 71.91 |
| 2006 | €72,288 | 24 | |
| 2007 | €202,468 | 4 | 72.35 |
| 2008 | €67,782 | 34 | 73.12 |
| 2009 | €46,567 | 40 | 72.30 |
| 2010 | €139,925 | 9 | 72.11 |
| 2011 | €30,839 | 71 | 73.27 |
| 2012 | €124,438 | 10 | 71.90 |
| 2013 | €50,055 | 44 | 72.63 |
| 2014 | €92,607 | 17 | 72.38 |
| 2015 | €27,434 | | 75.00 |
| 2016 | €32,093 | 52 | 73.61 |
| 2017 | − | − | 74.29 |
Yellow for top-10 finishes, green for first.

## Team appearances

Amateur
* European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing England): 1984, 1986 (winners)
* Vagliano Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1985 (winners)
* European Ladies' Team Championship (representing England): 1985
* Women's Home Internationals (representing England): 1985 (winners), 1986
* Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1986 (winners)
* Espirito Santo Trophy: (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1986
Professional
* Solheim Cup (representing Europe): 1990, 1992 (winners), 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 (winners), 2005, 2007
* World Cup (representing England): 2007, 2008
* VCI European Ladies Golf Cup (representing England): 2008 (winners)
* Handa Cup (representing World team): 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015
* The Queens (representing Europe): 2016

### Solheim Cup record

| Year | Total matches | Total W-L-H | Singles W-L-H | Foursomes W-L-H | Fourballs W-L-H | Points won | Points % |
| Career | 25 | 5–13–7 | 1–7–0 | 2–4–2 | 2–2–5 | 8.5 | 34% |
| 1990 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 lost to P. Bradley 8&7 | 0–1–0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 5&4 | 0–1–0 lost w/M de Lorenzi 2&1 | 0 | 0% |
| 1992 | 3 | 1–1–1 | 1–0–0 def P. Sheehan 2&1 | 0–1–0 lost w/F.Descampe 1dn | 0–0–1 halved w/F.Descampe | 1.5 | 50% |
| 1994 | 3 | 0–3–0 | 0–1–0 lost to B. Daniel 1dn | 0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 2dn | 0–1–0 lost w/P. Wright 3&2 | 0 | 0% |
| 1996 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2 | 1–0–0 won w/L. Davies 4&3 | 1–0–1 won w/L. Davies 6&5, halved w/A. Sorenstam | 2.5 | 62.5% |
| 1998 | 2 | 0–2–0 | 0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 3&2 | 0–1–0 lost w/L. Davies 3&1 | | 0 | 0% |
| 2000 | 4 | 2–1–1 | 0–1–0 lost to D. Pepper 2&1 | 1–0–1 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2, halved w/S. Gustafson | 1–0–0 won w/S. Gustafson 3&2 | 2.5 | 62.5% |
| 2005 | 3 | 0–1–2 | 0–1–0 lost to P.Hurst 2&1 | 0–0–1 halved w/S. Gustafson | 0–0–1 halved w/I. Tinning | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2007 | 3 | 0–1–2 | 0–1–0 lost to A.Stanford 3&2 | | 0–0–2 halved w/L. Davies, halved w/I. Tinning | 1 | 33.3% |