Who is Cristie Kerr?
She is an American Professional golfer who plays on The “Ladies Professional Golf Association” (LPGA) tour. On this tour, she has won twenty times including two Championships which parallels that in men’s golf. She was ranked number one in The “Women’s World Golf Rankings” in 2010 for three time periods and has earned $19 million (Rs 1,41.44 Cr) in career earnings. She is left-handed but plays Golf in her right hand. Her current Women’s World Golf Rankings is five as per Wikipedia.
Early Life
She was born on 12th October 1977 in Miami, is a coastal metropolis Situated in Florida in the United States. Her father’s name is Michael Kerr & mother is Linda Kerr. She becomes graduate from Miami Sunset Senior High School in West Kendall, Florida.
Career
Her first win in the Professional Golf tournament comes in April 1995 in the “Ironwood FUTURES Classic” on the Futures Tour. Next year she turned professional from amateur at eighteen years of age after graduating from high school. After three years in 1999, he broke into the top fifty on the money list in her third season. She won her first LPGA tournament in 2002 at The CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenges in California.
Matched by her performance in The 2006 Women’s British Open she tied for the second at the 2000 U.S. Women’s Open. The Franklin American Mortgage Championship her first Tournament win of 2006 comes from this tournament where she made a tournament-record score of 19 under par. In that same year, she becomes the only American to win more than one event on the LPGA Tour, winning three times. She won the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open which becomes her first Major championships. She has also participated in a biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers “Solheim Cup” in 2002,2003 & 2005.
She finished in the top five on the LPGA Tour in putts/greens hit in 2005 and 2006 and iron play. In 2002 she finished in the top 10 in half of the tournaments she entered. She also ranks in the second position in the LPGA in scoring average, trailing only Swedish professional golfer Annika Charlotta Sorenstam.
In 2010 she won two of the first ten tournaments LPGA Tour, including the LPGA championships. After this winning achievement, she ranks on the top of The Women’s World Golf Rankings on 28th June 2010. American Professional golfer Stacy Lewis’s first official tournament win comes from the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship. In the same year, she debuts for the biennial golf tournament for professional women golfers “The Solheim Cup” & qualifying second for the U.S. team behind her.
In “The CME Group Tour Championship” 2015 over the American Professional golfer Gerina Piller & South Korean professional golfer Jang Ha-na she won by one shot. She made 24 cuts out of 25 events and achieved her 17th Career tournament win at the Women’s tournament professional call tournament in Southern California titled the “ Kia Classic”.
She has been awarded the 2006 “LPGA Komen Award” by the Ladies Professional Golf Association & The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. It has given due to her contribution to the Foundation she has founded called “Birdies for Breast Cancer”.She has arranged over $ 750,000 (Rs 5.58 Cr) by donations and an annual charity event.
World Ranking
Positions in the Women’s World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.
Year | Ranking |
2006 | 4 |
2007 | 6 |
2008 | 7 |
2009 | 4 |
2010 | 2 |
2011 | 4 |
2012 | 11 |
2013 | 12 |
2014 | 13 |
2015 | 11 |
2016 | 30 |
2017 | 10 |
2018 | 31 |
2019 | 110 |
2020 | 99 |
Personal Life
She married her long term boyfriend Erik Stevens in 2006 who is also a professional business person from America. They gave birth to their first child on 8th December 2013 named Mason & second boy child Griffin, on 28th August 2018.
They have purchased their amazing three-bedroom home at One Morton Square, in 2009 for $ 2.3 million (Rs 17.15 Cr).
Car Collection
Kia K900 of $ 61,710 (Rs 44.99 Lacs).
BMW 5 Series of $ 53,900 (Rs 40.17 Lacs).
Kia Sportage of $ 33,490 (Rs 24.96 Lacs).
Social Media Portfolio
She has 44.5k followers on Twitter & 35.3k followers on Instagram as of July 2021.
Titles | Description |
Real Name | Cristie Kerr |
Birth Place | She was born on 12th October 1977 in Miami. |
Age | 43 years. (As of 2021). |
Height | 5 feet & 3 inches /160 Cm. |
Weight | 63 Kg / 138.89 Lbs |
Boby Measurement | 36-26-36 (Inches). |
Twitter /Cristie Kerr | |
Instagram/ Cristie Kerr | |
Net Worth | 7 million (Rs 52.18 Cr). |
How tall is Cristie Kerr?
5 feet & 3 inches /160 Cm.
How old is Cristie Kerr the golfer?
43 years. (As of 2021).
Cristie Kerr instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/cristiekerr/