Stacy Lewis wins the Ricoh Women’s British Open by two strokes. Story to come. Here is her background

Stacy Lewis

Born: The Woodlands, Texas

Lives: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

Birthdate: February 16, 1985 – currently 28 years, 5 months, and 19 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Earned medalist honors at the 2008 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional: June 2008

• VICTORIES

o    LPGA: Eighth-career victory; second-career major championship Previous wins: 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship, 2012 Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, 2012 ShopRite LPGA Classic, 2012 Navistar LPGA Classic, 2012 Mizuno Classic, 2013 HSBC Women’s Champions, 2013 RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup

• MONEY

o    CAREER: With the $412,500 first-place check, Stacy surpasses LPGA and World Golf Halls of Famer Nancy Lopez to move into the 40^th spot on the LPGA Career Money List with $5,422,741

o    SEASON: Crosses the $1 million in season earnings for the third time in her career: Stacy has earned $1,329,299 this season and is 2^nd on the 2013 LPGA Official Money List

• ROLEX RANKINGS

o    Maintains the No. 2 spot in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings.

• TOURNAMENT SPECIFIC

o    Previous finishes at the U.S. Women’s Open: 2007 – CUT; 2008 – T3; 2009 – T48; 2010 – T14; 2011 – T34; 2012 – T46

• OF NOTE

o    Breaks a streak of 10-consecutive Asian-born players winning LPGA major championships and is the first American to win a major since she won her first major title at the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship

o    First American to win the Women’s British Open since Sherri Steinhauer won in 2006

• SOLHEIM CUP

o    Earned 120 points and finishes the U.S. Solheim Cup Team points race ranked first with 977 points

• 2013 IN A NUTSHELL

o    17 events, 17 cuts made, $1,329,299 earned, 3 wins, 12 top-10s

• 2012 RECAP

o    Earned Rolex Player of the Year honors, becoming the first American player to win the award since Beth Daniel in 1994

o    26 events, 25 cuts made, $1,872,409 earned (3), four victories, 12 additional top-10 finishes, three runner-up finishes

o    Placed in the top-10 in nine additional categories including greens in regulation (75%), putts per greens in regulation (1.751), scoring average (70.333), rounds under par (58), birdies (362), eagles (12), rounds in the 60’s (33), sub-par holes (374), and finished third on the money list with $1,872,409