Early life, education and amateur career

Ward was born in San Antonio, Texas.

She attended Arizona State University where she had a successful National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) career. She was a two-time Honda Award winner, a three-time first team All American, the Pac-10 Champion in 1993 and 1995 and led ASU to team titles in 1993, 1994 and 1995. She graduated in 1995 with a degree in business Management.

In 1994, she won the U.S. Women's Amateur and represented the U.S. in the Curtis Cup, the biennial team competition between amateur golfers from the United States and those from Great Britain and Ireland.

Professional career

Ward turned professional in 1995 and qualified for the LPGA Tour on her first attempt to become a rookie in 1996. Her first win came at the 1997 Fieldcrest Cannon Classic where she set both the all-time 54 and 72-hole LPGA scoring records; both records have since been broken.

She has won four tournaments on the tour. Her best season to date has been 2001, when she finished 12th on the official LPGA money list.

Ward was a member of the 2002, 2003 and 2005 U.S. Solheim Cup teams. She was also selected as an assistant captain to Juli Inkster for the 2015 Solheim Cup team.

Personal life

Ward lives on a 300-acre (1.2 km2) cattle ranch in Edwall, Washington where she operates a cow/calf beef operation with her husband, Nate Hair.

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 28, 1997	Fieldcrest Cannon Classic	-23 (66-65-64-70=265)	2 strokes	Jane Geddes Rosie Jones
2	Feb 21, 1998	Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open	-4 (65-69-70=204)	Playoff	Dana Dormann
3	Aug 12, 2001	Wendy's Championship for Children	-21 (65-62-68=195)	3 strokes	Moira Dunn Annika Sörenstam
4	Apr 16, 2005	LPGA Takefuji Classic	-16 (65-68-67=200)	2 strokes	Lorena Ochoa

LPGA Tour playoff record (1-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1998	Cup Noodles Hawaiian Ladies Open	Dana Dormann	Won with par on first extra hole
2	2001	LPGA Champions Classic	Wendy Doolan	Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
3	2003	Wendy's Championship for Children	Hee-Won Han	Lost to birdie on third extra hole

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	T33	T43
LPGA Championship	CUT	T25	T4	CUT	T3
U.S. Women's Open	T19	CUT	T19	T40	DNP
du Maurier Classic	T53	T16	T34	T20	T55

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T36	T36	T48	T28	T50	T35	WD	T58	T36
LPGA Championship	T3	CUT	T11	T30	CUT	T16	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T19	CUT	CUT	CUT	T36	T41	CUT	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open ^	CUT	T56	T6	T56	CUT	T67	T23	T59	CUT

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013
Kraft Nabisco Championship	CUT	T33	T56	DNP
LPGA Championship	T67	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T14	T34	CUT	DNP
Women's British Open	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
The Evian Championship ^^				DNP

^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
^^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

• Starts - 62
• Wins - 0
• 2nd-place finishes - 0
• 3rd-place finishes - 2
• Top 3 finishes - 2
• Top 5 finishes - 3
• Top 10 finishes - 4
• Top 25 finishes - 14
• Missed cuts - 22
• Most consecutive cuts made - 8
• Longest streak of top-10s - 1

Team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1994 (tie)
• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing the United States): 1994 (winners)

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners)

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	11	2-8-1	0-2-1	2-3-0	0-3-0	2.5	23%
2002	4	2-1-1	0-0-1 halved w/ A. Sörenstam	2-0-0 won w/ B. Daniel 1 up, won w/ E. Klein 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ B. Daniel 4&3	2.5	62.5%
2003	4	0-4-0	0-1-0 lost to I. Tinning 2&1	0-2-0 lost w/ J. Inkster 5&3, lost w/ H. Bowie 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ R. Jones 4&3	0	0%
2005	3	0-3-0	0-1-0 lost to C. Matthew 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ L. Diaz 5&3	0-1-0 lost w/ P. Hurst 2&1	0	0%

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