Amateur career

Kerr was born in Miami, Florida, and started playing golf at the age of eight. She had a successful amateur career, winning the 1994 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship and the 1995 Women's Western Amateur. She was the 1995 American Junior Golf Association Junior Player of the Year. In 1996 she played in the Curtis Cup and was the low amateur at the U.S. Women's Open. She graduated from Miami Sunset High School in West Kendall, Florida.

Professional career

Kerr's first win in a professional tournament came in April 1995 in the Ironwood FUTURES Classic on the Futures Tour, which she played while still an amateur.

She turned professional in 1996 at age 18 after graduating from high school, playing on both the Futures Tour and Players West Tour. In October 1996, she tied for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to gain exempt status for 1997. Her LPGA career started fairly slowly; she broke into the top fifty on the money list in her third season in 1999, but did not win until her sixth season. In 2002 she won her first LPGA event at the Longs Drugs Challenge in California. By 2004 she was one of the leading players on the tour, with three tournament victories, and a fifth-place finish on the money list. She won two tournaments in 2005 and moved up to third on the money list. She tied for second at the 2000 U.S. Women's Open, matched by her performance in the 2006 Women's British Open. Her first win of 2006 came at the Franklin American Mortgage Championship where she posted a tournament-record score of 19 under par. In 2006, she was 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, her first major championship. She was also a member of the United States Solheim Cup team in 2002, 2003, and 2005.

The hallmarks of Kerr's game are putting; she finished in the top five on the LPGA Tour in putts/greens hit in 2005 and 2006 and iron play. She was fifth in greens-in-regulation in 2005. In 2005, Kerr finished in the top 10 in half of the tournaments she entered, and ranked second in the LPGA in scoring average, trailing only Annika Sörenstam.

In 2010, Kerr won two of the first 10 tournaments on the LPGA Tour, including the LPGA Championship, which she won by a record-breaking 12-stroke margin over the second-place finisher Song-Hee Kim. As a result of this finish, she went to the top of the Women's World Golf Rankings on June 28, 2010. Kerr held the position for three weeks before Ai Miyazato again regained the top ranking by a margin of 0.0006 average points.

In 2015, Kerr won the CME Group Tour Championship by one shot over fellow American Gerina Piller and South Korean Ha-na Jang.

Breast cancer activism

Kerr is actively involved in fundraising for breast cancer research.

The LPGA and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation awarded Kerr the 2006 LPGA Komen Award due to her dedication to find a cure for breast cancer through the foundation that she founded called Birdies for Breast Cancer. Kerr donates $50 per birdie. As of August 2009 she has raised over $750,000 through donations and an annual charity event. Kerr created the foundation in honor of her mother, Linda, who has been her inspiration. The foundation was created in 2003, the year that her mother Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. Kerr also founded Curvature Wines, which helps to raise money for breast cancer charities. All Trump resorts carry the 2006 cabernet sauvignon under the Curvature Wines label.

Kerr is 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) in height. In 1999 she weighed 175 pounds (79 kg), a weight that caused her to have back spasms. Her parents, who are divorced, are both diabetics, and her mother had a heart attack when Kerr was in the ninth grade. After her weight peaked, Kerr began exercising regularly and went on a diet. By 2002, she had lost 50 pounds (23 kg), and weighs 125 pounds (57 kg).

Personal life and off-course activities

Kerr made an appearance on an episode of the third season of Donald Trump's television series The Apprentice in 2005. In 2006, Kerr married businessman Erik Stevens. Kerr and Stevens maintain a residence in Scottsdale, Arizona. One of her sponsors is Mutual of Omaha, which donates money to her breast cancer research foundation every time she places third or better.

On December 8, 2013, Kerr and Stevens welcomed their first child, a son named Mason, via a surrogate.

Professional wins (25)

LPGA Tour wins (18)

Legend Major championships (2) Other LPGA Tour (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Winner's share ($)
1	Apr 21, 2002	Longs Drugs Challenge	66-72-67-75=280	−8	1 stroke	Hee-Won Han	135,000
2	Apr 17, 2004	LPGA Takefuji Classic	69-67-73=209	−7	Playoff	Seol-An Jeon	165,000
3	Jun 20, 2004	ShopRite LPGA Classic	66-68-68=202	−11	1 stroke	Paula Creamer (a) Giulia Sergas	195,000
4	Sep 5, 2004	State Farm Classic	69-63-63-69=264	−24	1 stroke	Christina Kim	180,000
5	May 8, 2005	Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill	68-68-68-72=276	−8	5 strokes	Jill McGill	330,000
6	Aug 28, 2005	Wendy's Championship for Children	68-67-66-69=270	−18	1 stroke	Paula Creamer Annika Sörenstam	165,000
7	May 7, 2006	Franklin American Mortgage Championship	67-69-66-67=269	−19	2 strokes	Pat Hurst Lorena Ochoa Angela Stanford	165,000
8	Aug 13, 2006	CN Canadian Women's Open	67-70-74-65=276	−12	1 stroke	Angela Stanford	255,000
9	Sep 10, 2006	John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic	70-61-68=199	−14	1 stroke	Annika Sörenstam	150,000
10	Jul 1, 2007	U.S. Women's Open	71-72-66-70=279	−5	2 strokes	Lorena Ochoa Angela Park	560,000
11	Aug 24, 2008	Safeway Classic	71-67-65=203	−13	Playoff	Helen Alfredsson Sophie Gustafson	255,000
12	May 10, 2009	Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill (2)	69-63-66-70=268	−16	2 strokes	In-Kyung Kim	330,000
13	Jun 13, 2010	LPGA State Farm Classic (2)	67-67-63-69=266	−22	1 stroke	Na Yeon Choi Anna Nordqvist	255,000
14	Jun 27, 2010	LPGA Championship	68-66-69-66=269	−19	12 strokes	Song-Hee Kim	337,500
15	Nov 11, 2012	Lorena Ochoa Invitational	67-69-67-69=272	−16	1 stroke	Inbee Park Angela Stanford	200,000
16	May 5, 2013	Kingsmill Championship (3)	66-71-66-69=272	−12	Playoff	Suzann Pettersen	195,000
17	Mar 29, 2015	Kia Classic	67-68-68-65=268	−20	2 strokes	Mirim Lee	255,000
18	Nov 22, 2015	CME Group Tour Championship	68-69-66-68=271	−17	1 stroke	Ha Na Jang Gerina Piller	500,000

LPGA Tour playoff record (3-2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2004	LPGA Takefuji Classic	Seol-An Jeon	Won with par on seventh extra hole
2	2004	ADT Championship	Annika Sörenstam	Lost to bogey on first extra hole
3	2008	Safeway Classic	Helen Alfredsson Sophie Gustafson	Won with birdie on first extra hole
4	2008	Navistar LPGA Classic	Candie Kung Lorena Ochoa	Ochoa won with par on second extra hole Kerr eliminated with par on first hole
5	2013	Kingsmill Championship	Suzann Pettersen	Won with par on second extra hole

Futures Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up	Winner's share ($)
1	Apr 3, 1995	Ironwood Futures Classic	71-67=138	−6	3 strokes	Stephanie Comstock	n/a^

^

Other wins (6)

• 2004 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Grace Park and Juli Inkster), unofficial event
• 2007 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Morgan Pressel), unofficial event
• 2009 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Suzann Pettersen), unofficial event
• 2010 (1) Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge (with Hunter Mahan)
• 2011 (1) Notah Begay III Foundation Challenge (with Hunter Mahan)
• 2013 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Stacy Lewis), unofficial event

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
2007	U.S. Women's Open	−5 (71-72-66-70=279)	2 strokes	Lorena Ochoa, Angela Park
2010	LPGA Championship	−19 (68-66-69-66=269)	12 strokes	Song-Hee Kim

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
ANA Inspiration	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T35
Women's PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T5	WD
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	T36LA	DNP	60	CUT	T2
du Maurier Classic	DNP	DNP	CUT	T54	T17	CUT

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
ANA Inspiration	T66	T3	T11	T5	T3	T35	T20	T21	T2	T5
Women's PGA Championship	CUT	T41	T34	T17	T33	T5	T18	T10	T31	1
U.S. Women's Open	T4	T32	T13	T27	T10	T28	1	T13	T3	T17
Women's British Open ^	CUT	T29	T14	T11	T5	T2	T33	6	T8	T5

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
ANA Inspiration	CUT	T22	T19	T4	T41	T45
Women's PGA Championship	T3	T12	T12	T17	T19
U.S. Women's Open	3	T9	T20	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open ^	T14	T13	16	WD	T13
The Evian Championship ^^			CUT	T67	T53

^ 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.
LA = Low amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
T = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
ANA Inspiration	0	1	2	6	6	11	18	16
Women's PGA Championship	1	0	1	4	5	11	19	15
U.S. Women's Open	1	1	2	5	7	11	20	16
Women's British Open	0	1	0	3	5	11	15	13
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
du Maurier Classic	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
Totals	2	3	5	18	23	45	79	64

• Most consecutive cuts made - 36 (2002 Kraft Nabisco - 2010 British Open)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 4 (2009 U.S. Open - 2010 LPGA)

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made*	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
1997	27	14	0	0	0	0	T15	49,058	112	73.44	109
1998	26	17	0	0	0	1	T4	88,613	74	72.89	90
1999	23	16	0	0	0	3	T5	177,978	47	72.09	53
2000	24	23	0	2	1	8	T2	530,751	15	71.94	19
2001	23	18	0	0	2	5	3	373,947	28	72.26	60
2002	26	22	1	1	3	8	1	685,393	12	71.47	17
2003	23	21	0	2	2	8	T2	696,097	13	70.69	7
2004	24	22	3	2	0	11	1	1,189,990	5	70.33	4
2005	22	20	2	2	4	11	1	1,360,941	3	70.86	2
2006	26	26	3	3	0	19	1	1,578,362	5	70.07	3
2007	22	19	1	0	1	6	1	1,098,921	6	71.88	17
2008	26	26	1	1	0	11	1	1,108,839	10	70.88	5
2009	25	25	1	1	2	13	1	1,519,722	2	70.28	3
2010	21	21	2	2	2	13	1	1,601,552	3	69.95	2
2011	22	20	0	3	3	12	2	1,470,979	2	70.71	3
2012	23	21	1	0	0	7	1	837,314	14	71.27	19
2013	21	18	1	0	1	5	1	710,946	19	71.19	22
2014	24	22	0	2	1	11	2	911,883	15	70.57	11
2015	25	21	2	1	0	8	1	1,294,301	7	70.64	13

*

World ranking

Position in Women's World Golf Rankings at the end of each calendar year.

Year	Ranking	Notes
2006	4
2007	6
2008	7
2009	4
2010	2
2011	4
2012	11
2013	12
2014	13
2015	11

Team appearances

Amateur

• Curtis Cup (representing the United States): 1996

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2002 (winners), 2003, 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2011, 2013, 2015 (winners)
• Lexus Cup (representing International team): 2007, 2008 (winners)
• International Crown (representing the United States): 2014

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	34	15-14-5	2-4-2	3-5-2	10-5-1	17.5	51.5
2002	4	1-3-0	0-1-0 lost to S. Gustafson 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ M. Redman 4&3	1-1-0 won w/ R. Jones 1 up, lost w/ R. Jones 1 up	1.0	25.0
2003	4	3-1-0	1-0-0 def. S. Pettersen 1 up	0-1-0 lost w/ K. Kuehne 3&1	2-0-0 won w/ K. Kuehne 2&1, won w/ K. Kuehne 2&1	3.0	75.0
2005	4	2-2-0	0-1-0 lost to G. Nocera 2&1	0-1-0 lost w/ N. Gulbis 2&1	2-0-0 won w/ N. Gulbis 2&1, won w/ P. Creamer 1 up	2.0	50.0
2007	5	1-3-1	0-1-0 lost to L. Wessberg 1 up	0-1-1 halved w/ P. Hurst, lost w/ N. Castrale 1 dn	1-1-0 won w/ N. Castrale 3&2, lost w/ M. Presel 3&2	1.5	30.0
2009	4	2-1-1	0-0-1 halved w/ M. Hjorth	1-0-0 won w/ M. Wie 1 up	1-1-0 won w/ P. Creamer 1 up, lost w/ N. Castrale 1 up	2.5	62.5
2011	5	2-2-1	0-1-0 lost to K. Stupples 10&81	1-0-1 won w/ M. Wie 2&1, halved w/ P. Creamer	1-1-0 lost w/ M. Wie 2 down, won w/ M. Pressel 1 up	2.5	50.0
2013	4	1-2-1	0-0-1 halved with K. Icher	0-1-0 lost w/ P. Creamer 2&1	1-1-0 won w/ M. Wie 2&1, lost w/ M. Pressel 2dn	1.5	37.5
2015	4	3-0-1	1-0-0 def. C. Hull 3&2	1-0-0 won w/ L. Thompson 2&1	1-0-1 halved w/ L. Thompson won w/ L. Thompson 3&2	3.5	87.5

1 Kerr conceded the match at the start because of injury; Solheim Cup rules categorized this as a 10 and 8 loss.

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