Amateur career

As an amateur, Hurst won the 1986 U.S. Girls' Junior and the 1990 U.S. Women's Amateur. She was also the 1989 U.S. Women's Amateur medalist and was a member of the 1990 U.S. Espirito Santo Trophy team.

Hurst attended San José State University and won team and individual NCAA titles in 1989. She was All-American First team in 1989 and 1990, Big West Champion in 1988 and Big West Champion and Athlete of the Year in 1990. She is a member of the San Jose State Sports Hall of Fame.

Professional career

Hurst left San Jose State University in 1991 and turned professional. She entered LPGA Tour Qualifying School in 1991 and in 1992, missing both times, the second time by one stroke. She spent the next few years working as a teaching pro at the La Quinta Country Club and playing on the Players West Tour, where she won five times. She eventually quit playing golf at one point, taking a job at a Nevada Bob's store in her hometown of San Leandro, California.

In 1994 she entered the LPGA Qualifying Tournament again. This time she tied for 20th to earn exempt status for the 1995 season.

In 1995, Hurst won Rookie of the Year honors in her debut season on the LPGA Tour. She has six career LPGA titles, including one major, the 1998 Nabisco Dinah Shore. Her best money list finish was 6th in 2000. She has represented the United States in the Solheim Cup five times: in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, and 2007.

Professional wins (11)

LPGA Tour wins (6)

Legend

LPGA Tour major championships (1)

Other LPGA Tour (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Jun 8, 1997	Oldsmobile Classic	−9 (68-70-71-70=279)	1 stroke	Juli Inkster
2	Mar 29, 1998	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−7 (68-72-70-71=281)	1 stroke	Helen Dobson
3	May 14, 2000	Electrolux USA Championship	−13 (65-68-72-70=275)	4 strokes	Juli Inkster
4	Sep 4, 2005	State Farm Classic	−17 (67-69-65-70=271)	3 strokes	Cristie Kerr
5	Aug 20, 2006	Safeway Classic	−10 (69-69-68=206)	1 stroke	Jeong Jang Kim Saiki
6	Mar 22, 2009	MasterCard Classic	−10 (68-70-68=206)	1 stroke	Lorena Ochoa Yani Tseng

LPGA Tour playoff record (0-4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1997	ITT LPGA Tour Championship	Lorie Kane Annika Sörenstam	Sörenstam won with par on third extra hole Hurst eliminated with par on first hole
2	2000	Welch's/Circle K Championship	Annika Sörenstam	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3	2000	Giant Eagle LPGA Classic	Dorothy Delasin	Lost to par on second extra hole
4	2006	U.S. Women's Open	Annika Sörenstam	Lost 18-hole playoff (Sörenstam:70, Hurst: 74)

Players West Tour (5)

• 1991-94 Five wins

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1998	Nabisco Dinah Shore	−7 (68-72-70-71=281)	1 stroke	Helen Dobson

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
ANA Inspiration	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	T49	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T16	1	T43	T10
Women's PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T33	T34	T75	T21	DNP	T17
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	T47	CUT	T21	T4	DNP	T12
du Maurier Classic	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T25	5	CUT	T11	DNP	T23

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
ANA Inspiration	T9	T36	T51	T35	T23	T17	T37	T55	T8	T48
Women's PGA Championship	T17	T41	T43	T13	T7	T5	T25	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	T34	CUT	CUT	T7	CUT	2	T61	T24	WD	CUT
Women's British Open ^	CUT	T13	T24	T11	20	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
ANA Inspiration	CUT	T43	CUT	CUT	T46
Women's PGA Championship	T8	T62	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
Women's British Open ^	T49	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Evian Championship ^^			DNP	DNP	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
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
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	1	0	0	1	4	7	22	17
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	1	3	8	20	14
U.S. Women's Open	0	1	0	2	3	6	21	9
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	4	11	4
du Maurier Classic	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	4
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1	1	0	5	11	29	79	48

• Most consecutive cuts made - 12 (1998 Kraft Nabisco - 2001 U.S. Open)
• Longest streak of top-10s - 2 (2006 LPGA - 2006 U.S. Open)

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy: 1990 (winners)

Professional

• Solheim Cup: 1998 (winners), 2000, 2002 (winners), 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners)
• World Cup: 2007, 2008
• Handa Cup: 2015 (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	20	10-7-3	3-1-1	5-2-2	2-4-0	11.5	57.5%
1998	4	3-1-0	0-1-0 lost to L. Davies 1up	2-0-0 won w/ K. Robbins 1up, won w/ K. Robbins 1up	1-0-0 won w/ R. Jones 7&5	3.0	75.0%
2000	4	2-1-1	0-0-1 halved w/ L. Neumann	1-1-0 lost w/ K. Robbins 4&3, won w/ K. Robbins 1up	1-0-0 won w/ K. Robbins 2&1	2.5	62.5%
2002	3	1-2-0	1-0-0 def. M. McKay 3&2	0-1-0 lost w/ K. Robbins 4&2	0-1-0 lost w/ K. Kuehne 1up	1.0	33.3%
2005	5	2-2-1	1-0-0 def. T. Johnson 2&1	1-0-1 halved w/ C. Kim, won w/ M. Redman 1up	0-2-0 lost w/ W. Ward 2&1, lost w/ C. Kim 4&2	2.5	50.0%
2007	4	2-1-1	1-0-0 def. S. Gustafson 2&1	1-0-1 halved w/ C. Kerr, won w/ A. Stanford 4&2	0-1-0 lost w/ B. Lincicome 4&2	2.5	62.5%

[ Source: Wikipedia ]