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JoAnne Gunderson Carner (born April 4, 1939) is an American former professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to win three different USGA championship events. Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.
In 1981, Carner was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honor given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. She captained the 1994 U.S. Solheim Cup team.
Born in Kirkland, Washington, a suburb east of Seattle, "The Great Gundy" (as she was known before she married Don Carner) remained an amateur until age 30. From 1956 to 1968, she was the dominant woman in amateur golf, and accumulated five U.S. Women's Amateur titles (1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968), ranking her second only to Glenna Collett Vare who had six. She was runner-up two other times (1956, 1964). In 1966, Carner needed 5 extra holes (41 holes in total) to beat Marlene Stewart Streit in the longest final match in U.S. Women's Amateur history. She also won the U.S. Girls' Junior in 1956.
JoAnne Carner Enters Legends Hall of Fame
Vintage Golf Swings
LPGA Legend JoAnne Carner
1976 U.S. Women's Open: Carner Wins Her Second
1987 Willie Mosconi Billiards Pro & Golfer JoAnne Carner
LPGA Legends Roundtable presented by Golfweek
2004 Induction: Marlene Stewart Streit, Presented byJoAnne Carner
Bethesda Hospital Foundation - 2012 Pro-Am Golf Tournament
Tanner Howe's Video for Joanne
Nick Price, Ambassador of Golf 2011