Lee-Anne Pace

Lee-Anne Pace (born 15 February 1981) is a South African professional golfer.

Lee-Anne Pace
Pace at the 2010 Women's British Open
Personal information
Full name	Lee-Anne Pace
Born	(1981-02-15) 15 February 1981 Paarl, South Africa
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Spouse	Anne-Lise Caudal
Career
College	Murray State University, University of Tulsa
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	Ladies European Tour
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour Futures Tour
Professional wins	23
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Ladies European Tour	11
Other	11
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T14: 2016
Women's PGA C'ship	T30: 2023
U.S. Women's Open	T43/43: 2014, 2017
Women's British Open	T17: 2016
Evian Championship	T6: 2015
Achievements and awards
Ladies European Tour Order of Merit winner 2010 Ladies European Tour Player of the Year 2010, 2013

Career

Pace was born in Paarl, Western Cape. She had a successful amateur collegiate career in the United States, where she attended Murray State University and the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in psychology.

Having turned professional in 2005, Pace played on the second tier Duramed Futures Tour in 2006 before qualifying for the LPGA Tour for 2007 at qualifying school. Having lost her card in the United States at the end of 2007, she qualified for the Ladies European Tour for 2008 via qualifying school. She made her breakthrough in 2010 with five wins at the Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open, the S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe, the Finnair Masters, the Sanya Ladies Open, and the Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open. She ended the season at the top of the Order of Merit and won the LET Player of the Year.

After failing to win in 2012, Pace had another big season in 2013. Pace won her sixth Ladies European Tour event in May when she took a one stroke victory at the Turkish Airlines Ladies Open. She followed that victory up with another in July, again winning by a stroke, at the Open De España Femenino. She concluded the 2013 season by winning in a playoff at the Sanya Ladies Open. The victory was her eighth on tour and netted her a second LET Player of the Year award. In October 2014, Pace would win her ninth LET event when she was victorious in her home country, winning the Cell C South African Women's Open, in a playoff, after a final round comeback. A week later, Pace won her first LPGA Tour event at the Blue Bay LPGA in China.

Personal life

In January 2024, Pace married fellow LET player Anne-Lise Caudal at a ceremony held in Yzerfontein, South Africa. The two became acquainted when Pace first started competing on the LET in 2008.

Amateur wins

• 2003 Ohio Valley Conference Championship
• 2005 Western Athletic Conference Championship

Professional wins (23)

LPGA Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	26 Oct 2014	Blue Bay LPGA	−16 (67-66-67=200)	3 strokes	Caroline Masson

Ladies European Tour wins (11)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	20 Jun 2010	Deutsche Bank Ladies Swiss Open	−12 (69-67-68=204)	1 stroke	Vikki Laing
2	15 Aug 2010	S4C Wales Ladies Championship of Europe	−6 (74-71-67-70=282)	3 strokes	Melissa Reid Christel Boeljon
3	29 Aug 2010	Finnair Masters	−14 (66-64-69=199)	3 strokes	Vikki Laing
4	24 Oct 2010	Sanya Ladies Open	−11 (68-71-66=205)	1 stroke	Stefanie Michl
5	31 Oct 2010	Suzhou Taihu Ladies Open	−5 (71-72-68=211)	Playoff	Hannah Jun Julieta Granada Christel Boeljon
6	12 May 2013	Turkish Airlines Ladies Open	−3 (70-77-70-72=289)	1 stroke	Minea Blomqvist Carlota Ciganda Charley Hull
7	21 Jul 2013	Open De España Femenino	−13 (67-69-68-71=275)	1 stroke	Mikaela Parmlid
8	27 Oct 2013	Sanya Ladies Open	−13 (67-66-70=203)	Playoff	Yu Yang Zhang
9	19 Oct 2014	Cell C South African Women's Open1	−5 (71-73-67=211)	Playoff	Holly Clyburn
10	16 May 2021	Investec South African Women's Open1	+2 (70-75-73-72=290)	1 stroke	Leonie Harm
11	2 Apr 2022	Investec South African Women's Open1	E (71-73-74-70=288)	Playoff	Magdalena Simmermacher

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Ladies Tour

Sunshine Ladies Tour (14)

• 2013-2014 (1) Investec Ladies Cup
• 2014-2015 (4) South African Women's Open¹, Ladies Tshwane Open, SuperSport Ladies Challenge, Investec Ladies Cup
• 2015-2016 (4) South African Women's Open, Joburg Ladies Open, Cape Town Ladies Open, Dimension Data Ladies Challenge
• 2017 (1) Chase to Investec Cup Final
• 2018 (1) Cape Town Ladies Open
• 2020 (1) Cape Town Ladies Open
• 2021 (1) Investec South African Women's Open¹
• 2022 (1) Investec South African Women's Open¹

¹Co-sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour

Results in LPGA majors

Results not in chronological order.

! Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Chevron Championship				T70	CUT		CUT	T69	T14	CUT
U.S. Women's Open				T55	CUT		T43	T56	CUT	43				T64
Women's PGA Championship							CUT	T62	WD	T64	DQ	CUT				T30
The Evian Championship ^							T54	T6	T43	T48	CUT		NT	CUT	CUT
Women's British Open	CUT			CUT	T39	T25	T29	T24	T17	CUT	CUT		T32	WD	65	CUT	T55

^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013.

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
DQ = disqualified
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Chevron Championship	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
U.S. Women's Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Women's PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
The Evian Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	4
Women's British Open	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	8
Totals	0	0	0	0	1	5	41	23

• Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2014 Evian – 2016 ANA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Team appearances

Amateur

• Espirito Santo Trophy (representing South Africa): 2002, 2004

See also

• List of golfers with most Ladies European Tour wins

External links

• Lee-Anne Pace at the LPGA Tour official site
• Lee-Anne Pace at the Ladies European Tour official site
• Lee-Anne Pace at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Lee-Anne Pace at the University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane official site