32 year old Floridian Cristie Kerr has been one of the few consistant American staples on the LPGA Tour. When she was 18 years old in 1996 she turned pro and like many women after her successfully jumped on and made a splash with a win on the Future’s Tour. After only one year there Kerr joined the LPGA Tour and now starts the 2010 season with 12 career LPGA Tour wins and as a four-time Solheim Cup member.
Kerrs’s first win came in 2002 and she has had one win in every season since 2004. She has also made over one million dollars each of the last six Tour season’s. In 2007 she realized a dream by winning her first, and to this day, only major championship in the US Open at Pine Needles in Southern Pines, NC. She has impressively finished 2nd at least once in every single major!
Kerr had a pretty solid 2009 season scoring her second highest paid season along with a victory in Williamsburg at the Michelob Open at Kingsmill. She was also a member of the winning Solheim Cup team. Although she was not able to take home a second major championship Kerr was still able to capture three top 10’s including a 3rd place effort at the US Open. In fact over the past three seasons Kerr has finished in the top ten in six of the 12 major championship events.
The forecast in 2010 for Kerr looks to be very strong as she seems to be settling into the prime of her career. I expect her to be in contention in every one of her starts, and should be one of the American favorites to take home another major. Her obvious intensity and focus on the golf course will undoubtedly make her a consistant force this season.
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