Currently ranked 10th in the Rolex Rankings American LPGAer Angela Stanford has come into her own over the past couple of years. At 32 she has become a veteran on the Tour, but before 2008 she had compiled only one Tour victory, and that came all the way back in 2003 at the ShopRite Classic. Stanford turned pro in 2000 and like so many current ladies on the LPGA Tour was a member of the Future’s Tour. After one year there where she tasted victory, she hopped aboard the big girl’s Tour.
Stanford was a successful junior player growing up in Fort Worth, TX where she compiled a very impressive resume. She stayed at home to become an even more successful collegiate player at TCU where she was a 4 time All American, 1999 WAC player of the year, and 9 time tournament winner. As mentioned above her professional career has been a little more of a slower ascent.
Stanford has had small success in major championships amassing five top ten finishes in her career including a 5th place finish in the ’09 LPGA Championship. Her biggest major moment came in the ’03 US Women’s Open at Pumpkin Ridge where she finished 72 holes tied atop the leaderboard with Hilary Lunke and Kelly Robbins. In the playoff Robbins faded and on the 18th green Stanford sunk a 30ft putt from off the green to momentarily tie Lunke. But not to be outdone the unlikely Lunke drained a 15 footer to take the championship. To this day this was Stanford’s best shot at major glory.
In ’09 Stanford found the winner circle again in the SBS Open at Turtle Bay and also made her 3rd Solheim Cup team appearance. She was part of the winning US team where she won her Sunday’s single match. The forecast for 2010 seems to be a pretty bright one for Stanford. She’s looking to build upon her two most profitable years on Tour with a career year. I don’t know if she will win her coveted major championship in 2010, but I wouldn’t count her out.
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