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{{short description|American professional golfer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Nancy Lopez
| imagesize         = <!-- Optional, default is 200px -->
| caption           = 
| fullname          = Nancy Marie Lopez
| nickname          =
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1957|1|6}}
| birth_place       = [[Torrance, California]], U.S.
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1957|1|6}} -->
| death_place       =
| height            = 5 ft 5 in
| weight            =
| nationality       = {{USA}}
| residence         = [[The Villages, Florida]], U.S.
| spouse            = Ed Russell (m. 2017)<br>[[Ray Knight]] (1982–2009)<br>Tim Melton (1979–1982)
| partner           =
| children          = Ashley, Erinn, Torri
| college           = [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|University of Tulsa]]<br />(two years)
| yearpro           = [[1977 LPGA Tour|1977]]
| tour              = LPGA Tour
| extour            = <!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins           = 51
| lpgawins          = 48
| letwins           = <!-- Number of Ladies European Tour wins -->
| jlpgawins         = 1
| klpgawins         = <!-- LPGA of Korea Tour wins -->
| lagtwins          = <!-- Number of Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins -->
| alpgwins          = <!-- Number of ALPG Tour wins -->
| futwins           = <!-- Number of Futures Tour wins -->
| otherwins         = 3
| majorwins         = 3
| nabisco           = T3: [[1995 Nabisco Dinah Shore|1995]]
| lpga              = '''Won''': [[1978 LPGA Championship|1978]], [[1985 LPGA Championship|1985]], [[1989 LPGA Championship|1989]]
| wusopen           = 2nd/T2: [[1975 U.S. Women's Open|1975]], [[1977 U.S. Women's Open|1977]], [[1989 U.S. Women's Open|1989]], [[1997 U.S. Women's Open|1997]]
| dumaurier         = 2nd/T2: 1979, 1981, 1996
| wbritopen         = DNP
| wghofid           = nancy-lopez
| wghofyear         = 1987
| award1            = [[LPGA Tour#LPGA Tour awards|LPGA Tour<br>Rookie of the Year]]
| year1             = 1978
| award2            = [[LPGA Tour#Leading money winners by year|LPGA Tour<br>Money Winner]]
| year2             = 1978, 1979, 1985
| award3            = [[LPGA Tour#LPGA Tour awards|LPGA Tour<br>Player of the Year]]
| year3             = 1978, 1979, 1985, 1988
| award4            = [[LPGA Tour#LPGA Tour awards|LPGA Tour<br>Vare Trophy]]
| year4             = 1978, 1979, 1985
| award5            = GWAA Female<br>Player of the Year
| year5             = 1978, 1979, 1985
| award6            = [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|Associated Press<br>Female Athlete of the Year]]
| year6             = 1978, 1985
| award7            = [[William and Mousie Powell Award|LPGA William and<br>Mousie Powell Award]]
| year7             = 1987
| award8            = [[Flo Hyman Award|Flo Hyman Memorial Award]]
| year8             = 1992
| award9            = [[Bob Jones Award|USGA Bob Jones Award]]
| year9             = 1998
| award10           = [[Old Tom Morris Award]]
| year10            = 2000
| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section FILL THIS IN -->
}}

'''Nancy Marie Lopez'''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newspaperarchive.com/SiteMap/FreePdfPreview.aspx?img=105370577 |title=Hollis Stacy Withstands The Pressure |newspaper=[[Lebanon Daily News]] |location=[[Lebanon, Pennsylvania]] |page=19 |date=July 25, 1977 |access-date=July 27, 2011 |quote=Next to her was 20-year-old Nancy Marie Lopez...}}</ref> (born January 6, 1957)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-6-2019/8591546568650/ |title=UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-date=September 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190911222236/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-6-2019/8591546568650/ |url-status=live |quote=Hall of Fame golfer Nancy Lopez in 1957 (age 62)}}</ref> is an American former [[professional golfer]]. She became a member of the [[LPGA Tour]] in [[1977 LPGA Tour|1977]] and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three [[women's major golf championships|major championships]].

==Amateur career==
{{more footnotes needed|section|date=September 2019}}
Lopez won the [[New Mexico]] Women's Amateur at age 12 in 1969, and the [[U.S. Girls' Junior]] in 1972 and 1974, at ages 15 and 17, respectively. Shortly after graduation from [[Goddard High School (New Mexico)|Goddard High School]] in [[Roswell, New Mexico|Roswell]], she played in the [[U.S. Women's Open]] as an amateur, first in 1974 and again in [[1975 U.S. Women's Open|1975]] where she tied for second.

As a collegiate freshman in 1976, Lopez was named [[All-American]] and Female Athlete of the Year for her play at the [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|University of Tulsa]]. That year she won the [[Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women]] (AIAW) national [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Individual|intercollegiate golf championship]] and was a member of the U.S. [[Curtis Cup]] and World Amateur teams. Lopez left college after her sophomore year and turned pro in [[1977 LPGA Tour|1977]], and again was the runner-up at the [[1977 U.S. Women's Open|U.S. Women's Open]].<ref name="about">{{Cite web |url=http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/nancy_lopez.htm |title=Nancy Lopez at about.com |access-date=January 19, 2007 |archive-date=February 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212929/http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/nancy_lopez.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Professional career==
During her first full season on the [[LPGA Tour]] in [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]], Lopez won nine tournaments, including five consecutive. She appeared on the cover of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' in July,<ref name=nwtlfc>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1978/07/10/822802/nancy-with-the-laughing-face-shes-no-longer-a-golfer-shes-an-event-but-the-dazzling-lopez-has-kept-her-cool-thanks-in-part-to-a-very-savvy-caddie-named-roscoe |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Deford |first=Frank |title=Nancy With The Laughing Face |date=July 10, 1978}}</ref> won the [[Vare Trophy]] for lowest scoring average, [[LPGA Rookie of the Year]], [[LPGA Player of the Year]] and was named the [[Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year]]. She won another eight times in [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]], and won multiple times in each year from [[1980 LPGA Tour|1980]] to [[1984 LPGA Tour|1984]], although she played only half-seasons in [[1983 LPGA Tour|1983]] and 1984 due to the birth of her first child.<ref name="about"/>

Playing full-time again in [[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]], Lopez posted five wins, five seconds, five thirds, won the money title, the scoring title, the Player of the Year Award, and was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for a second time. She entered only four events in [[1986 LPGA Tour|1986]], when her second daughter was born, but came back with multiple wins in 1987–89 - three times each in [[1988 LPGA Tour|1988]] and [[1989 LPGA Tour|1989]] - and once again won Player of the Year honors in 1988. Lopez' schedule was curtailed again in the early 1990s when her third daughter was born. In [[1992 LPGA Tour|1992]] she won twice. Lopez continued to play short schedules - from 11 to 18 tournaments - through [[2002 LPGA Tour|2002]], then in [[2003 LPGA Tour|2003]] cut back to just a half dozen or fewer events a year.<ref name="about"/>

Lopez was considered to be one of the greats of women's golf, and she was the game's best player from the late 1970s to late 1980s. She won three [[Women's major golf championships|majors]], and all were at the [[LPGA Championship]], at the same course, in [[1978 LPGA Championship|1978]], [[1985 LPGA Championship|1985]], and [[1989 LPGA Championship|1989]]. Lopez never won the [[United States Women's Open Championship (golf)|U.S. Women's Open]], but finished second four times, the last in [[1997 U.S. Women's Open|1997]] when she became the first in the event's history to score under 70 for all four rounds, yet lost to [[Alison Nicholas]].<ref name="about"/> She won the [[ANA Inspiration|Colgate-Dinah Shore]] in [[1981 LPGA Tour|1981]], two years before it became a major, and was a runner-up three times at the [[Canadian Women's Open|du Maurier Classic]] in [[Canada]].

Lopez was inducted into the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]] in 1987. She was a member of the United States [[Solheim Cup]] team in [[1990 Solheim Cup|1990]] and was captain of the team in [[2005 Solheim Cup|2005]]. Lopez retired from regular tournament play in 2002 and attempted a return in 2007 and 2008. In her return season, she played six tournaments, missed the cut in each, and only broke 80 in three of the 12 rounds.<ref name="about"/> In 2008, she played in three events, with a low score of 76, never making the cut. She was inducted into the [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Members by Year |url=http://www.georgiasportshalloffame.com/pdf_files/inductees/Georgia%20Sports%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Members%20by%20Year%202011.pdf |access-date=July 5, 2017 |website=[[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705122853/http://www.georgiasportshalloffame.com/pdf_files/inductees/Georgia%20Sports%20Hall%20of%20Fame%20Members%20by%20Year%202011.pdf |archive-date=July 5, 2017}}</ref>

Lopez is the only woman to win LPGA Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year, and the Vare Trophy in the same season (1978). Her company, Nancy Lopez Golf, makes a full line of women's clubs and accessories. She also does occasional television commentary.

==Personal life==
Lopez was married to [[Houston]] sportscaster Tim Melton from 1979 to 1982.<ref name=gskdiv>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H_lLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3e4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5856%2C6004544 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Golfer seeks divorce |date=May 13, 1982 |page=33}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20084832,00.html |title=On the Beach No More, Nancy Lopez and Ray Knight Score a Tie for Golf and Baseball |magazine=People |first=Richard |last=Lemon |date=April 25, 1983 |volume=19 |number=16 |access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> Shortly after her divorce, she married [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] [[All-Star]] baseball player [[Ray Knight]], then a member of the [[Houston Astros]], in October 1982 in [[Pelham, Georgia]].<ref name=nlmrkn>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QttaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4508%2C5487844 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |title=Nancy Lopez marries Ray Knight |date=October 27, 1982 |page=12}}</ref> They were married for 27 years, divorcing in 2009, and have three daughters. While married, Lopez and Knight lived in Georgia in his hometown of [[Albany, Georgia|Albany]]. Since 1986, she has hosted the Nancy Lopez Hospice Golf Classic at the [[Doublegate, Georgia|Doublegate Country Club]] to raise money for Albany Community Hospice, returning yearly even after her divorce from Knight in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2013/mar/07/lopez-golf-classis-begins-today/ |title=Lopez golf classic begins today|date=6 March 2013 }}</ref> She currently resides in [[The Villages, Florida]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usga.org/news/2012/December/Catching-Up-With-----Nancy-Lopez/ |title=Catching Up With ... Nancy Lopez: 40 years after winning her first U.S. Girls' Junior, Hall of Famer is busy on and off course |first=Rhonda |last=Glenn |publisher=USGA |date=December 7, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723152550/http://www.usga.org/news/2012/December/Catching-Up-With-----Nancy-Lopez/ |archive-date=July 23, 2013}}</ref> where she hosts an annual golf tournament to benefit the charity AIM (Adventures in Movement), an organization that helps mentally challenged, visually impaired, hearing impaired, physically handicapped and other children and adults with special needs. She has hosted the tournament since 1981 and also serves as a national ambassador with AIM.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aimforthehandicapped.org/ambassadors.html |title=AIM Ambassadors |access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> In 2017, Lopez married for a third time to Ed Russell.

==Amateur wins==
''this list may be incomplete''
* 1969 New Mexico Women's Amateur
* 1970 New Mexico Women's Amateur
* 1971 New Mexico Women's Amateur
* 1972 [[U.S. Girls' Junior]], Women's Western Junior
* 1973 Women's Western Junior
* 1974 [[U.S. Girls' Junior]], Women's Western Junior
* 1975 Mexican Amateur
* 1976 [[Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships#Golf|AIAW National Championship]], [[Women's Western Amateur]], Women's Trans National Amateur

==Professional wins (51)==
===LPGA Tour wins (48)===
{| width=53%
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Legend
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|LPGA Tour major championships (3)
|-
|Other LPGA Tour (45)
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Date
!Tournament
!Winning score
!Margin of<br>victory
!Runner(s)-up
|-
|1
|Feb 26, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Bent Tree Classic]]
| +1 (71-72-73-73=289)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jo Ann Washam]]
|-
|2
|Mar 12, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Sunstar Classic]]
|−3 (72-72-70-71=285)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Debbie Austin]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Debbie Massey]]
|-
|3
|May 14, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Greater Baltimore Golf Classic|Greater Baltimore Classic]]
|−7 (67-73-72=212)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donna Caponi]]
|-
|4
|May 21, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Chrysler-Plymouth Classic|Coca-Cola Classic]]
|−3 (69-71-70=210)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]
|-
|5
|May 29, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Golden Lights Championship]]
|−11 (67-72-73-65=277)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jane Blalock]]
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|6
|Jun 11, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|'''[[LPGA Championship]]'''
|−13 (71-65-69-70=275)
|6 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Alcott]]
|-
|7
|Jun 18, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Bankers Trust Classic]]
|−5 (72-73-69=214)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jane Blalock]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Debbie Massey]]
|-
|8
|Aug 6, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Colgate European Open]]
|−7 (73-71-72-73=289)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mary Dwyer]]<br>{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Sally Little]]
|-
|9
|Nov 12, [[1978 LPGA Tour|1978]]
|[[Colgate Far East Open]]
|E (75-69-72=216)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Silvia Bertolaccini]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Whitworth]]
|-
|10
|Mar 11, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Sunstar Classic]]
|−8 (70-71-70-69=280)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hollis Stacy]]
|-
|11
|Mar 25, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Sahara National Pro-Am]]
|−16 (72-67-66-69=274)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donna Caponi]]
|-
|12
|May 6, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Women's International]]
|−6 (72-71-71-68=282)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donna White]]
|-
|13
|May 20, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Chrysler-Plymouth Classic|Coca-Cola Classic]]
|−3 (73-70-73=216)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bonnie Bryant (golfer)|Bonnie Bryant]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hollis Stacy]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jo Ann Washam]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mickey Wright]]
|-
|14
|Jun 3, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Golden Lights Championship]]
|−8 (67-70-73-70=280)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
|-
|15
|Jun 24, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Lady Keystone Open]]
|−4 (72-68-72=212)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Sally Little]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Whitworth]]
|-
|16
|Aug 5, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Colgate European Open]]
|−6 (68-69-70-75=282)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Joyce Kazmierski]]
|-
|17
|Sep 30, [[1979 LPGA Tour|1979]]
|[[Mary Kay Classic]]
|−14 (71-66-67-70=274)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sandra Post]]
|-
|18
|Mar 30, [[1980 LPGA Tour|1980]]
|[[Women's Kemper Open]]
|E (72-66-77-69=284)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Debbie Massey]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jo Ann Washam]]
|-
|19
|Jun 29, [[1980 LPGA Tour|1980]]
|[[Wegmans LPGA|The Sarah Coventry]]
|−9 (73-67-72-71=283)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
|-
|20
|Sep 1, [[1980 LPGA Tour|1980]]
|[[Rail Charity Golf Classic]]
|−13 (65-71-71-68=275)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]
|-
|21
|Mar 8, [[1981 LPGA Tour|1981]]
|[[Arizona Copper Classic]]
|−14 (70-72-68-68=278)
|4 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
|-
|22
|Apr 5, [[1981 LPGA Tour|1981]]
|[[Colgate-Dinah Shore]]
|−11 (71-73-69-64=277)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carolyn Hill]]
|-
|23
|Jun 28, [[1981 LPGA Tour|1981]]
|[[Wegmans LPGA|The Sarah Coventry]]
|−3 (74-69-71-71=285)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
|-
|24
|Mar 21, [[1982 LPGA Tour|1982]]
|[[J&B Scotch Pro-Am]]
|−5 (70-67-69-73=279)
|5 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Sandra Haynie]]
|-
|25
|Nov 7, [[1982 LPGA Tour|1982]]
|[[Mazda Japan Classic]]
|−9 (66-70-71=207)
|6 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Alcott]]
|-
|26
|Feb 6, [[1983 LPGA Tour|1983]]
|[[Elizabeth Arden Classic]]
|−3 (71-71-70-73=285)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Stephanie Farwig]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Betsy King]]
|-
|27
|Apr 10, [[1983 LPGA Tour|1983]]
|[[J&B Scotch Pro-Am]]
|−6 (71-69-69-74=283)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Laura Baugh]]
|-
|28
|Mar 4, [[1984 LPGA Tour|1984]]
|[[Uniden LPGA Invitational]]
|E (70-74-66-74=284)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
|-
|29
|Aug 19, [[1984 LPGA Tour|1984]]
|[[Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf]]
|−7 (69-74-65-73=281)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]
|-
|30
|May 19, [[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]]
|[[Chrysler-Plymouth Classic]]
|−9 (69-69-72=210)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Pat Bradley (golfer)|Pat Bradley]]
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|31
|Jun 2, [[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]]
|'''[[LPGA Championship]]'''
|−15 (65-71-72-65=273)
|8 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alice Miller (golfer)|Alice Miller]]
|-
|32
|Jul 7, [[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]]
|[[Mazda Hall of Fame Championship]]
|−7 (71-70-72-68=281)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Allison Finney]]
|-
|33
|Aug 11, [[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]]
|[[Henredon Classic]]
|−20 (66-67-69-66=268)
|10 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Val Skinner]]
|-
|34
|Sep 8, [[1985 LPGA Tour|1985]]
|[[Portland Ping Championship]]
|−1 (69-76-70=215)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lori Garbacz]]
|-
|35
|Feb 8, [[1987 LPGA Tour|1987]]
|[[Sarasota Classic]]
|−7 (73-66-68-74=281)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kathy Guadagnino]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Anne Marie Palli]]
|-
|36
|Sep 13, [[1987 LPGA Tour|1987]]
|[[Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship]]
|−6 (72-67-71=210)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelly Leadbetter]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Muffin Spencer-Devlin]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jan Stephenson]]
|-
|37
|Feb 7, [[1988 LPGA Tour|1988]]
|[[Mazda Classic]]
|−5 (69-68-71-75=283)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marta Figueras-Dotti]]
|-
|38
|Apr 17, [[1988 LPGA Tour|1988]]
|[[AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic]]
|−6 (71-72-67=210)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marta Figueras-Dotti]]
|-
|39
|May 15, [[1988 LPGA Tour|1988]]
|[[Chrysler-Plymouth Classic]]
|−12 (68-70-66=204)
|8 strokes
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jan Stephenson]]
|-style="background:#e5d1cb;"
|40
|May 21, [[1989 LPGA Tour|1989]]
|'''[[Mazda LPGA Championship]]'''
|−14 (71-69-68-66=274)
|3 strokes
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayako Okamoto]]
|-
|41
|Jul 30, [[1989 LPGA Tour|1989]]
|[[Atlantic City Classic]]
|−10 (67-70-69=206)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Christa Johnson]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Vicki Fergon]]
|-
|42
|Sep 24, [[1989 LPGA Tour|1989]]
|[[Nippon Travel-MBS Classic]]
|−11 (73-69-65-70=277)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alice Ritzman]]<br>{{flagicon|SCO}} [[Pamela Wright]]
|-
|43
|Sep 23, [[1990 LPGA Tour|1990]]
|[[MBS LPGA Classic]]
|−7 (69-70-74-68=281)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cathy Gerring]]
|-
|44
|May 5, [[1991 LPGA Tour|1991]]
|[[Sara Lee Classic]]
|−10 (65-70-71=206)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Kris Monaghan]]
|-
|45
|Sep 7, [[1992 LPGA Tour|1992]]
|[[Rail Charity Golf Classic]]
|−17 (67-68-64=199)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laura Davies]]
|-
|46
|Sep 13, [[1992 LPGA Tour|1992]]
|[[Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship]]
|−7 (70-70-69=209)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jane Crafter]]
|-
|47
|Jul 11, [[1993 LPGA Tour|1993]]
|[[Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic]]
|−13 (68-68-67=203)
|Playoff
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Deb Richard]]
|-
|48
|Apr 27, [[1997 LPGA Tour|1997]]
|[[Chick-fil-A Charity Championship]]
|−7 (71-66=137)
|2 strokes
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tina Barrett (golfer)|Tina Barrett]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Deb Richard]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Karrie Webb]]
|}
''Note: Lopez won the Colgate-Dinah Shore (now known as the [[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]) before it became a major championship.''

'''LPGA Tour playoff record (8–7)'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|1
|1978
|[[Kathryn Crosby/Honda Civic Classic]]
|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} [[Sally Little]]
|Lost to par on first extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|2
|1978
|[[Chrysler-Plymouth Classic|Coca-Cola Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]
|Won with par on first extra hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|3
|1978
|[[Mizuno-Japan Classic]]
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Michiko Okada]]<br>{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Ai-Yu Tu]]
|Okada won with birdie on fifth extra hole<br>Tu eliminated by birdie on second hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|4
|1979
|[[Women's Kemper Open]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donna Caponi]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[JoAnne Carner]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Chako Higuchi]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jan Stephenson]]
|Carner won with par on second extra hole<br>Caponi, Lopez, and Stephenson eliminated by par on first hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|5
|1979
|[[Chrysler-Plymouth Classic|Coca-Cola Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bonnie Bryant (golfer)|Bonnie Bryant]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hollis Stacy]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jo Ann Washam]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Mickey Wright]]
|Won with birdie on second extra hole<br>Bryant, Stacy, and Washam eliminated by birdie on first hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|6
|1980
|[[Mary Kay Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Jerilyn Britz]]
|Lost to birdie on second extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|7
|1985
|[[Portland Ping Championship]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lori Garbacz]]
|Won with birdie on third extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|8
|1988
|[[AI Star/Centinela Hospital Classic]]
|{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Marta Figueras-Dotti]]
|Won with par on second extra hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|9
|1988
|[[Crestar Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Juli Inkster]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Rosie Jones (golfer)|Rosie Jones]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Betsy King]]
|Inkster won with eagle on first extra hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|10
|1988
|[[Rochester International]]
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Mei-Chi Cheng]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Patty Sheehan]]
|Cheng won with birdie on second extra hole<br>Sheehan eliminated by par on first hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|11
|1990
|[[MBS LPGA Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Cathy Gerring]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|12
|1992
|[[Rail Charity Classic]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Laura Davies]]
|Won with par on first extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"
|13
|1992
|[[Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship]]
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Jane Crafter]]
|Won with par on second extra hole
|-style="background:#B0E0E6;"           
|14
|1993
|[[Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Deb Richard]]
|Won with birdie on first extra hole
|-style="background:#F5DEB3;"
|15
|1998
|[[Sara Lee Classic]]
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Donna Andrews (golfer)|Donna Andrews]]<br>{{flagicon|PER}} [[Jenny Lidback]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Barb Mucha]]
|Mucha won with birdie on second extra hole
|}

===LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)===
*1982 (1) [[Mazda Japan Classic]]<sup>1</sup>
<sup>1</sup>Co-sanctioned by the [[LPGA Tour]]

===Other wins (3)===
* 1979 [[Portland Ping Team Championship]] (with [[Jo Ann Washam]])
* 1980 [[JCPenney Mixed Team Classic]] (with [[Curtis Strange]])
* 1987 Mazda Champions (with [[Miller Barber]])

==Major championships==

===Wins (3)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|-style="background:#D8BFD8;"
| [[1978 LPGA Championship|1978]] ||[[LPGA Championship]] ||−13 (71-65-69-70=275)||6 strokes||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Amy Alcott]]
|-style="background:#D8BFD8;"
| [[1985 LPGA Championship|1985]] ||[[LPGA Championship]] ||−15 (65-71-72-65=273)||8 strokes||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Alice Miller (golfer)|Alice Miller]]
|-style="background:#D8BFD8;"
| [[1989 LPGA Championship|1989]] ||[[Mazda LPGA Championship]] ||−14 (71-69-68-66=274)||3 strokes||{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ayako Okamoto]]
|}

===Results timeline===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
! Tournament  !! 1974 !! 1975 !! 1976 !! 1977 !! 1978 !! 1979 !!1980
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|T19
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|T18
|style="background:yellow;"|T2<span style="font-size:87%;">LA</span>
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|T11
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|-
|align=left|[[du Maurier Classic]]
|colspan=5|
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
! Tournament  !! 1981 !! 1982 !! 1983 !! 1984 !! 1985 !! 1986 !! 1987 !! 1988 !! 1989 !!1990
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]
|colspan=2|
|style="background:yellow;"|T6
|T16
|T11
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T33
|style="background:yellow;"|T5
|T18
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T5
|T35
|T21
|T14
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T28
|T24
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|T14
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|WD
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T35
|style="background:yellow;"|T4
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T21
|T12
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|T14
|-
|align=left|[[du Maurier Classic]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T2
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|WD
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T21
|T45
|style="background:yellow;"|9
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
! Tournament !! 1991 !! 1992 !! 1993 !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]
|T30
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|T8
|style="background:yellow;"|T9
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|T15
|T23
|T13
|T21
|T43
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T18
|T25
|WD
|T18
|T18
|T37
|T44
|WD
|T65
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T16
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|T35
|T28
|CUT
|style="background:yellow;"|2
|CUT
|CUT
|T46
|-
|align=left|[[du Maurier Classic]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T22
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:yellow;"|T2
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T27
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
! Tournament !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010
|-
|align=left|[[Kraft Nabisco Championship]]
|T63
|CUT
|CUT
|WD
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[LPGA Championship]]
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Women's Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[Women's British Open]] ^
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
<span style="font-size:87%;">LA</span> = low amateur<br>
CUT = missed the half=way cut.<br>
WD = withdrew<br>
"T" = tied

==U.S. national team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
* [[Curtis Cup]]: 1976 (winners)
* [[Espirito Santo Trophy]]: [[1976 Espirito Santo Trophy|1976]] (winners)

'''Professional'''
* [[Solheim Cup]]: [[1990 Solheim Cup|1990]] (winners), [[2005 Solheim Cup|2005]] (non-playing captain, winners)
* [[Handa Cup]]: 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013

==See also==
* [[List of golfers with most LPGA Tour wins]]
* [[List of golfers with most LPGA major championship wins]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* Katherine M. Jamieson. "Reading Nancy Lopez: Decoding Representations of Race, Class, and Sexuality"
* [[Maxine Baca Zinn|Baca Zinn, Maxine]] and Bonnie Thornton Dill. "Theorizing Difference from Multiracial Feminism." Feminist Theory Reader. Carole R. McCann & Seung-Kyung Kim, eds. New York, NY: Routledge Press, 2003.

==External links==
* {{official website}}
* {{LPGA Tour player}}
* {{Legends Tour player|old_id=81}}
* [https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/sports-outdoor-recreation/nancy-lopez-b-1957/ Nancy Lopez biography in the New Georgia Encyclopedia]
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226212929/http://golf.about.com/od/golferswomen/p/nancy_lopez.htm |title=Nancy Lopez at golf.about.com |date=mdy}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515140316/http://www.latinosportslegends.com/Lopez_Nancy-bio.htm |title=Nancy Lopez at latinosportslegends.com Latino sports legends |date=mdy}}

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