2025 LPGA Pros Bios

Karen Noble

• Has been the Director of Golf Instruction at Fairmount CC in Chatham, NJ since 2010.
• Recently inducted into the NJSGA Hall of Fame for her accomplishments as one of the best amateur golfers from the state of NJ.
• Member of the LPGA Teaching and Coaching Division.
• Formerly the Teaching Professional at Sunningdale Country Club, Scarsdale NY for 6 years, 2001-2006 working with Top 100 Instructor Michael Breed.
• Formerly the Teaching Professional at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Bernardsville, NJ for 2 years with Top 100 Instructor Mike Adams.
• Competed on the LPGA tour for 8 years, 1992-1999 with best finish being a tie for 2 nd in the LPGA Championship.
• Three time winner of the NJ State Women’s Amateur Championship.
• Runner up in 1988 USGA Women’s Amateur.
• Represented the United States in 2 International competitions – the USGA Curtis Cup and World Amateur team winning both team events.
• Competed in 8 USGA Women’s Opens.
• Graduated from Wake Forest University and was named Team MVP and Most Outstanding Female Athlete in 1989. Since has been named one of the Top 50 Female Golfers from the ACC Conference.

 

Jean Bartholomew

Jean Bartholomew grew up in Garden City, New York, and graduated from Duke University, where she finished second in the NCAA Championship. After playing on the European, Japan LPGA and Asian Tours, she played on the LPGA tour regularly from 1996 through 2009, winning over $900,000 and recording ten top-ten finishes. Jean has been teaching since 2009, having worked at The Creek in Locust Valley, NY, Fountains Country Club in Lake Worth, FL, and PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. She is currently teaching at Engineers CC. Jean competes on the LPGA Legends Tour, in the LPGA Teaching Division events and in the occasional LPGA tour event. She has qualified for the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship every year since 2009 and has played in all the U.S. Senior Women’s Opens.

Jean was the winner at the2018 and 2020 Women’s Met Open as well as in 2009. Jean has won the LPGA National Teaching & Club Professional Championship four times, in 2009, 2012, 2013
and 2014. She set the course record (62) at Kingsmill in the last round of that event in 2009. She was the longest driver on the LPGA tour in 1998 and was among the longest drivers in almost
every year she competed. Newsday selected her one of the “Elite 33” Long Island athletes of all time, and she was one of the first group of inductees to the Nassau County High School Athletics Hall of Fame.

 

Patricia Beliard

Patricia was born and raised in the French Alps. Former world class downhill skier for her national team for over a decade before switching career and becoming a member of the Ladies European tour in 1999 and the LPGA in 2001.Several top 10’s and pro-ams wins to her credit and was ranked 6th in France in 2006. More recently, Played the inaugural US Senior Women open in 2018 and 2 more after that. Played the Senior LPGA Championship and finished 2nd in South Carolina Women senior Open 4th in Michigan and top ten in Florida this year. She was among the 3 Ladies invited at WinstonGolf Senior open last September to play with the European Legends Tour A premiere in golf history to have 3 ladies playing with the men Legends league. She is invited again to play in Germany in September 2024.

 

Ashli Bunch

Joined the LPGA in 1999 after graduating from Furman University.   Recorded 5 career top 10’s and 18 top 25s on the LPGA including a runner up finish at the 2003 Office Depot.  Won the 2019 Tennessee state open.  Married to Michael Bunch and two children Gracie (20) and Jake (17).

 

Ellen Ceresko

Tish Certo

Tish is a native of Niagara Falls, NY and grew up playing in Western New York. She graduated from Arizona State University, having ‘Walked onto” the top rated women’s golf team, earning a partial golf scholarship. Tish played on the LPGA tour from 1996-2001 having already earned her Class A PGA membership. This is her 29th year of membership. Tish was the 2010 Female Player of the Year for the Metropolitan Section of the PGA while working at the former Willow Ridge CC in Harrison NY as the Director of Instruction. She has also been part of the professional staff at Ardsley CC in Dobbs Ferry. Currently she is the lead instructor at the Island Country Club on Marco Island, FL.

 

Clarissa Childs

Clarissa’s professional golf career began after graduating from the University of South Carolina where she served as the assistant women’s golf team coach. She competed at the highest level in the sport as a full-time tour player for 12 years before returning to collegiate coaching at Newberry College, where her teams went on to win two conference championships in record fashion. In 2017, Clarissa accepted the position as Executive Director of the Women’s South Carolina Golf Association which is recognized throughout the United States as one of the premiere organizations in women’s golf. Founded in 1949, the WSCGA has grown to over 275 member clubs with more than 14,000 women golfers who play as amateurs receiving GHIN handicaps. In her Executive Director role, Clarissa dedicates her passion for the sport by upholding the traditions, policies and ethical values for which the game of golf is known. A Certified USGA Rules Official, Clarissa also serves as a Member of the Carolinas Golf Council. As a true visionary, Clarissa demonstrates her entrepreneurial skills by facilitating and directing the efforts of a select group of talented individuals to achieve success. She is renowned for growing and enhancing women’s golf in South Carolina and beyond. A life-long resident of South Carolina, Clarissa enjoys hunting, fishing, boating and dedicating her time as a dog rescue volunteer.

 

Alicia Dibos

Started playing golf age 14 in Lima, Peru. Finished 4th in the 1994 U.S. Women’s Open. Winner of the 2006 BC Consulting Cup. Plays Callaway clubs. Enjoys power walking and cooking. Dibos has recorded 14 top-10 finishes in her LPGA career, including a tie for second after a sudden-death playoff at the 1994 Children’s Medical Center Classic. She earned more than $960,000 as an LPGA player before leaving the Tour full-time in 2003 to take a position as
Director of Instruction at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

 

Chicopee, Massachusetts.
Florida International University.
Division 1 Golf.
LPGA Tour, Class A member.
LPGA Teaching Professional at Fairview CC, Greenwich, CT

 

Moira Dunn Bohls

3 time NYS women’s amateur champ
Florida International University 1990-1994
Joined tour 1994 on first attempt
2004 Giant Eagle LPGA Championship winner
Active on LPGA 20+ years

Born Marion, IN
reside: Jupiter, Fl
Played LPGA 17 years
Winner of 1999 Giant Eagle Classic
2022 Inducted into Indiana Golf Hall of Fame
14 Hole in ones
Winner 2022 Florida SR Women’s Open
1994 National Golf Foundation Golf Family of Year
College golf at LSU 3 time winner.

 

Lisa Grimes

In her senior year at ASU the team was rated #1 in the nation and Lisa won 3 individuals titles. Lisa won the 1980 Minnesota Women’s Match Play and in 1982 the Minnesota Women’s
State Amateur. With Kris Hanson, Lisa won the MN State Best Ball Championship (3 times). Lisa made it to the Semi-Finals in the U.S. Amateur losing to Juli Inkster; who went on to win her 3rd consecutive U.S. Amateur Title. Lisa turned pro right after leaving ASU. She participated in 16 Major Championships. (U.S. Opens and LPGA Championships) She won 5 tournaments on the Futures Tour. Over the years she qualified for 8 US Open’s, once as an
amateur and 7 times as a pro. One of the professional appearances was because she finished 12th in the previous year’s Open. Lisa has captured the Minnesota State open four times; 2004, 2006, 2012 and 2014. Lisa now competes on The Legends Tour with the greatest players in women’s golf. It is the Official Senior Tour of the LPGA.

 

Nicole Jeray

Started playing golf at the age of 11…Credits her mother, Cog Hill Golf and Country Club, George Lucas and Jody Keepers for most influencing her career and Dr. Jim Suttie for getting her game back…Inducted into Northern Illinois University Hall of Fame in 2002 and was the youngest ever to be inducted…As a person with narcolepsy, is an advocate for Sleep Hygiene & Narcolepsy Awareness…Hobbies include sports, dogs, yoga, spending time with two nieces and three nephews, and spending time with her black-and-tan dachshund named Guinness…Has her own Web site, www.nicolejeray.com.

 

Trish Johnson

Patricia Mary “Trish” Johnson MBE is an English professional golfer. She won three times on the LPGA Tour and 19 times on the Ladies European Tour. As a senior she has won both senior women’s major championships, the U.S. Senior Women’s Open and the Senior LPGA Championship.

 

Cathy Johnson-Forbes

 

Denise Killeen

 

Leta Lindley

18 years LPGA Tour Member
Current Legends of the LPGA Tour Member
Winner 2008 LPGA Corning Classic
33 Career LPGA Top 10’s
Runner-Up 2022 US Senior Women’s Open

 

Jordan Lintz

Lintz competes in 3-5 professional tournaments each year. Currently, a member of the Legends Tour, Lintz competed in her first LPGA Senior Women’s Championship and finished T26th. Additionally, this year, Jordan had a T3rd place finish in the 2022 LPGA Team Championships, 4th Place CT Women’s Open and T15 in the LPGA Professionals National Championships at Kingsmill Resort. Her most recent LPGA Major was in 2020, qualifying for the KPMG PGA Women’s Championships by finishing 2nd in the 2019 LPGA Professionals National Championships.

 

Michelle McGann

Started playing golf at the age of 7…Credits her parents, Dave Stockton, Sara Noah, Jean Noah, Rich LeConche and Mike Adams as the individuals most influencing her career…Was a member of the National Honor Society…Founder of the Michelle McGann Golf Classic to benefit the Diabetes Research Institute…Began using an insulin pump in 1999…Enjoys traveling, shopping and working out…Joined the Tour in 1988 at the age of 18 after graduating from high school…Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.

 

Lisolette Neumann

Credits her family and friends, the Swedish Golf Federation and her first coach Pierre Karstrom as the individuals most influencing her career…Named 1988 Golf Digest Rookie of the Year…1994 Swedish Golfer of the Year…1994 Golf World’s Most Improved Golfer…Recognized during the LPGA’s 50th Anniversary in 2000 as one of the LPGA’s top 50 players and teachers. Player in 6 Solheim Cups and was captain of the 2013 European Team that won on U.S. soil for the first time. Finished 2nd at 2021 US Senior Women’s Open. Loves to play tennis, workout and hike with her two dogs. Skies every winter in Utah and Colorado. Enjoys cooking, gardening and traveling.

 

Anne Marie Palli

 

Julie Piers

Started playing golf at the age of 16…Credits Clark Collins, John McPhee and John Elliott as the individuals most influencing her career…Married Michael Piers in 1995…Maiden name is Larsen…Competed as Julie Larsen from 1992-95…Gave birth to first child, John Michael (Jack) in 1998…Gave birth to second child, Emma Ann Louise, in 2001…Hobbies include reading and travel…Qualified for the Tour on her sixth attempt.

 

Val Skinner

• 20-year member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Tour
•  Six-time winner on the LPGA Tour, 10 wins worldwide
•  Member of three Golf Halls of Fame
• Member of the 1996 U.S. Solheim Cup Team
• Served as Captain of the 2003 United States PING Junior Solheim Cup Team
• Ranked in the top 15 in the world 7 of 20 seasons while on the LPGA Tour
• Served as a Golf Analyst for CBS Sports and the Golf Channel for 13 years
• Named Big Eight Female Athlete of Year (1980 and 1982) and GOLF
• Magazine’s Collegiate Player of the Year (1982) and led nation in scoring while attending Oklahoma State University
• 3-Time Collegiate All-American

 

Caroline Smith

During her high school years at Darlington School, Caroline Blaylock was involved in softball, basketball, golf, track and tennis. She earned 17 varsity letters and was recruited by 40 colleges to play basketball, but only four to play golf. After graduating, she attended Furman University, where she was a three-time winner of the National Golf Coaches Association Long Drive Championship and a three-time NCAA Division I All-American selection. She was named Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year in 1994 and Southern Conference Player of the Year in 1995, in addition to being a two-time All-Southern Conference Selection (SoCon championship began in 1994). She placed third at the 1994 NCAA Championship and sixth in 1995. She also tied an NCAA record with a career-low 65 in the second round of the 1995 NCAA Championships. Blaylock posted a 76.1 career stroke average. She ended her career with 21 top-10 finishes and three tournament victories. Blaylock also represented the United States in the U.S.A. versus Japan Goodwill Matches in 1994. After graduating from Furman in 1995, Blaylock turned professional. In 1998, she led the LPGA Tour in driving distance with a 286.98-yard average. The next year, she posted a then-career-best finish with a tie for 10th at the LPGA Corning Classic and recorded a 66 in the second round of the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic, the lowest round of her LPGA Career.

In 2000, she again led the Tour in driving distance and tied for 10th at the Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic to tie her best finish from the previous year. Blaylock’s career-best finish came at the ShopRite Classic in Atlantic City, N.J., where she finished fourth in 2001. Blaylock returned to Darlington in 2002 and served as head of Regester House and was assistant athletic director from 2005-2013. In 2013, she was hired as the employee wellness director at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga. In 2016, Blaylock returned to independent educationas the Director of Athletics at the Fountain Valley School of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Now living back in Cedartown, Georgia, when she is not working for Kaiser Permanente, Blaylock enjoys spending time with her fiance, Chad Smith, her two boys, Jackson and Stiles and flying.

 

Credits Terry Crouch and Richard and Mike Tschetter for influencing her early career and credits husband Kirk Lucas for getting her where she is today…Lucas has been teaching her since the two met in 1992…Has two daughters: Lainey Elizabeth, born in 2003, and Kyra Marie, born in 2004…Founded the Kris Tschetter Celebrity Golf Benefit for Kids in 1991, an event that raises money for children’s charities in the Sioux Falls, S.D., area…Hobbies include ballet, cooking and reading…Represents Liz Claiborne.

 

Lee Ann Walker

Walker started playing golf at the age of 13 and won the North Carolina State Amateur Champion in 1993 and  was Co Champion in 1994. She turned professional in 1995, and her rookie year on the LPGA was 2000. She won the Florida Hospital Futures Golf Classic in 2003. My parents and my golf instructor, Ted Kiegiel have been the most influential people in my golf career. I am now a realtor and residential contractor in Southport, NC.

 

Kim Williams

Kim Williams is an LPGA professional with over 20 years on tour. She competed as a full-time professional LPGA tour player from 1987 to 2012. Her professional career includes numerous top 10 finishes. As time permits, she continues to play in tournaments including the Senior LPGA Championship, the USGA Senior Women’s Open, the Tennessee Women’s Open, and select LPGA tournaments.