Hometown/Resides: Miami, Fla./Miami, Fla. and Scottsdale, Ariz.

Birthdate: October 12, 1977; currently 40 years and 17 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for sixth at the 1996 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional: 1996

VICTORIES

LPGA: 20th career victory (two major championships)

Previous LPGA wins: 2002 Long Drug Challenge, 2004 Takefuji Classic, 2004 ShopRite LPGA Classic, 2004 State Farm Classic, 2005 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, 2005 Wendy’s Championship for Children, 2006 Franklin American Mortage Championship, 2006 CN Canadian Women’s Open, 2006 John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, 2007 U.S. Women’s Open, 2008 Safeway Classic, 2009 Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, 2010 LPGA State Farm Classic, 2010 LPGA Championship, 2012 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2013 Kingsmill Championship, 2015 Kia Classic, 2015 CME Group Tour Championship, 2017 LOTTE Championship Presented by HERSHEY

RACE TO CME GLOBE

With her win, Kerr earns 500 points with her win and is projected to move from seventh to fifth in the Race to CME Globe with 2,583 points

The top five finishers entering the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship will control their own destiny at the CME Group Tour Championship
If a player in the top five wins in Naples, she will also win the $1M CME Globe

MONEY

SEASON: With her win, Kerr earns $270,000; she has earned $1,400,484 this season

CAREER: At $19,142,286 in career earnings, Kerr becomes the third player in LPGA history to cross the $19 million mark, joining Annika Sorenstam ($22,573,192) and Karrie Webb ($20,179,509)

PREVIOUS SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA RESULTS

2013 – T45; 2012 – T26; 2011 – T38; 2010 – 8

2017 IN A NUTSHELL

22 events, 20 cuts made, two victories, eight additional top-10s, $1,400,484, played for Team USA at the Solheim Cup

OF NOTE

Becomes the 27th player in LPGA history to have at least 20 career victories, tied for 26th with Laura Davies
Earns her 22nd point toward the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame and is now just five points away from qualification
Becomes the first winner over age 40 since Catriona Matthew won the 2011 Lorena Ochoa Invitational at age 42
Becomes the seventh multiple winner of 2017, joining Brooke Henderson, In-Kyung Kim, Anna Nordqvist, Sung Hyun Park, So Yeon Ryu and Lexi Thompson

In the Winner's Circle - Kerr Wins Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia

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