Hometown/Resides: Saginaw, Texas/Fort Worth, Texas

Birthdate: Nov. 18, 1977; currently 40 years, 9 months and 29 days

Qualified for LPGA Tour: Tied for fourth at the 2000 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament

Turned Professional/Rookie Year: 2000/2001

VICTORIES

LPGA: Sixth career victory and first major championship victory

PREVIOUS LPGA WINS: 2003 ShopRite LPGA Classic, 2008 Bell Micro LGPA Classic, 2008 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, 2009 SBS Open at Turtle Bay, 2012 HSBC Women’s Champions

RACE TO CME GLOBE

With her win, Stanford earns 625 points and is projected to move from 50th to 16th in the Race to the CME Globe with 1,382 points

MONEY

With her win, Stanford earns $577,500; she has earned $947,798 this season and $11,142,413 for her career

PREVIOUS EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS*

2017 – T18; 2016 – 7; 2015 – CUT; 2014 – CUT; 2013: T6

*Since it became a major championship in 2013

2018 IN A NUTSHELL ON THE LPGA

22 events played, 16 cuts made, $947,798, one victory, four additional top-10 finishes

OF NOTE

Stanford is the first American to win The Evian Championship since it became a major championship in 2013; An American has won at least one major championship in every season since 2013

Stanford is the 21st different winner of the 2018 LPGA season and the sixth American, joining Brittany Lincicome, Jessica Korda, Michelle Wie, Annie Park and Marina Alex

With her winner’s check of $577,500, Stanford is now the 11th player in LPGA history with over $11 million in career earnings

Stanford’s first major championship victory came in her 436th start

Stanford is a six-time U.S. Solheim Cup Team member (2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)

Stanford attended Texas Christian University, where she was a four-time All-American

Stanford is now qualified for the 2019 Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions

Angela Stanford's Victory - By the Numbers

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