Background
Stephenson, Jan Lynn was born on December 22, 1951 in Sydney, Australia. Daughter of Francis John and Barbara (Green) Stephenson.
Stephenson, Jan Lynn was born on December 22, 1951 in Sydney, Australia. Daughter of Francis John and Barbara (Green) Stephenson.
Student, Australian schools.
Stephenson"s first LPGA victory was the 1976 Sarah Coventry Naples Classic. Stephenson became as famous for her sex appeal as her golf during the early to mid-1980s, when she posed in a bathtub – covered up only by the golf balls filling the tub – and later in a pinup calendar. She urged the LPGA Tour to fully embrace her approach to marketing.
Stephenson continued playing LPGA events throughout the 1990s, but was hampered by an injury incurred during a mugging in Miami in 1990.
Her left ring finger was broken in two places, an injury that still bothers her play in cold or wet weather. In 2003, she became the first woman to play on the Champions Tour, missing the cut.
Stephenson is among the few women in the course design business, and produced an exercise video for people with arthritis. Her many charitable efforts include being an honorary chairman of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Stephenson was a contestant in the 2011 season of Dancing with the Stars on Channel Seven.
She was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. She made a controversial remark in 2003 when she said "Asians are killing the (LPGA) Tour", referring to the large number of Korean-born players who were winning on tour, and calling for quotas on international players, which is ironic because she was also an international player. She later apologised, saying that she "did not intend to make it a racial issue." LPGA Tour (16) ALPG Tour (2) Ladies European Tour (1) LPGA of Japan Tour (2) Legends Tour (4) Other (2) Wins (3) Professional Handa Cup (representing World team): 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 (tie), 2013 (winners), 2015.
Married Eddie Vossler, 1982.