Background
Tschetter, Kris was born on December 30, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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Kris Tschetter
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Tschetter attended Texas Christian University graduating in 1987 as a Radio, Television and Film Major. He duck-hooked the first tee shot but finished at even par.
Career
In 1984, she qualified for the United States. Women"s Open and the following year was a quarterfinalist at the Transport-National. Tschetter one day convinced Hogan to play nine holes of golf with two of her teammates from Texas Christian University. This, according to Tschetter, is the last time that Hogan ever played golf. They remained friends until his death in 1997.
Tschetter has written a book called Mr.
Hogan, the Manitoba I Knew: An LPGA Player Looks Back on an Amazing Friendship and Lessons She Learned from Golf"s Greatest Legend recounting her times with Hogan. Tschetter turned pro in 1988.
Tschetter also took part in a playoff at the 1997 State Farm Rail Classic. She and Lori Kane losing to Cindy Figg-Currier on the first hole of sudden death.
Tschetter twice finished second in major championships.
The first of which was the 1996 United States. Women"s Open, where she finished six shots behind Annika Sörenstam. At the 1997 Nabisco Dinah Shore, Tschetter finished two strokes behind Betsy King. LPGA Tour wins (1) Other wins (1) Legends Tour wins (1) The Women"s British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.
DNP = did not play World Development = withdrew CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.
Summary Starts – 64 Wins – 0 2nd-place finishes – 2 3rd-place finishes – 0 Top 3 finishes – 2 Top 5 finishes – 2 Top 10 finishes – 4 Top 25 finishes – 16 Missed cuts – 21 Most consecutive cuts made – 9 Longest streak of top-10s – 1 Professional Handa Cup: 2015 (winners).
Achievements
Membership
She was a three-time member of the All-Southwest Conference Team. Tschetter, as a freshman, was a member of Shady Oaks Golf Club in Fort Worth where she developed a relationship with the late Ben Hogan.
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Connections
Married Kirk Lucas.
