{{short description|Welsh professional golfer}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Helen Wadsworth | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|4|7|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1964|4|7|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} OR {{height|m=|precision=0}} --> | weight = | nationality = {{WAL}} | residence = London, England | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Wake Forest University | yearpro = 1991 | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = Ladies European Tour | prowins = 3 | letwins = 1 | lagtwins = 1 | otherwins = 1 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = DNP | lpga = DNP | wusopen = T41: 1998 | dumaurier = DNP | wbritopen = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = Ladies European Tour<br>Rookie of the Year | year1 = 1991 | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Helen Wadsworth''' (born 7 April 1964)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onthisday.com/sport/date/1964/april/7 |title=April 7th, 1964 in Sport |website=TodayInSport.com |accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref> is a former Welsh professional golfer on the Ladies European Tour.
==Career== Prior to turning professional, Wadsworth was runner-up in the 1990 Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship, runner-up to Julie Wade in the 1990 British Ladies Amateur, won the 1990 World Fourball Championship (with Julie Wade) in Brazil, and was a member of the 1990 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/previous_matches.html |title=The 33rd Curtis Cup Match: Previous Matches 1932–2002 |website=CurtisCup.org |accessdate=March 31, 2016}}</ref> She played collegiate golf with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.<ref name="ACC"/>
In her first year as a professional, Wadsworth had three top-10 finishes, winning her the Ladies European Tour Rookie of the Year Award. In 1994, she won the BMW European Masters and took second place at the Irish Open. In 1996 she placed second at the McDonald's WPGA Championship of Europe at Gleneagles and in 1997 she won the Sunningdale Foursomes. She won the Taiwan Ladies Open in 1998.
In 2002, she was voted to a position on the Atlantic Coast Conference's 50th anniversary golf team.<ref name="ACC">{{cite web |url=http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/080602aaa.html |title=ACC Reveals 50th Anniversary Women's Golf Team |date=August 2, 2012 |website=TheACC.com |accessdate=March 31, 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213173633/http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-golf/spec-rel/080602aaa.html |archivedate=February 13, 2012 }}</ref>
==Professional wins (3)== ===Ladies European Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Date !Tournament !Winning<br>score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up |- | align=right|26 Jun 1994 || BMW European Masters ||align=center|278 || align=center|−14 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Hanson |}
===Ladies Asian Golf Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !Date !Tournament !Winning<br>score !To par !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up |- |align=right|24 Jan 1998 || Taiwan Ladies Open ||align=right|70-78=148 || align=center|+4 || 2 strokes || {{flagicon|USA}} Laura Philo |} Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=1998 Taiwan Ladies Open |url=https://golfdata.se/tournytt/resultatlista.asp?TID=AL9804X |publisher=Golfdata |accessdate=14 July 2020}}</ref>
===Other wins (1)=== *1997 Sunningdale Foursomes (with Julie Hall)
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Wales): 1987, 1989 *Curtis Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1990
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wadsworth, Helen}} Category:Welsh female golfers Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's golfers Category:Ladies European Tour golfers Category:1964 births Category:Living people