{{Short description|Australian-American professional golfer and golf broadcaster}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Jane Crafter | image = | imagesize = <!-- Optional, default is 200px --> | caption = Crafter in 2011 | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|12|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Perth, Western Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1955|12|14|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}} | weight = | nationality = {{AUS}}<br>{{USA}} | residence = Payson, Arizona, U.S. | spouse = | partner = Sandra Herr | children = | college = South Australian Institute of Technology | yearpro = 1980 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = LPGA Tour (1981–2004)<br>ALPG Tour<br>Legends Tour | prowins = 6 | lpgawins = 1 | alpgwins = 3 | otherwins = 2 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | nabisco = T8: 1984, 1993 | lpga = T3: 1996 | wusopen = T40: 1983, 1986 | dumaurier = T13: 2000 | wbritopen = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Jane Crafter''' (born 14 December 1955) is an Australian professional golfer.
== Early life == Crafter comes from a golfing family. Her father Brian Crafter was a professional golfer, while her brother Neil was a leading amateur golfer, representing Australia in the 1984 Eisenhower Trophy.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 January 1994 |title=Noted golf identity dies at 62 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67228826/obituary-for-brian-crafter-aged-62/ |access-date=9 January 2021 |newspaper=The Age |page=21 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Her uncle was Murray Crafter, a professional golfer, too.<ref name="newspapers.com">{{Cite web |last=McMahon |first=Peg |date=February 4, 1976 |title=Jane's family gave her an early start to her career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/828602140/?match=1&terms=%22murray%20crafter%22 |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 25, 2024 |website=The Age |page=16 |language=en |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Before playing professional golf, Crafter worked as a pharmacist for three years.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Osw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=3o4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6116,5252177&dq=phar-mor+jane+crafter&hl=en Long putt wins for Crafter]</ref>
== Professional career == Crafter won once on the LPGA Tour in 1990.<ref>[http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf LPGA All-Time Winners List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229053926/http://www.lpga.com/content/All-timeWinnersList.pdf|date=2010-12-29}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1990-99] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070920192212/http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology90-99.pdf|date=2007-09-20}}</ref> She won three times on the ALPG Tour.
Crafter has worked as a golf broadcaster for ESPN.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Crafter « ESPN MediaZone |url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/crafter_jane/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127064911/http://espnmediazone.com/us/bios/crafter_jane/ |archive-date=2012-11-27 |access-date=2013-04-07}}</ref>
== Personal life == She has had dual citizenship in Australia and the United States since 2007.
==Professional wins (6)== {{BLP sources section|date=January 2024}}
===LPGA Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |18 Feb 1990 |The Phar-Mor at Inverrary |−7 (70-67-72=209) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez |}
'''LPGA Tour playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result |-style="background:#F5DEB3;" |align=center|1 |1992 |Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship |{{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Lopez |Lost to par on second extra hole |}
===ALPG Tour wins (3)=== *1992 Alpine Australian Ladies Masters *1996 Alpine Australian Ladies Masters *1997 Toyota Women's Australian Open
===Other wins (1)=== *1987 JCPenney Classic (with Steve Jones)
===Legends Tour wins (1)=== *2013 Fry's Desert Golf Classic (with Betsy King)
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *Commonwealth Trophy (representing Australia): 1979 *Tasman Cup (representing Australia): 1978 (tied) *Queen Sirikit Cup (representing Australia): 1980
'''Professional''' *Handa Cup (representing World team): 2010, 2012 (tie), 2013 (winners), 2014, 2015
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{LPGA player|jane-crafter/80334}} *{{Legends Tour player|id=jane-crafter|old_id=9}} *{{WPGA Tour Australasia player|crafter-jane}} <!-- *{{ALPGTour player|240}} dead link-->
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