# Jane Crafter

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{{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](/source/Perth%2C_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](/source/Payson%2C_Arizona), U.S.
| spouse            = 
| partner           = Sandra Herr
| children          = 
| college           = [South Australian Institute of Technology](/source/South_Australian_Institute_of_Technology)
| yearpro           = 1980
| retired           = <!-- Year retired -->
| tour              = <!-- Current tours which a member of -->
| extour            = [LPGA Tour](/source/LPGA_Tour) (1981–2004)<br>[ALPG Tour](/source/ALPG_Tour)<br>[Legends Tour](/source/Legends_Tour)
| prowins           = 6
| lpgawins          = 1
| alpgwins          = 3
| otherwins         = 2
| majorwins         = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins -->
| nabisco           = T8: [1984](/source/1984_Nabisco_Dinah_Shore), 1993
| lpga              = T3: [1996](/source/1996_LPGA_Championship)
| 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            = 
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}}
'''Jane Crafter''' (born 14 December 1955) is an Australian [professional golfer](/source/professional_golfer).

== Early life ==
Crafter comes from a golfing family. Her father [Brian Crafter](/source/Brian_Crafter) was a professional golfer, while her brother [Neil](/source/Neil_Crafter) was a leading amateur golfer, representing Australia in the [1984 Eisenhower Trophy](/source/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](/source/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](/source/1990_LPGA_Tour)
|[The Phar-Mor at Inverrary](/source/The_Phar-Mor_at_Inverrary)
|−7 (70-67-72=209)
|1 stroke
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Nancy Lopez](/source/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](/source/1992_LPGA_Tour)
|[Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship](/source/Ping-Cellular_One_LPGA_Golf_Championship)
|{{flagicon|USA}} [Nancy Lopez](/source/Nancy_Lopez)
|Lost to par on second extra hole
|}

===ALPG Tour wins (3)===
*1992 [Alpine Australian Ladies Masters](/source/Alpine_Australian_Ladies_Masters)
*1996 [Alpine Australian Ladies Masters](/source/Alpine_Australian_Ladies_Masters)
*1997 [Toyota Women's Australian Open](/source/Toyota_Women's_Australian_Open)

===Other wins (1)===
*1987 [JCPenney Classic](/source/JCPenney_Classic) (with [Steve Jones](/source/Steve_Jones_(golfer)))

===Legends Tour wins (1)===
*[2013](/source/2013_Legends_Tour) Fry's Desert Golf Classic (with [Betsy King](/source/Betsy_King))

==Team appearances==
'''Amateur'''
*[Commonwealth Trophy](/source/Commonwealth_Trophy) (representing Australia): 1979
*[Tasman Cup](/source/Tasman_Cup) (representing Australia): 1978 (tied)
*[Queen Sirikit Cup](/source/Queen_Sirikit_Cup) (representing Australia): 1980

'''Professional'''
*[Handa Cup](/source/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}}
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Category:Australian golf commentators
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Category:Golfers from Phoenix, Arizona
Category:University of South Australia alumni
Category:Australian emigrants to the United States
Category:Golfers from Perth, Western Australia
Category:Sportswomen from Western Australia
Category:1955 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century American sportswomen

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