Christa Johnson

Not to be confused with Chris Johnson (disambiguation).

Christa Johnson
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Christa Johnson
Born	(1958-04-25) April 25, 1958 Arcata, California
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Arizona
Spouse	Duane A. Bernard (m. 2007)
Career
College	University of Arizona
Turned professional	1980
Current tour(s)	Legends Tour (joined 2006)
Former tour(s)	LPGA Tour (1980–2008)
Professional wins	12
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	9
Other	4
Best results in LPGA major championships (wins: 1)
ANA Inspiration	T5: 1987
Women's PGA C'ship	Won: 1997
U.S. Women's Open	T4: 1998
du Maurier Classic	T5: 1986
Women's British Open	DNP

Christa Johnson (born April 25, 1958) is an American professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1980 and won nine LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.

Amateur career

Born in Arcata, California, Johnson won the 1975 Northern California Junior Girls Championship and was honored as a member of the Northern California International Junior Cup Team. She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she was an All-American from 1979–80 for the Wildcats.

Professional career

Johnson joined the LPGA Tour in 1980. She won nine tournaments on the LPGA Tour, the first of them in 1984 and the last in 1997. Her one major championship title came at the 1997 McDonald's LPGA Championship. Her best money list finish was fourth, also in 1997. She won four tournaments on the Legends Tour, the official senior tour of the LPGA. She was a member of the USA Team during the 2006 through 2014 Handa Cups (USA winning in all years except 2013), official world team challenge of the senior tour.

Johnson resides in Arizona with husband, Duane A. Bernard, CEO of Phoenix Health Services, and former CEO of Specialty Health and St. Catherine Healthcare, whom she married in March 2007. Johnson also played under the name Chris Johnson from 1980 to 1985.

Professional wins

LPGA Tour wins (9)

Legend
LPGA Tour major championships (1)
Other LPGA Tour (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 11, 1984	Samaritan Turquoise Classic	−12 (67-68-69-72=276)	5 strokes	Patty Hayes
2	Mar 18, 1984	Tucson Conquistadores Open	−16 (69-71-66-66=272)	6 strokes	Lauri Peterson
3	Mar 17, 1986	GNA/Glendale Federal Classic	−4 (75-70-67=212)	2 strokes	Jane Geddes
4	Aug 2, 1987	Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-Am	−11 (66-71-70-70=277)	5 strokes	Shirley Furlong
5	Jun 17, 1990	Atlantic City Classic	−5 (69-67-69-70=275)	2 strokes	Pamela Wright
6	Apr 7, 1991	PING/Welch's Championship	−15 (67-69-65-72=273)	4 strokes	Kris Tschetter
7	May 21, 1995	Star Bank LPGA Classic	−6 (68-75-67=210)	1 stroke	Juli Inkster
8	May 18, 1997	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−3 (68-73-69-71=281)	Playoff	Leta Lindley
9	Sep 7, 1997	Safeway LPGA Golf Championship	−10 (70-70-66=206)	1 stroke	Lisa Hackney Kim Saiki

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1986	Mayflower Classic	Sandra Palmer Jan Stephenson	Palmer won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1997	McDonald's LPGA Championship	Leta Lindley	Won with par on second extra hole

Legends Tour wins (4)

2006 (1) BJ's Charity Championship (with Nancy Scranton)
2007 (1) BJ's Charity Championship (with Nancy Scranton)
2009 (1) Wendy's Charity Challenge
2011 (1) Patty Sheehan & Friends Legends Tour Event

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1997	McDonald's LPGA Championship	−3 (68-73-69-71=281)	Playoff ¹	Leta Lindley

¹ Won in a sudden death playoff.

Team appearances

Professional

Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 1998 (winners)
Handa Cup (representing the United States): 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013, 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners)

External links

Christa Johnson at the LPGA Tour official site
Christa Johnson at the Legends Tour official site

Women's PGA Championship champions

1955‡ Beverly Hanson 1956 Marlene Hagge† 1957 Louise Suggs 1958‡ Mickey Wright 1959 Betsy Rawls 1960 Mickey Wright 1961‡ Mickey Wright 1962‡ Judy Kimball 1963 Mickey Wright 1964 Mary Mills 1965 Sandra Haynie 1966 Gloria Ehret 1967‡ Kathy Whitworth 1968‡ Sandra Post† 1969 Betsy Rawls 1970 Shirley Englehorn† 1971 Kathy Whitworth 1972 Kathy Ahern 1973 Mary Mills 1974 Sandra Haynie 1975 Kathy Whitworth 1976 Betty Burfeindt 1977 Hisako Higuchi 1978 Nancy Lopez 1979 Donna Caponi 1980 Sally Little 1981 Donna Caponi 1982‡ Jan Stephenson 1983 Patty Sheehan 1984 Patty Sheehan 1985‡ Nancy Lopez 1986 Pat Bradley 1987 Jane Geddes 1988 Sherri Turner 1989 Nancy Lopez 1990 Beth Daniel 1991 Meg Mallon 1992‡ Betsy King 1993 Patty Sheehan 1994 Laura Davies 1995 Kelly Robbins 1996 Laura Davies 1997 Christa Johnson† 1998‡ Se-ri Pak 1999 Juli Inkster 2000 Juli Inkster† 2001 Karrie Webb 2002 Se-ri Pak 2003 Annika Sörenstam† 2004 Annika Sörenstam 2005 Annika Sörenstam 2006 Se-ri Pak† 2007 Suzann Pettersen 2008 Yani Tseng† 2009 Anna Nordqvist 2010‡ Cristie Kerr 2011‡ Yani Tseng 2012 Shanshan Feng 2013 Inbee Park† 2014 Inbee Park† 2015 Inbee Park 2016 Brooke Henderson†

† event won in a playoff; ‡ event won wire-to-wire

United States Solheim Cup team – 1998

Donna Andrews Brandie Burton Tammie Green Pat Hurst Juli Inkster Christa Johnson Rosie Jones Betsy King Meg Mallon Dottie Pepper Kelly Robbins Sherri Steinhauer Judy Rankin (non-playing captain)

Won: 16 – 12

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