Rica Comstock
American professional golfer (born (1947)
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Rica J. Comstock (born August 20, 1947) is a retired American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour.
United States| Rica Comstock | |
|---|---|
Comstock in 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Rica J. Comstock |
| Born | August 20, 1947 Essex, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Sporting nationality | United States |
| Residence | Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Career | |
| Former tours | LPGA Tour (1982–83) Ladies European Tour (1984–1996) |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
| Best results in LPGA major championships | |
| Chevron Championship | DNP |
| Women's PGA C'ship | CUT: 1983 |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT: 1982 |
| du Maurier Classic | CUT: 1983 |
Early life and amateur career
Comstock was raised as one of three siblings in Essex, Connecticut, the daughter of Frances Brooks Comstock and Samuel Morris Comstock. She was inspired to play golf by her mother, who was club champion at the Old Lyme Country Club and Black Hall Country Club many times.[1]
As a teenager, Comstock was in contention at the 1976 Connecticut State Women's Amateur Open Championship, held in Hartford.[2]
Professional career
Comstock joined the LPGA Tour in 1982. She also qualified for the 1982 U.S. Women's Open at Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California.[3]
Comstock joined the Ladies European Tour in 1984, and won the McEwan's Lager Manchester Classic in England.[4] She stayed on the tour for 12 years and last played a full schedule in 1995, when she finished 93rd in the LET Order of Merit.[5] After only four LET starts in 1996, she retired to become a teaching pro.[6] She settled in the Netherlands in 1996, to teach at Golfclub Grevelingenhout.[7]
In 2002 and 2008, she won the Simone Thion de la Chaume Trophy, an international senior women's open organized by Catherine Lacoste at the Chantaco Golf Club in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, named after French amateur golfer Simone Thion de la Chaume.[8]
Professional wins (3)
Ladies European Tour (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Jun 1984 | McEwan's Lager Manchester Classic | +2 (73-68-72-73=286) | 1 stroke |  Debbie Dowling |
Other wins (2)
- 2002 Simone Thion de la Chaume Trophy
- 2008 Simone Thion de la Chaume Trophy