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Sherri Turner

United States · born , Greenville, South Carolina, United States

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship
  • Runner-up in majors 1 time

Wins

  1. 1st major · 1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 281 (-7) · 1 stroke from Amy Alcott

Near misses

  1. 1999 U.S. Women's Open Old Waverly G.C. · runner-up to Juli Inkster · 277

Rivals

Beat her

Next in the chain: Juli Inkster's rivals →

Results by championship

    Best day

    1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship

    Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 281 (-7) · 1 stroke from Amy Alcott

    Chosen by rule: her most recent major win. Year page: 1988.

    Career line, 1988–1999

    2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Runner-up

    Sherri Turner was born in 1956 in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. Turner won one major championship: the 1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1st major · 1988 KPMG Women's PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus Sports Center · 281 (-7) · 1 stroke from Amy Alcott

    Near misses

    1. 1999 U.S. Women's Open Old Waverly G.C. · runner-up to Juli Inkster · 277

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Sherri Turner
    2. Wikipedia: Women's PGA Championship
    3. Wikipedia: 1988 LPGA Championship