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 five 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) LegendLPGA Tour major championships (1)Other LPGA Tour (8) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMarginof victoryRunner(s)-up1Mar 11, 1984Samaritan Turquoise Classic−12 (67-68-69-72=276)5 strokes Patty Hayes2Mar 18, 1984Tucson Conquistadores Open−16 (69-71-66-66=272)6 strokes Lauri Peterson3Mar 17, 1986GNA/Glendale Federal Classic−4 (75-70-67=212)2 strokes Jane Geddes4Aug 2, 1987Columbia Savings LPGA National Pro-Am−11 (66-71-70-70=277)5 strokes Shirley Furlong5Jun 17, 1990Atlantic City Classic−5 (69-67-69-70=275)2 strokes Pamela Wright6Apr 7, 1991PING/Welch's Championship−15 (67-69-65-72=273)4 strokes Kris Tschetter7May 21, 1995Star Bank LPGA Classic−6 (68-75-67=210)1 stroke Juli Inkster8May 18, 1997McDonald's LPGA Championship−3 (68-73-69-71=281)Playoff Leta Lindley9Sep 7, 1997Safeway LPGA Golf Championship−10 (70-70-66=206)1 stroke Lisa Hackney Kim Saiki

LPGA Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11986Mayflower Classic Sandra Palmer Jan StephensonPalmer won with birdie on first extra hole21997McDonald's LPGA Championship Leta LindleyWon with par on second extra hole Source:

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1) 1985 Yamaha Cup Ladies Open

Legends Tour wins (5) 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 2019 (1) Janesville LPGA Senior Pro-Am

Major championships Wins (1) YearChampionshipWinning scoreMarginRunner-up 1997 McDonald's LPGA Championship −3 (68-73-69-71=281)Playoff 1 Leta Lindley 1 Won in a sudden death playoff.

Results timeline Tournament 1978 1979 1980LPGA ChampionshipU.S. Women's OpenCUTCUTdu Maurier Classic– Tournament 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990Kraft Nabisco Championship––T44T46T26T50T5T35CUTT34LPGA ChampionshipT57T26T472T8T33T16CUTT12T20U.S. Women's OpenT6244CUTCUTT12T19CUTT19T29CUTdu Maurier Classic T30T13T25T6T5T70T39CUTT41 Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT23T17T76T19T57CUTT35CUTT51T6LPGA ChampionshipT47T15T30T14T38T581T6T54CUTU.S. Women's OpenT5T48T13CUTT16T58T9T4CUTCUTdu Maurier Classic T36T44T10T47CUTT44T9T27

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007Kraft Nabisco ChampionshipT48T36LPGA Championship67CUTCUTWDCUTCUTU.S. Women's OpenCUTWomen's British Open ^ ^ The Women's British Open replaced the du Maurier Classic as an LPGA major in 2001.

CUT = missed the half-way cut. WD = withdrew T = tied

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeKraft Nabisco Championship 0 0 0 1 2 5 20 17LPGA Championship 1 0 0 2 4 9 26 19U.S. Women's Open 0 0 0 2 3 8 23 13du Maurier Classic 0 0 0 1 4 6 17 15Women's British Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 1 0 0 6 13 28 86 64 Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (1990 LPGA – 1994 LPGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1997 LPGA – 1997 du Maurier Classic)

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U.S. national team appearances Professional Solheim Cup: 1998 (winners) Handa Cup: 2006 (winners), 2007 (winners), 2008 (winners), 2009 (winners), 2010 (winners), 2011 (winners), 2012 (tie, Cup retained), 2013, 2014 (winners), 2015 (winners)

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