In 1986, she represented GB&I in the Espirito Santo Trophy, World Amateur Golf Team Championships and the Curtis Cup, the latter where she won maximum points.

In March 1987, Johnson turned pro and won three tournaments in her first year, being named Rookie of the Year on the Ladies European Tour.She won four events in 1990 and the Order of Merit, before going on to win an overall 19 tournaments on the Ladies European Tour.

Johnson finished in the top-10 of the Ladies European Tour Order of Merit on 13 occasions, including 2nd place in 2000 and 2004, winning the BMW Ladies Italian Open in 2007. She also has three wins on the LPGA Tour including the Las Vegas LPGA in 1993.

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A member of the European Solheim Cup team on eight occasions from 1990 through to 2007, she also teamed up with Dame Laura Davies to represent England at the 2007 Women’s World Cup of Golf.

In her senior career, Johnson has won six events on the Legends Tour, including three senior women’s major golf championships – the 2017 and 2021 Senior LPGA Championship, and the 2023 US Senior Women’s Open.

On being appointed MBE, she said: “I’m over the moon to receive such a prestigious honour, just for being lucky enough to play the game I love! My only regret is that my mum and dad are not here to see it, but I know they’ll be looking down with a huge smile on their faces, proud as punch!!”

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The Bristol-born 57-year-old, who won the inaugural Senior LPGA Championship in 2017, doubled her senior major tally after firing a closing 72, to go with earlier rounds of 73, 72 and 67, to finish on four-under and just one shot ahead of runner-up Leta Lindley, with Scotland’s Catriona Matthew a shot further back in third.

After dropping three shots between the fourth and the seventh holes on Sunday, Johnson feared that the collapse that she suffered at the LPGA Championship was about to repeat itself, but she steadied the ship with a birdie at the 9th, and made further gains at 15 and 17 to keep her head in front. However, a bogey at the par-5 17th briefly opened the door for Lindley and Matthew, but the latter dropped at the last to drop into a third, while Lindley’s birdie on 18 wasn’t enough to get past Johnson, who made a par to win by the minimum margin.

“I’ve got to be honest; I am so knackered!” was Johnson’s immediate response to her victory. “I just gutted it out. After the front eight holes I thought, here we go again. But I rallied a bit and hit some decent shots coming in. I wasn’t brilliant today. I hit some good shots, but I hit some ropey ones as well, but I just got away with it.”

She added: “Beth, my caddie, was brilliant. I think she could see the colour draining out of my face, so she kept giving me water as she didn’t want me to faint in front of everybody. She was fantastic and a big part of why I won this week.”

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