Kelli Kuehne Doremus (born May 11, 1977) is a retired American professional golfer.
Amateur career
Kuehne was born in Dallas, Texas. She was the Texas UIL 4A Girls Individual State Champion four years in a row, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 while attending Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. In 1994 she won the U.S. Girls' Junior.[1] The following year she won the U.S. Women's Amateur[2] and in 1996 repeated as the U.S. Women's Amateur champion[3] while also winning the British Ladies Amateur.[4] She played college golf at the University of Texas where she was an All-American.[4] She played on the 1996 Curtis Cup team.[4]
At the 1999 Jamie Farr Kroger Classic, Kuehne took part in a six-player playoff. It was the biggest in LPGA history.[5]Se Ri Pak birdied the first sudden death playoff hole to defeat Kuehne, Karrie Webb, Carin Koch, Sherri Steinhauer, and Mardi Lunn.[6] Kuehne, who had finished play 90 minutes before the last group finished play, had left the golf course and gone back to her hotel. After getting a call from a LPGA official, Kuenhe raced back to the course just in time to take part in the playoff.[7]
