Cristie Kerr

Cristie Kerr is an American professional golfer with an estimated net worth of $15 million. A 20-time LPGA Tour winner and two-time major champion, she is one of the most decorated American women’s golfers of her generation.

Early Life & Family

Cristie Kerr was born on October 12, 1977, in Miami, Florida, and took up golf at age eight. She won the 1994 Junior Orange Bowl International Golf Championship and the 1995 Women’s Western Amateur, and was named the American Junior Golf Association’s Junior Player of the Year in 1995. She graduated from Miami Sunset High School in West Kendall, Florida.

Rise to Fame

Kerr turned professional in 1996 at age 18 and qualified for the LPGA Tour through Final Qualifying, joining the tour full-time in 1997. Her steady progress through the late 1990s and 2000s established her as one of the leading American players on tour.

Career History

Over her career, Kerr won 20 times on the LPGA Tour, including two major championships: the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open, won by two strokes, and the 2010 LPGA Championship, a record-breaking 12-stroke victory. She reached World No. 1 in the Women’s World Golf Rankings for three weeks in 2010. Kerr represented the United States in nine consecutive Solheim Cups from 2002 to 2017, amassing 21 points, a U.S. record at the time, and was part of six winning American teams.

How They Built Their Wealth

The bulk of Kerr’s wealth comes from more than $19 million in career LPGA Tour earnings, supplemented by long-standing endorsement deals with brands including Callaway Golf and Lacoste. She has also built businesses outside golf, co-founding Curvature Wines and later launching her own label, Kerr Cellars, producing Pinot Noir and Bordeaux blends; she passed the Court of Master Sommeliers Level I exam in 2013.

Personal Life

Kerr married businessman Erik Stevens in 2006, and the couple live in Scottsdale, Arizona, with their two sons, Mason (born 2013) and Griffin (born 2018), both welcomed via surrogate. In December 2020, she and her caddie were injured in a golf cart collision before a tournament, leaving her with three dislocated ribs, though she continued competing afterward. In 2003, she founded the “Birdies for Breast Cancer” charity, which had raised over $750,000 for breast cancer research by 2009.

Cristie Kerr’s net worth is estimated at $15 million, built over three decades as one of the LPGA Tour’s most consistent winners and through her ventures in the wine industry.