Fred Ridley Wife: Who Is Elizabeth Herndon?

Elizabeth Herndon is the wife of the American golfer and lawyer, Fred Ridley.

She is an alumna of the University of Florida. The couple resides in Tampa, Florida, and has three children – Libby, Sydney and Maggie.

Elizabeth Herndon is a researcher.

Her husband, Fred Ridley, was born in Lakeland, Florida, and attended Winter Haven High School in nearby Winter Haven, Florida.

Ridley works as a commercial real estate lawyer in Tampa, Florida.

He is a partner in the law firm of Foley & Lardner, and practices in the areas of commercial real estate finance and development, planned unit development, resort development, and multifamily and condominium development.

Ridley never turned professional. Ridley remains the last U.S. Amateur champion to have never become a professional golfer. Ridley worked as a lawyer and golf administrator for most of his career.

Ridley still occasionally played notable amateur events, however. For example, Ridley played the 1987 British Amateur.

He also served as captain for the American sides of the 1987 Walker Cup, 1989 Walker Cup, and the 2010 Eisenhower Trophy.