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Morgan Pressel
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Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988 in Tampa, Florida) is an American professional golfer from Boca Raton, Florida.
In 2005, Pressel won the North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship at Pinehurst and the most important amateur event, the United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship. Pressel also finished her amateur career as 2005 Girls American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) Junior Player of the Year. During her amateur career, she won 11 AJGA titles, including all five AJGA Invitationals : the "AJGA Slam". [1]
In 2001 as a 13 year old, she became the youngest qualifier in the U.S. Women's Open. In 2005, at the age of 17, she was one of three co-leaders starting the final round of the U.S. Women's Open, and finished in a tie for second place. Pressel was tied for first on the 18th fairway when Birdie Kim holed out from the bunker on 18 to give her a one stroke lead. Pressel made a bogey on the 18th to lose by two strokes.
Pressel attended Banyan Creek Elementary School and Omni Middle School. Pressel has stated that her Jewish faith plays a large role in her life. She graduated in 2006 from the Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, a private school affiliated with the Episcopal Church. The niece of former top 10 tennis player Aaron Krickstein, Pressel was featured in an August 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine and in an August 2006 issue of ESPN The Magazine.
She is represented by IMG sports management agency and has endorsement deals with Callaway Golf, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Oakley.
- 2002 round of 16, United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
- 2002 Junior Solheim Cup Team
- 2004 quarterfinalist, United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship
- 2004 quarterfinalist, round of 16, United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
- 2004 Won - North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship
- 2005 Won - United States Women's Amateur Golf Championship (final 9-and-8 over Maru Martinez)
- 2005 2nd place - North and South Women's Amateur Golf Championship
- 2005 Girls AJGA Junior Player of the Year
- 2005 round of 16, United States Girls' Junior Golf Championship
- 2005 Junior Solheim Cup Team
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T19 | T13 | |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 69 | |
| U.S. Women's Open | CUT | DNP | 52 | DNP | T2 TLA | T28 | |
| Women's British Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T56 |
LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
- Morgan Pressel on lpga.com
- Newslib.com feed of articles about Morgan Pressel
- Continuing Education Golf World, February 3, 2006.
- "Her mother's daughter" Palm Beach Post, August 14, 2005.
- Photo Gallery: Morgan Pressel through the years South Florida Sun-Sentinel