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Revision as of 10:00, 6 February 2006

Morgan Pressel (born May 23 1988 in Tampa, Florida) is an American professional golfer from Boca Raton, Florida.

In 2005, Pressel won the U.S. Women's Amateur 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 going into 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 chipped in from the bunker on 18 to give her a one stroke lead. Pressel finished in 2nd after making bogey on the 18th.

Pressel attended Banyan Creek Elementary School and Omni Middle School. She is currently a senior at Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton. The niece of former Top 10 tennis player Aaron Krickstein, Pressel was featured in an August 2005 issue of Sports Illustrated Magazine.

She is represented by IMG sports management agency.

Amateur Career

  • 2002 round of 16, U.S. Girls' Junior
  • 2002 Junior Solheim Cup US team
  • 2004 quarterfinalist, U.S. Women's Amateur
  • 2004 quarterfinalist, round of 16, U.S. Girls' Junior
  • 2005 won U.S. Women's Amateur (final 9-and-8 over Maru Martinez)
  • 2005 Girls AJGA Junior Player of the Year
  • 2005 round of 16, U.S. Girls' Junior
  • 2005 Junior Solheim Cup US team [2]

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP T19a
U.S. Women's Open CUTa DNP 52a DNP T2a

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
"a" indicates competed as amateur.
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.