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.

[edit] Amateur career

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

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
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