Anna Rawson

Anna Rawson

Rawson at the premiere of Step Up 2 The Streets
Personal information
Born 5 August 1981 (1981-08-05) (age 30)
Adelaide, Australia
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nationality  Australia
Career
College Immanuel College
University of Southern California
Turned professional 2004
Current tour(s) LPGA Tour (joined 2008)
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (2006-2007)
Futures Tour (2005)
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship DNP
LPGA Championship CUT: 2008, 2009
U.S. Women's Open T55: 2010
Women's British Open CUT: 2009

Anna Rawson (born 5 August 1981) is an Australian professional golfer and model. She currently plays on the LPGA Tour.

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Amateur and modeling career

Rawson was born in Adelaide, Australia. She got her break into a modeling career at age 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine cover contest. This opened up modeling opportunities on the catwalk, in print ads, magazines, and on television. In 1999 as an amateur golfer in Australia, Rawson was the South Australian and Victoria Junior Champion plus the winner of the Jack Newton International Junior Classic.[1] She was the leading qualifier for the 1999 and 2000 Australian Amateur Championship[2] and was a member of the 1999 Australian National Squad.[3]

She played collegiate golf at the University of Southern California. She was named All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001, 2002 and 2004.[3][4]

She also went to Immanuel College in Novar Gardens, South Australia.

Professional career

Rawson turned professional at the end of 2004, played a full season on the Future Tour and missed the cut at the 2004 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.[5] She finished third at the Ladies European Tour 2005 qualifying tournament and was a season 2006 LET rookie.[6] On 5 December 2007, Rawson notified fans via her Myspace page that she had been invited to join the LPGA tour. In 2008 she qualified for a full time tour card via Q school for the 2009 tour.

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament 2008 2009 2010
Kraft Nabisco Championship DNP DNP DNP
LPGA Championship CUT CUT WD
U.S. Women's Open DNP DNP T55
Women's British Open DNP CUT DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year Events
played		 Cuts
made		 Wins 2nds 3rds Top
10s		 Best
finish		 Earnings ($) Rank Scoring
average		 Scoring
rank
2008 13 4 0 0 0 1 10T 62,798 127 73.54 121
2009 18 8 0 0 0 0 13T 86,103 95 73.00 94
2010 15 2 0 0 0 0 41T 18,010 134 74.82 128

References

  1. ^ "Anna Rawson Player Profile". LET (Ladies European Tour). http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101137.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  2. ^ "Anna Rawson Profile". University of Southern California. http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-golf/mtt/rawson_anna00.html. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  3. ^ a b "Futures Tour Profile". Duramed Futures Tour. http://www.duramedfuturestour.com/PlayerBios/RawsonAnna.html. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  4. ^ "Pac-10 Names All-Academic Teams In Golf". PAC-10 Conference. 2004-05-28. Archived from the original on 2007-02-11. http://web.archive.org/web/20070211084838/http://www.pac-10.org/sports/c-golf/spec-rel/052804aaa.html. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  5. ^ "2004 Results". Golfdata.se. http://www.golfdata.se/guide/spg_res.asp?path=/guide/guidea.asp&nr=11608&year=2004. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  6. ^ Bethan Cutler (2006-01-04). "Meet the 2006 LET Rookies". LET (Ladies European Tour). http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4021. Retrieved 2007-04-14. 
  7. ^ "Player Performance Record". lpga.com. http://www.lpga.com/greensheet.aspx?pid=13700. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 

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