Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel was born in Tampa, Florida, United States on May 23rd, 1988 and is the Golfer. At the age of 35, Morgan Pressel biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.
She became the youngest player to qualify for the United States Women's Open in 2001 as a 12-year-old.
She was named Player of the Year by the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) in 2005 and received the 2006 AJGA Nancy Lopez Award.
She began competing in age 17 and became the youngest-ever winner of a modern LPGA major championship when she turned pro at age 18 and climbed to a career-high fourth position in the world rankings.
Childhood and family life
She attended Banyan Creek Elementary School, Omni Middle School, Boca Raton, a private school associated with the Episcopal Church, and was born in Tampa, Florida, to Mike Pressel and Kathy Krickstein Pressel. She has claimed that her Jewish faith plays a significant role in her life.
Following her mother's death from breast cancer in September 2003, 15-year-old Pressel and her maternal grandparents, Evelyn and Herb Krickstein, joined her grandparents, Evelyn and Herb Krickstein, at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Her two younger siblings stayed with their father. Her grandfather, a retired physician and pathologist, is also her mentor. Aaron Krickstein, both the Kricksteins' uncle and Pressel's uncle, is a former tennis player.
Madison, Pressel's younger sister, competed in collegiate golf for the University of Texas and was crowned on the Symetra Tour in 2014.
Pressel married Andy Bush, a senior vice president at Octagon Global Events, in January 2013. In 2007, the two met at a pro-am function.
Amateur career
As a 12-year-old student at the University of Georgia, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open in 2001. This record stood before 2007, when Lexi Thompson tied the record by several months.
She was one of three co-leaders at Cherry Hills, suburban Denver, in 2005. On the 18th fairway, Pressel was tied for first until Birdie Kim holed out from the bunker just ahead of a one-stroke lead. Pressel had to tie by a birdie at the time, but they lost by two strokes on the 18th. Brittany Lang's second-place finish earned her a share of the lowest amateur awards with her second-place finish. Pressel participated in seven LPGA events in 2005 and made the cut in all of them, with a scoring average of 70.96 in 28 rounds.
Pressel lost at 39th hole at the North and South Women's Amateur in 2005, but she took home the U.S. Women's Amateur's most coveted amateur tournament. Pressel also retired as the 2005 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year, a distinction she earned.
She won ten AJGA titles, including all five AJGA Invitationals: the "AJGA Slam," during her amateur career.
Professional career
In the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September 2005, Pressel finished sixth and advanced to the final stage in December. After applying to the LPGA to become a member as a 17-year-old, she became a professional in November. Members must be 18 years old, according to LPGA rules. She finished sixth in the first round of the Qualifying Tournament in Daytona Beach, earning her tour card for 2006. She worked part-time on the tour until her high school graduation in May 2006.
Pressel won her first match at the Kraft Nabisco Championship in 2007 and became the youngest-ever champion of a modern LPGA major at 18 years, 313 days, a record that would last until Lydia Kosso won the 2015 Evian Championship at the age of 18 years, 4 months, and 20 days. Pressel had her golf clubs stolen on her return to Florida following her victory. With the win, she went from 17th in the world rankings to fourth.
On July 15, 2007, Pressel made her first hole-in-one as a professional golfer at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. For the tournament, it was a 148-yard (135 m) par 3 – hole 6. However, it wasn't enough to win; Se Ri Pak took the event for the fifth time.
Pressel qualified for the 2007 and 2011 Solheim Cup teams, earning a spot on the 2007 team in her second full year on the LPGA Tour as a 19-year-old. Solheim Cup singles play champions are undefeated (3–0–0) in 2011.
Pressel was in contention for her third LPGA Tour victory in the semi-finals after being 2 up after 11 holes to challenge Azahara Muoz. Pressel was a winner on the 12th hole, but a late play penalty resulted in the abandonment of the hole. She would lose the match, but Muoz would go on to win the tournament.
Pressel finished second at the Swing Skirts LPGA Classic in San Francisco on April 26, 2015. Lydia Ko assassinated on par-5 final hole, while Pressel missed a birdie putt to close the tournament, with Ko making a birdie. On the second playoff hole, Kobe took the championship hole. Pressel's last victory at the Kapalua LPGA Classic in 2008 was in 2008.
She is branded by Wasserman Media Group and has endorsement contracts with Callaway Golf, Polo Ralph Lauren, Royal Bank of Canada, and Audemars Piguet.
LPGA Tour career summary
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