Morgan Pressel
Morgan Pressel at the 2009 LPGA Championship
Personal information
Full name	Morgan Pressel
Born	May 23, 1988 (1988-05-23) (age 21) Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Career
College	none
Turned professional	2005
Current tour(s)	LPGA (joined 2006)
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	2
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	Won 2007
LPGA Championship	T6: 2008
U.S. Women's Open	T2: 2005
Women's British Open	T42: 2009
Achievements and awards
AJGA Player of the Year	2005
AJGA Nancy Lopez Award	2006

Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

She is the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major tournament, and has reached number 4 in the Women's World Golf Rankings.

Contents 1 Childhood and family life 2 Amateur career 3 Professional career 4 Professional wins (3) 4.1 LPGA Tour (2) 4.2 Other wins (1) 5 Major Championships 5.1 Wins (1) 5.2 Results in LPGA majors 6 LPGA Tour career summary 7 Team appearances 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Childhood and family life

Pressel was born in Tampa, Florida, to Mike Pressel and Kathy Krickstein Pressel. She attended Banyan Creek Elementary School, Omni Middle School, and graduated in 2006 from the Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, a private school affiliated with the Episcopal Church.^[1] She has stated that her Jewish faith plays a large role in her life.^[2]

Her mother died of breast cancer in September 2003, after which Pressel moved in with her grandparents Evelyn Krickstein and Dr. Herb Krickstein, a retired physician and pathologist who is her coach as well as her grandfather, while her two younger siblings stayed with their father. Pressel continues to live with her grandparents. They are the parents of former top-10 tennis player Aaron Krickstein, Pressel's uncle.^[3] For the eldest Krickstein, this is the second time he has groomed a young athlete into a star. Aaron Krickstein holds the record for being the youngest player ever to win a men's professional title, having won a tournament in Tel Aviv in 1983.

[edit] Amateur career

In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. This record stood until 2007, when Alexis Thompson, another 12-year-old, beat the record by several months.

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. Her second-place finish gave her a share of the low amateur honors with Brittany Lang.

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".^[4]

• 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] Professional career

Pressel turned professional in November 2005, after appealing to the LPGA to become a member as a 17-year-old. LPGA rules state that members must be 18 years old.^[1]

She played part-time on the tour while still attending high school until her graduation in May 2006.

She earned her first victory in 2007 at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. With the win, Pressel became the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major golf tournament at &0000000000000018.00000018 years, &0000000000000313.000000313 days.^[5]

She is represented by IMG sports management agency and has endorsement deals with Callaway Golf, Polo Ralph Lauren, and Oakley.

Pressel made her first hole-in-one as a professional golfer on July 15, 2007, at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania, Ohio. It was a 152-yard par 3 -- hole 6 for the tournament. It was not enough to win, though; Se Ri Pak won the event for the fifth time.

Pressel qualified for the 2007 and 2009 Solheim Cup teams, earning a spot on the 2007 team in her second full-year on the LPGA Tour as a 19-year-old. She is undefeated in Solheim Cup singles play.

[edit] Professional wins (3)

[edit] LPGA Tour (2)

• 2007 (1) Kraft Nabisco Championship
• 2008 (1) Kapalua LPGA Classic

LPGA Majors are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (1)

• 2007 (1) Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr, unofficial event)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
2007	Kraft Nabisco Championship	-3 (74-72-70-69=285)	1 stroke	Brittany Lincicome, Catriona Matthew, Suzann Pettersen

[edit] Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kraft Nabisco Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T19	T13	1	T38	T40
LPGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	69	14	T6	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	DNP	52	DNP	T2 TLA	T28	T10	T17	T13
Women's British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T56	CUT	CUT	T42

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

[edit] LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2006	23	21	0	0	1	9	3	465,685	24	71.51	20
2007	25	23	1	1	3	8	1	972,452	9	71.34	6
2008	26	21	1	1	0	5	1	711,261	24	72.04	42
2009	20	17	0	2	0	2	4	539,323	21	71.35	22

• Official as of September 27, 2009

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2002 (winners) and 2005 (winners)

Professional

• Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners)

Solheim Cup Record

Year	Total Matches	Total W-L-H	Singles W-L-H	Foursomes W-L-H	Fourballs W-L-H	Points Won	Points %
Career	7	3-2-2	2-0-0	1-1-0	0-1-2	4.0	57.1%
2007	4	1-2-1	1-0-0 def. A. Sörenstam 2&1	0-1-0 lost w/ N. Gulbis 3&2	0-1-1 halved w/ P. Creamer, lost w/ C. Kerr 3&2	1.5	37.5%
2009	3	2-0-1	1-0-0 def. A. Nordqvist 3&2	1-0-0 won w/ K. McPherson 2up	0-0-1 halved w/ M. Wie	2.5	83.3%

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Morgan Pressel

• Morgan's Yahoo Group
• Morgan Pressel profile on LPGA official site
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• MorganPressel.com
• Swing Sequence
• Photo Gallery: Morgan Pressel through the years South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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v • d • e 2009 American Solheim Cup Team Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Beth Daniel (captain) • Natalie Gulbis • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Christina Kim • Brittany Lang • Brittany Lincicome • Meg Mallon (assistant captain) • Kristy McPherson • Morgan Pressel • Kelly Robbins (assistant captain) • Angela Stanford • Michelle Wie

v • d • e 2007 American Solheim Cup Team Nicole Castrale • Paula Creamer • Laura Diaz • Natalie Gulbis • Pat Hurst • Juli Inkster • Cristie Kerr • Betsy King (captain) • Brittany Lincicome • Stacy Prammanasudh • Morgan Pressel • Angela Stanford • Sherri Steinhauer