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Pressel,
Uihlein Named Rolex Junior Players of the Year |
Comparing
two of junior golf's best |
By
Steve Ethun
Vice President of Communications
This year's Rolex Junior All-Americans, Peter Uihlein of
Bradenton, Fla., and Morgan Pressel of Boca Raton, Fla., join
a star-studded list of previous winners of the most prestigious
award in junior golf. The Florida natives add their names to
a group that includes Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Charles Howell
III, Brian Harman, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, Grace Park, Cristie
Kerr and Paula Creamer.
The following is a comparison of the junior careers of these
players, one's whose names you will be hearing for a long time
to come.
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Peter
Uihlein
Age 16
Bradenton, Fla. |
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Morgan
Pressel
Age 17
Boca Raton, Fla. |
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First
AJGA Tournament (and Finish):
2002 Ashworth Junior at Hagerstown (T31)
First AJGA Win:
2004 Nike Golf Junior at South Padre
Island
Last AJGA Win:
2005 Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior
Total AJGA Wins: 4
AJGA Team Events:
Canon Cup (2005)
Number of Times Named a Rolex Junior All-American:
2
First Team (2005)
Third Team (2004)
AJGA Records Set:
• Third youngest Rolex Junior Player
of the Year at 16 years, 3 months (born Aug. 29,
1989). Tiger Woods was 15 years, 11 months old
when given the award in 1991. Seung Su Han is
second youngest at 16 years, 2 months. Phil Mickelson
is fourth at 16 years, 5 months. |
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When
you saw her name first:
2001
U.S. Women's Open when she qualified at the age of 12
years, 11 months.
Where you saw her name recently:
Any golf magazine or Web site.
First AJGA Tournament (and Finish):
2001 Lucent Technologies Girls Junior Championship (10)
First AJGA Win:
2001 Kroger Junior Invitational
Last AJGA Win:
2005 McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship
Total AJGA Wins: 11
AJGA Team Events:
Canon Cup (2002-2004)
PING Junior Solheim Cup (2001, 2002, 2005)
Number of Times Named a Rolex Junior
All-American: 5
First Team (2003-2005)
Second Team (2002)
Honorable Mention (2001)
AJGA Records Set:
• Career "AJGA Slam" (Rolex Tournament
of Champions, Polo Golf Junior Classic, Thunderbird
International Junior, Rolex Girls Junior Championship,
McDonald's Betsy Rawls Girls Championship).
• Eleven AJGA titles puts her tied for sixth with
Paula Creamer, behind Kellee Booth (18), Grace Park
(18), Leigh Anne Hardin (18), Beth Bauer (17) and Vicki
Goetze-Ackerman (15).
• Four wins in 2004 is tied for fourth, the record
being held by Kellee Booth and Grace Park with seven.
• She is tied for second in consecutive years
with a win at five after claiming at least one title
from 2001-2005. Only Grace Park was better.
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