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Ashli Bunch
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Height:
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5ft 7in
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Birthdate:
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7-25-1975
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Birthplace:
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Morristown, TN
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Residence:
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Morristown, TN
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Rookie Year:
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1999
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Tour Status:
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Exempt
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2003 OVERVIEW
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Starts:
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11
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Earnings:
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$ 22,428.00
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Professional
2002 Highlights
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Posted her season-best finish at the Aerus Electrolux USA Championship
Hosted by Vince Gill and Amy Grant, where she tied for ninth.
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Recorded a career-low round of 64 during the first round of Welch’s/Circle
K Championship and final round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.
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2002 Stats (rank)
Rds under par: 16/56 (87) Rds in the 60s: 9/56 (57) Birdies: 142 (102)
Eagles: 5 (24) Greens in reg: 61.7% (93) Driving accuracy: 71% (73) Sand
saves: 41.1% (44) Putting avg: 30.44 (116) Driving avg: 250.2 (73)
Career Highlights
• In 2001, returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she
tied for seventh to earn exempt status for the 2002 season.
• In 2000, best finish of the season came at the Japan Airlines Big Apple
Classic, where she finished ninth; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying
Tournament, where she tied for fourth and gained exempt status for the
2001 season.
• In 1999, posted her career-best finish of a tie for fourth at the Welch’s/Circle
K Championship; posted her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the second
round of the Weetabix Women’s British Open.
• From 1997-98, was a member of the Futures Tour, where she carded six
top-10 finishes; in 1998, originally qualified for the LPGA Tour at the
LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for 16th to earn exempt
status for the 1999 season.
• Turned professional in June 1997.
Amateur
Bunch was the 1992 TSSAA State High School champion and the 1996 Tennessee
Women’s State Amateur runner-up. She participated in three U.S. Women’s
Amateur Championships. She was a member of the Furman University golf
team, where she participated in four NCAA Championship tournaments, collected
14 top-10 finishes and was the 1997 Southern Conference Player of the
Year.
Personal
5’7", blond hair, blue eyes…Started playing golf at the age of 10…Credits
her parents, Bobby Bray, Mic Potter, John Wylie and Andrew Price as the
individuals most influencing her career…Has two brothers: Andrew and Adam
Price…Married Michael Bunch on Aug. 1, 1998…Maiden name is Price…Competed
as Ashli Price-Bunch in 1999…Hobbies include many sports and spending
time on the lake…Qualified for the Tour on her second attempt.
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