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Brandi Jackson
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| Background |
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| Joined LPGA: |
Birthday: June 11, 1981 |
| College: Furman |
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| Birthplace: Anderson, S.C. |
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PLAYER NOTES
Daughter of Terry and Kay Jackson... Cousin, Jeff Snipes, played football
and coached at Furman... Intended major is business.
Jackson will remain an amateur through the U.S. Open, which she will play
by virtue of her runner-up finish in the 2002 U.S. Amateur. After the
Open, Jackson plans on playing five Futures Tour events and then attempting
LPGA Qualifying School in the fall.
2002-03: In her senior season at Furman, Jackson posted a 74.13
season stroke average, which ranks third all time in Lady Paladin history
behind Jen Hanna (73.63) and Kristel Mourgue d'Algue (73.70), and just
ahead of Dottie Pepper (74.35). For her career, Jackson averaged 76.86
strokes per round, was named the 2003 Southern Conference Player of the
Year and became the second Lady Paladin to win an NCAA Regional. . . .Recognized
by the National Golf Coaches Association as second-team All-America, the
first Furman athlete to be honored by the NGCA since 2001. . . also named
All East Region due to first place finish at NCAA East Region Championships.
. . season highlights include: 1st at NCAA East Regional at Salem Glen
Country Club, 68-71-66=205. . . finished 3rd at Mason Rudolph Championship
at Legends Club of Tennessee/Ironhorse, 74-73-73=220. . . finished t-2nd
at Dodge ACC/SEC Shootout, 71-72-74=214. . . finished t-3rd at Lady Paladin
Invitational, 73-72-71=216. . . 2nd at SCC Championship at Waynesville
CC, 74-69-74. . .
2001-02: Finished junior year with second-best scoring average
on the team, with a 75.71. . . best finishes include a first-place finish
at Southern Conference Championship, with rounds of 70-72-72=214. . .
6th-place finish at Dodge ACC/SEC Shootout, 79-75-69=223. . . 10th at
Bryan National Collegiate, 77-74-70=221. . .
2000-01: Played in every round of every tournament and was second
on the team with a 78.3 stroke average... Recorded a season-low 72 in
the first round of the Lady Paladin... Finished in the top 20 in three
tournaments, including a fourth-place showing at the Southern Conference
Championship... Named first-team All-Southern Conference and to the Southern
Conference Academic Honor Roll... Placed seventh at the Lady Paladin Invitational
with a season-low 220, three-round total.
1999-00: Played in every tournament, recording a season-low 73
at the NCAA Fall Preview in Sunriver, Oregon... After a first-round 80,
rebounded to finish 34th at the NCAA East Regional with a 229 total...
Posted a 79.4 stroke average for the season and had two top 30 finishes...
Regular season-best three-round total was 236 on four occasions... Best
finish was 14th at the Southern Conference Tournament.
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