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Leah Hart
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Residence: Toowoomba, Australia |
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PLAYER NOTES
2002-03: Enjoyed a sensational freshman season at Augusta State ... Burst
on the scene as one of the top freshman golfers in the nation ... Named
the NCAA All-Independent Player-of-the-Year, Freshman-of-the-Year and
an NCAA All-Independent first-team selection ... Recorded three victories
and eight top-five finishes ... Did not finish worse than fifth in any
of ASU's eight tournaments ... Was the squad's top finisher in all eight
events ... Posted a team-best 73.3 stroke average ... Shot in the 70's
in 22 of her 23 rounds ... Turned in 10 rounds of par or better ... Finished
third in her first collegiate start with a six-over 222 (75-75-72) at
Memphis Intercollegiate Classic ... Won her first individual title in
just her second event in the Lady Razorback Invitational at Pinnacle Country
Club in Rogers, Ark. ... Carded a 10-over 226 (74-73-79) to lead ASU to
its a third-place showing, its highest finish of the season ... Won again
in her very next event, the Lady Pirate Fall Intercollegiate at Greenville
Country Club in Greenville, N.C. ... Posted 73-72 in first two rounds
before fashioning a four-under 67 in final round ... Took third in her
last fall event before opening the spring with a tie for fifth at the
Edwin Watts/Carolinas Classic ... Picked up her third win of the season
at the Bradford Creek Spring Invitational at Bradford Creek Golf Club
in Greenville, N.C. ... Booked a pair of fourth-place finishes in her
last two events ... Posted low 54-hole total, a one-under 212, at Lady
Pirate Fall Intercollegiate (73-72-67) ... Finished under par on three
occasions ... Qualified for the U.S. Women's Open ... Shot three-over
145 (69-76) in a sectional qualifier at Champions Golf Club's Jack Rabbit
course in Houston ... Edged LPGA Tour pro Kristi Albers and Auburn's Maru
Martinez for the third and final spot in the 25-player field with a birdie
on the first playoff hole ... Season Lows: First Round: 70 (-2) at John
Kirk/Lady Panther Intercollegiate and at Lady Seahawk Invitational; Second
Round: 70 (-2) at Lady Seahawk Invitational; Third Round: 67 (-4) at Lady
Pirate Fall Intercollegiate.
High School: With scores of 72-73-72-71, Hart placed third at the 2002
Queensland State Medal and finished fifth at the 2001 Inpooroopilly Women's
Open, a pro event, with a four-round total of 294.
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