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Michelle Bell
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Height:
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5ft 9in
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Birthdate:
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1-29-1963
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Birthplace:
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Melrose, MA
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Residence:
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Jupiter, FL
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Rookie Year:
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1992
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Tour Status:
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Non-Exempt
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2003 OVERVIEW
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Starts:
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3
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Earnings:
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$ 3,165.00
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Professional
2001 Highlights
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Returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied
for 31st to retain non-exempt status for the 2002 season.
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2001 Stats (rank)
Rds under par: 9/48 (137) Rds in the 60s: 1/48 (172) Birdies: 125 (131)
Eagles: 4 (47) Greens in reg: 57.3% (154) Driving accuracy: 67.3% (117)
Sand saves: 23.2% (181) Putting avg: 30.50 (114) Driving avg: 242.60 (85)
Career Highlights
• In 2000, best finish of the season was a tie for 11th at the Giant Eagle
LPGA Classic; tied her career-low round of 67 during the first round of
the Longs Drugs Challenge and the final round of the State Farm Rail Classic.
• From 1997-99, did not play on the Tour; returned to the 1999 LPGA Final
Qualifying Tournament and gained non-exempt status for the 2000 season.
• In 1998, competed on the SBC Futures Tour, where she won the Green Mountain
National Classic and was named Player of the Year and leading money winner.
• In 1996, top finishes for the season came at the Michelob Light Heartland
Classic, where she placed 12th.
• In 1995, posted a career-best finish with a fifth-place finish at the
Youngstown-Warren LPGA Classic.
• In 1994, tied for 26th at the PING Welch’s Championship in Boston, where
she posted a career-low 67 during the third round.
Amateur
Bell won the 1981 Massachusetts School Girls Championship and the 1981
Herb Bracey Northeast Junior Girls Championship. That same year, she was
a Boston Globe All-Scholastic Athlete of the Year. Between 1980 and 1983,
she captured three individual titles at the Atlantic International Junior
event. Bell was named an American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) All-American.
She played collegiate golf at the University of Arizona.
Personal
5’9", brown hair, brown eyes…Started playing golf at the age of 14…Credits
her parents, Tom and Mary Bell, Lyman Doane, Fred Marti and Annette Thompson
as the individuals most influencing her career…Has two brothers: Tom and
Richard…Is featured in Kodak’s instructional video, "Mastering the
Basics"…Has written for Golf for Women magazine…Travels to Japan
annually as a staff member for the International Golf Research Team…Hobbies
include fitness, fly fishing and watching Boston Red Sox baseball.
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