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Name: DONNA ANDREWS

Birth Date: April 12, 1967

Birthplace: Lynchburg, Va.

Age: 37 Ht.: 5’8"

Home: Pinehurst, N.C.

College: Univ. North Carolina

Turned Professional: 1989

LPGA Tour Wins: 6 - 1993 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship. 1994 Ping/Welch’s Championship, Nabisco Dinah Shore, ShopRite LPGA Classic. 1997 Welch’s Circle K Championship, 1998 Long Drugs Challenge.

Other Wins: 1996 JCPenney Classic (with Mike Hulbert).

PLAYER NOTES:
2003 HIGHLIGHTS

Posted her season-best finish at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Open, where she tied for seventh.

Recorded season-low rounds of 66 during the second round of the LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 25th, and the first round of the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, where she tied for 15th.

2003 STATS (Rank)

Rounds under par: 18/52 (59); Rounds in the 60s: 11/52 (43); Birdies: 159 (84); Eagles: 3 (52); Greens in reg: 73.9% (2); Driving accuracy: 80.6% (6); Sand saves: 39.0% (59); Putts per GIR: 1.89 (160); Driving average: 249.3 (87)

2002 HIGHLIGHTS:

Recorded four top-10 finishes, including a season-best fourth-place finish at the Aerus Electrolux USA Championship Hosted by Vince Gill and Amy Grant, where she posted her season-low 65 in the final round.

2002 STATS (Rank)

Rounds under par: 28/66 (28); Rounds in the 60s: 13/66 (41); Birdies: 207 (50); Eagles: 4 (36); Greens in reg: 69.9% (13); Driving accuracy: 78% (10); Sand saves: 29.4% (137); Putting average: 30.66 (139); Driving average: 245.9 (98)

2001 HIGHLIGHTS:

Three top-10 finishes, including a second-place finish at the Williams Championship and a tie for third at the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

Carded her career-low round of 62 during the second round of the Williams Championship.

Crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings after a tie for 16th at the Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage.

Led the Tour in driving accuracy (85.3%), up from eighth last year.

2001 STATS (Rank)

Rounds under par: 30/75 (50); Rounds in the 60s: 14/75 (54); Birdies: 215 (59); Eagles: 4 (47); Greens in reg: 72.6% (5); Driving accuracy: 85.3% (1); Sand saves: 34.6% (141); Putting average: 31.27 (177); Driving average: 240.20 (106)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

In 2000, posted three top-20 finishes, including a season-best tie for 11th at the New Albany Golf Classic.

In 1999, best finish of the season was sixth place at the Oldsmobile Classic, where she posted a season-low 65 in the second round; suffered an injury to her shoulder when she fell from a horse in June; returned to competition in August.

In 1998, captured the Longs Drugs Challenge title for her sixth career victory and was a runner-up four consecutive times—Sara Lee Classic, tied at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, the Michelob Light Classic and Oldsmobile Classic; lost the Sara Lee Classic to Barb Mucha and the Michelob Light Classic to Annika Sorenstam, both on the second holes of sudden-death playoffs; crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings following the Sara Lee Classic and fired a 64 during the first round of the Oldsmobile Classic.

In 1997, recorded the fifth win of her career at the Welch’s/Circle K Championship.

In 1996, posted five top-10 finishes, including a fifth-place finish at the Oldsmobile Classic.

In 1995, tied for 20th at the Star Bank LPGA Classic in conjunction with The Children’s Medical Center.

In 1994, won three times: the PING/Welch’s Championship, ShopRite LPGA Classic and Nabisco Dinah Shore, her first major championship victory.

In 1993, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the PING-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship.

In 1992, best finish was second place at the Crestar-Farm Fresh Classic and a tie for second at the Phar-Mor in Youngstown, where she lost on the first hole of a four-way, sudden-death playoff to Betsy King.

In 1991, posted two top-10 finishes, including a tie for fourth at the MBS LPGA Classic.

In 1990, finished fifth at the Rail Charity Golf Classic and finished second in the LPGA Rookie of the Year race.

AMATEUR:

Andrews was a successful junior and Amateur golfer in the state of Virginia. She won the 1983-84 Virginia State Junior Championship and was a five-time winner of the Virginia Women’s State Amateur Championship (1985-89). She was the North-South champion in 1984 and 1988 and was runner-up in 1989. As a collegiate player for the University of North Carolina, Andrews won the 1989 Furman University Invitational and was a second-team All-American that same year ... Credits her father and family, Davis Love, Jr., Jack Lumpkin and John Reeves as the individuals most influencing her career ... Named 1993 Most Improved Player by Golf Digest ... Enjoys spending time at home with her dogs and horses.