| Name: MICHELLE ELLIS
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| Birth Date: May 14, 1976
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| Birthplace: Casino, NSW, Australia
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| Age: 28 Ht.: 5’5"
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| Home: Lakeland, Fl.
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| Turned Professional: 1999
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| LPGA Tour Wins: None
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| PLAYER NOTES:
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| PROFESSIONAL
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| 2003 HIGHLIGHTS:
Best finish was a tie for sixth at the Wendy’s Championship for Children at Tartan Fields, where she recorded a season-low 66 in the third round.
Tied for ninth at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA. |
| 2003 STATS (Rank)
Rounds under par: 27/70 (46); Rounds in the 60s: 12/70 (59); Birdies: 220 (44); Eagles: 3 (52); Greens in reg: 64.9% (58); Driving accuracy: 68% (94); Sand saves: 42.4% (32); Putts per GIR: 1.82 (54) ; Driving average: 257.6 (37) @!BOLD = 2002 HIGHLIGHTS
Posted back-to-back career-best finishes with ties for second at the Weetabix Women’s British Open, one of the LPGA’s four majors, and the Bank of Montreal Canadian Women’s Open for her first two career top-10 finishes on the LPGA Tour.
Tied for sixth at the First Union Betsy King Classic.
Carded a career-low 64 in the final round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL, where she tied for 17th. |
| 2002 STATS (Rank)
Rounds under par: 25/66 (48); Rounds in the 60s: 12/66 (48); Birdies: 218 (45); Eagles: 4 (36); Greens in reg: 64.3% (54); Driving accuracy: 69.3% (88); Sand saves: 35.6% (80); Putting average: 29.68 (44); Driving average: 258.6 (25) |
| 2001 HIGHLIGHTS:
Best finish of her rookie season was a tie for 17th at the Electrolux USA Championship Hosted by Vince Gill and Amy Grant.
Posted a career-low 66 during the first round of the Standard Register PING, where she tied for 26th; also tied for 21st at the Welch’s/Circle K Championship.
Recorded the first hole-in-one of her LPGA career during the final round of the First Union Betsy King Classic.
Won the M&T Bank Loretto Futures Golf Classic on the SBC Futures Tour. |
| 2001 STATS (Rank)
Rounds under par: 17/69 (116); Rounds in the 60s: 9/69 (89); Birdies: 169 (97); Eagles: 7 (17); Greens in reg: 61.9% (114); Driving accuracy: 68.7% (103); Sand saves: 41.9% (73); Putting average: 30.33 (92); Driving average: 243.50 (88) |
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
In 2000, won three tournaments and finished second on the SBC Futures Tour money list to earn exempt status for the LPGA Tour’s 2001 season.
In 1999, turned professional and competed on the SBC Futures Tour. |
| AMATEUR:
Won nine times as an Amateur and recorded 10 other top-10 finishes. . . Was a two-time Australian Amateur champion (1997-98)and finished fourth as the Australian representative at the 1998 Women’s World Amateur Team Championship ... Was the No. 1-ranked Amateur in Australia in 1998.
Started playing golf at the age of 13...Credits her family, the great golf programs in Australia and Meg Mallon as the biggest influences on her career...Hobbies include music and reading...Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt. |