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| Name: PAULA CREAMER |
| Birth Date: August 5, 1986 |
| Age: 17 |
| Home: Pleasanton, Calif. |
| PLAYER NOTES:
Member of the 2004 USA Curtis Cup team ... Semifinalist at the 2003 U.S. Women’s Amateur and U.S. Girls’ Junior. . . Nearly became the first Amateur in 35 years to win a LPGA Tour event, coming up one stroke short at the ShopRite Classic in Atlantic City, N.J., on June 20. . . Teamed with fellow USA Curtis Cupper Jane Park to bring the United States a victory at the 2003 Spirit International. . . Represented the USA at the 2002 and 2003 Junior Solheim Cups ... Made the cut at both the LPGA’s Asahi Ryokuken International Championship and the Wegmans Rochester in 2003. . . Honored as the 2003 American Junior Golf Association’s Female Player of the Year. . . Qualified for the 2003 U.S. Women’s Open, but did not make the cut. . . Was the low Amateur at the 2004 U.S. Women’s Open sectional qualifier at Hidden Creek Golf Club in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. . . Among her junior golf victories are the 2003 and 2004 Heather Farr Classic, the 2004 Kathy Whitworth Invitational, the 2003 Rolex Girls Junior Championship, and the 2003 AJGA Polo Championship. . . Entering her senior year at Pendleton School in Bradenton, Fla. . . Advanced to third round of the 2002 U.S. Girls’ Junior ... First American Junior Golf Association title came at 2001 AJGA St. Regis Aspen Junior Classic.... Selected to represent the United States along with James Minihan at the 2002 British Junior Open Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland... Received a sponsor’s exemption into the 2003 LPGA’s Asahi Ryokuken International Championship at Mount Vintage in North Augusta, S.C. She shot 73-72-72-78—297 to finish T71st. Daughter of a commercial airlines pilot, Paula is superstitious - she must play with pink tees (her normal golf bag is pink) and she has to mark her ball with a 1965 quarter coin. |
| HONORS/VICTORIES
2001 first-team Polo Golf Junior All-American 1st, 2001 AJGACompaq Junior Championship at Trophy Lake 1st, 2001 AJGASt.Regis Aspen Junior Classic1st, 2001 WorldCom Junior Classic1st, 2001 AJGABuick Junior Open 1st, 2002 Scott Robertson Memorial 1st, 2002 AJGAPING Junior at Trophy Lake 1st, 2002 AJGA Buick Junior Open 1st, 2002 AJGA Polo Golf Junior Classic1st, Doral/ Publix Junior Classic1st, 2003 The Junior Heritage 1st, 2003 Heather Farr Classic1st, 2003 AJGA Rolex Girls Junior Championship |
