HEATHER DALY-DONOFRIO
Birthdate: September 10, 1969
Birthplace: Bridgeport, Conn.
Age: 35
Ht: 5’1"
Home: Fairfield, Conn.
College: Yale
Turned Professional: 1993
LPGA Tour Wins: 2 - 2001 First Union Betsy King Classic, 2004 Mitchell Company Tournament Of Champions
Player Notes:
Professional
2004 Highlights
• Won The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, where she carded a career-low 64 during the third round, for her first victory since 2001.
• Placed fifth at the LPGA Takefuji Classic.
• Recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the second round of the Kellogg-Keebler Classic.
2004 Stats (Rank)
Rds under par: 24/75 (74)
Rds in the 60s: 12/75 (68)Birdies: 217 (54)
Eagles: 5 (38)Greens in reg: 65.1% (66) Driving accuracy: 72% (67)
Sand saves: 26.2% (151)Putts per GIR: 1.83 (72) Driving avg: 254.6 (51)
Career Highlights
• In 2003, recorded a season-best finish at the Longs Drugs Challenge, where she tied for 23rd.
• In 2002, posted two top-10 finishes, tying for seventh at both the Welch's/Circle K Championship and The Office Depot Championship Hosted by Amy Alcott.
• In 2001, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the First Union Betsy King Classic, where
• In 2000, tied for sixth at the State Farm Rail Classic; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, finished tied for ninth and earned exempt status for 2001.
• In 1999, tied for 14th at the Philips Invitational Honoring Harvey Penick.
• In 1998, best finish was a tie for fifth at the Friendly’s Classic.
• Won four tournaments on the Futures Tour from 1995-97 and finished on the money list ranked ninth, 12th and third in 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.
Amateur
Daly-Donofrio captured two Connecticut Women’s Golf Association Championships (1992-93). She participated in the 1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur and was a competitor on the Yale University golf team for four years. . .Started playing golf at the age of 15 but didn’t have a proper lesson until she was 20...Graduated cum laude from Yale University...Also attended Oxford University in England in 1990... Credits PGA Lifetime Member Raymond Howell, who taught her everything she knows about golf, as the individual most influencing her career...Hobbies include foreign languages, Italian food and Sunday dinners with the family...Was the head coach for the women’s golf team at Yale University from 1997-2000 and still serves as the team’s teacher and recruiter...Plays golf right-handed, but is left-handed in everything else.