MIRIAM NAGL
Birthdate: January 22, 1981
Birthplace: Curitiba, Brazil
Age: 24
Ht: 5'7"
Home: Longboat Key, Fla.
College: Arizona State
Turned Professional: 2001
Joined LPGA Tour: 2002
Player Notes:
Professional
2004 Highlights
• Tied her career-low round of 66 during the first round of the Longs Drugs Challenge.
• Recorded her season-best finish at the LPGA Takefuji Classic and the ShopRite LPGA Classic, tying for 27th at both events.
2004 Stats (Rank)
Rds under par: 14/57 (104)
Rds in the 60s: 5/57 (119)
Birdies: 143 (116)
Eagles: 2 (109)
Greens in reg: 61.4% (113)
Driving accuracy: 66.8% (125)
Sand saves: 26.4% (148)
Putts per GIR: 1.86 (112)
Driving avg: 255.8 (42)
Career
• In 2003, best finish was a tie for 10th at the John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic, the best finish of her career; also tied for 11th at the ShopRite LPGA Classic; carded a career-low 66 in the second round of the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL.
• In 2002, won the Grand Rapids Futures Classic and the Capital Region Futures Classic on the Futures Tour; earned exempt status for the 2003 LPGA Tour season by virtue of her third-place finish on the Futures Tour season-ending money list.
• In 2001, turned professional in March and began competing on the SBC Futures Tour, where she recorded 10 top-10 finishes and finished 10th on the SBC Futures Tour money list; qualified for the LPGA Tour by tying for 31st at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2002 season.
Amateur
Nagl, who lived in Germany from age 8-16, recorded several victories in the German Junior Championships and was the runner-up at the British Girls Championship from 1997-99. She was a runner-up at the Women’s World Team Amateur Championship in 1998. She played on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit and won the first tournament she entered. While attending Arizona State University, she won the 1999 NCAA Fall Preview and the 2000 NCAA West Regional. She was named the 2000 NCAA Freshman of the Year and was a First-Team All-American in 1999 and 2000. . .Started playing golf at the age of 12...Credits her parents, brother Michael, first coach Jochen Kupitz and Jonathan Yarwood as the individuals most influencing her career... Was born in Brazil but is a German citizen...Hobbies include running, fishing and going to the beach.