Player Biography

COLLEEN CASHMAN-MCSWEEN

Birthdate: September 8, 1976

Birthplace: Baltimore, Md.

Age: 29 Ht: 5'6"

Home: Tamarac, Fla.

College: Purdue

Turned Professional: 1998

Player Notes: Although playing through Tropical Storm Alberto, Cashman still managed to salvage a U.S. Women's Open berth...This will be her second Women's Open in six attempts...Other USGA events include, U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links (1994-1997) best finish was quarterfinalist...U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links-team won in 1997...Cashman is the Membership and Marketing Director of Plantation Preserve Golf Course... was named 2002 Florida High School Girls Golf Coach of the year...2002 Sun-Sentinel Girls Golf Coach of the Year…2002 Miami Herald Girls Golf Coach of the Year...has one hole-in-one...lowest round is 65...lists most memorable golf experience as having her then-fiancé, now husband, caddie for her in her first FUTURES Tour win...David, her husband, will caddie for her again in this Women's Open...always marks her ball with a quarter that has a year 1972 or less...struck by lightning in 2001 at LPGA Q-School in Venice, Fla.