Player Biography

RACHEL HETHERINGTON Birthdate: April 23, 1972 Birthplace: Port Macquarie, Queensland, Australia Age: 35 Ht: 5’5" Home: Sunnybank Hills, Queensland, Australia Turned Professional: 1994
Joined LPGA Tour: 1997 LPGA Tour Wins: 8 - 1998 First Union Betsy King Classic. 1999 Chick-fil-A Charity Championship, City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic. 2001 Evian Masters. 2002 PING Banner Health, Jamie Farr Kroger Classic. 2003 Giant Eagle LPGA Classic, Wegmans Rochester LPGA. Other Wins: 2000 Women's World Cup of Golf (with Karrie Webb) Player Notes: Won the New South Wales Junior from 1989-92…Won both the NSW Amateur Open and the Tasmanian Amateur Open titles in 1992. That same year she finished as the runner-up in the New Zealand Amateur…A three-time member of the Australian Tasman Cup Team in 1989, 1991 and 1993…Started playing golf at the age of 14…Credits her mother, her coach Ian Triggs and Pam Langford as the individuals most influencing her career…Competed as Rachel Teske from 2001-04… Played as Rachel Hetherington from 1997-2000…Has two sisters and one brother…Hobbies include music, movies, relaxing on the beach and hiking. Professional 2006 • Recorded her season-best finish at the U.S. Women’s Open, where she tied for eighth. • Recorded two additional top-10 finishes: a tie for ninth at the Mizuno Classic, where she carded a season- low 65 in the opening round, and tie for 10th at the Wegmans LPGA. • Crossed the $5 million mark in career earnings with a tie for 11th at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions presented by Kathy Ireland Worldwide. 2006 Stats (rank) Rds under par: 33/83 (54) Rds in the 60s: 15/83 (53) Birdies: 243 (37) Eagles: 4 (31) Greens in reg: 66.4% (61) Driving accuracy: 78.4% (13) Sand saves: 35.5% (106) Putts per GIR: 1.82 (60) Driving avg: 251.2 (85) 2005 Highlights • Posted her season-best finish at The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions presented by Kathy Ireland Worldwide, where she finished second, and posted a season-low 65 during the second round. • Recorded four additional top-10 finishes: Franklin American Mortgage Championship benefiting the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt (T6); HSBC Women’s World Match Play Championship (T9); Wendy’s Championship for Children (T9); and CJ Nine Bridges Classic Presented by Sports Today (T6). • Carded her second LPGA career hole-in-one during the third round of the Longs Drugs Challenge. 2005 Stats (rank) Rds under par: 31/85 (40) Rds in the 60s: 21/85 (15) Birdies: 260 (17) Eagles: 7 (7) Greens in reg: 70.1% (22) Driving accuracy: 70.1% (81) Sand saves: 40.3% (48) Putts per GIR: 1.81 (27) Driving avg: 253.0 (32) 2004 Highlights • Posted her season-best finish at the Weetabix Women's British Open, where she was runner up, posted a season-low 65 during the third round and crossed the $4 million mark in career earnings. • Recorded a total of five top-10 finishes: Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger (4); Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez (T7); ADT Championship (T7); and U.S. Women's Open conducted by the USGA (T10). • Matched her season-low 65 during the first round of the Longs Drugs Challenge. 2004 Stats (Rank) Rds under par: 46/90 (21) Rds in the 60s: 21/90 (34) Birdies: 283 (24) Eagles:6 (27) Greens in reg: 68.5% (30) Driving accuracy: 73.3% (49) Sand saves: 43.1% (20) Putts per GIR: 1.83 (72) Driving avg: 254.8 (49) 2003 Highlights • Won back-to-back titles for the second time in her career at the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic, where she defeated Annika Sorenstam, Jennifer Rosales, and Lorie Kane on the third hole of a sudden-death playoff, and at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA, where she fired a season-low 65 in the second round. • Posted back-to-back runner-up finishes at the Longs Drugs Challenge and Samsung World Championship (tied for second at both). • Also carded season-low 65s during second rounds of the Sybase Big Apple Classic presented by Lincoln Mercury, where she tied for sixth, and the Mizuno Classic, where she finished sixth. • Tied for third at the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by AIG and tied for fourth at the Mobile LPGA Tournament of Champions. • Crossed the $3 million mark in career earnings with her win at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA. 2003 Stats (Rank) Rds under par: 58/96 (5) Rds in the 60s: 24/96 (25) Birdies: 348 (5) Eagles: 11 (3) Greens in reg: 68.7% (19) Driving accuracy: 75.1% (29) Sand saves: 42.9% (29) Putts per GIR: 1.77 (6) Driving avg: 254.3 (53) 2002 Highlights • Won her first event of the season in a two-hole, sudden-death playoff with Annika Sorenstam at the PING Banner Health; Teske came from five strokes back and birdied the second hole of sudden death to claim her second playoff victory over Sorenstam (who has only lost four of 15 playoffs). • Won her sixth career title at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic Presented by ALLTEL, where she tied her career-low score of 64 in the third round. • Posted seven additional top-10 finishes: second at the ADT Championship; tied for sixth at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez and the Samsung World Championship; tied for eighth at the First Union Betsy King Classic and Sports Today CJ Nine Bridges Classic; ninth at the Wegmans Rochester LPGA; and tied for ninth at the CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship. 2002 Stats (rank): Rds under par: 38/88 (26) Rds in the 60s: 23/88 (22) Birdies: 311 (6) Eagles: 3 (56) Greens in reg: 66.8% (28) Driving accuracy: 74.1% (43) Sand saves: 36.8% (72) Putting avg: 29.54 (31) Driving avg: 255.7 (45) 2001 Highlights • Won her fourth career LPGA title at the Evian Masters and also tied for second at the Nabisco Championship, her career-best finish in a major championship. • Carded a career-low 64 during the final round of the Sybase Big Apple Classic Presented by GOLF MAGAZINE, thanks in part to her first career hole-in-one; she tied for fifth. • Crossed the $2 million mark in career earnings after finishing tied for fifth at the CISCO World Ladies Match Play Championship. • Had a career-best season in scoring average (71.45) and total earnings ($713,129). 2001 Stats (rank): Rds under par: 42/88 (21) Rds in the 60s: 22/88 (26) Birdies: 296 (15) Eagles: 5 (32) Greens in reg: 68.6% (26) Driving accuracy: 73.4% (46) Sand saves: 54.1% (4) Putting avg: 29.59 (22) Driving avg: 249.00 (40) Career Highlights • In 2000, recorded seven top-10 finishes, including second place at both the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic and season-ending Arch Wireless Championship; lost to Annika Sorenstam on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff at the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic; crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings after the Jamie Farr Kroger Classic; won the inaugural Women’s World Cup Golf with Karrie Webb. • In 1999, recorded back-to back wins, Chick-fil-A Charity Championship and the City of Hope Myrtle Beach Classic; won the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship when she defeated Lorie Kane on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. In 1998, despite suffering a rib injury (strained left intercostal muscle) at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, competed in 24 tournaments and earned $200,455, surpassing her rookie earnings by more than $60,000; became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the First Union Betsy King Classic, when she defeated Annika Sorenstam on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff, marking the first time Sorenstam was defeated in a playoff (she was 4-0 up to that point). • In 1997, best finish of the season was a tie for fifth at the Welch’s Championship. • In 1996, finished in a tie for 11th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to gain exempt status for 1997. • In 1995, captured the Ladies German Open and the Spanish Open titles. • In 1994, finished as the runner-up in the Australian Open.