2008 U.S. Women's Open

 

BRITTANY LANG

Birthdate: August 22, 1985

Birthplace: Richmond, Va.

Age: 22 Ht.: 5'8"

Home: McKinney, Texas

College: Duke

Turned Professional: 2005

Joined LPGA Tour: 2006

LPGA Tour Victories: None

PLAYER NOTES

2007 Highlights

Recorded season-best ties for fourth at both the Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite, where she carded a season-low 67 during the final round, and the CN Canadian Women’s Open, where she carded 67s in the second and final rounds.

Also carded a 67 during the final round of the Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola and the third round of the Honda LPGA Thailand 2007.

2007 Stats (rank)

Rds under par: 21/73 (73) Rds in the 60s: 6/73 (101) Birdies: 202 (48)

Eagles: 4 (20) Greens in Reg: 64.3% (27) Driving Accuracy: 66.3% (64)

Sand Saves: 40% (62) Putts per GIR: 1.87 (110) Driving Avg: 257.4 (25)

2006 Highlights

Recorded seven top-10 finishes, including a tie for third at both the Wegmans LPGA and Mizuno Classic.

Carded a career-low 66 on five occasions: the opening round of the Wegmans LPGA, the final round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, the third round of the Wendy’s Championship for Children, and the following week in the first and final rounds of the State Farm Classic.

Automatically qualified for the ADT Championship via the Global Group portion of LPGA Playoffs 2006, where she finished tied for sixth (Honda LPGA Thailand 2006), tied for 25th (KOLON-Hana Bank Championship), and tied for third (Mizuno Classic) to earn 34 points. Finished tied for 17th at the ADT Championship after failing to advance to the third round via a six-way, three-hole, sudden-death playoff.

2006 Stats (rank)

Rds under par: 46/83 (12) Rds in the 60s: 23/83 (16) Birdies: 322 (9)

Eagles: 6 (12) Greens in Reg: 69.4% (25) Driving Accuracy: 67.1% (112)

Sand Saves: 30% (134) Putts per GIR: 1.79 (20) Driving Avg: 269.1 (6)

In 2005, turned professional in July and made her professional debut via a sponsor exemption at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, where she tied for 36th; also competed as a sponsor exemption at the State Farm Classic and the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women’s Open, where she tied for sixth; tied for 22nd at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and then birdied the final hole of a three-hole, seven-way playoff to earn one of the final three exempt cards for the 2006 LPGA Tour season.

Amateur Highlights

Lang achieved success on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit. She won eight AJGA events and was a two-time First-Team Polo Golf Junior All-American (2001 and 2002). Lang also represented the United States at the PING Junior Solheim Cup in 2002. In 2003, Lang won the North and South Women’s Amateur and the Women’s Western Amateur Championship in consecutive weeks. She also won the 2004 Trans National Amateur title. Lang attended Duke University for two years. She won six collegiate tournaments and was named the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Player of the Year. She won back- to-back ACC individual titles (2004-05) and was named the 2004 ACC Freshman of the Year. Lang was a member of the victorious 2004 U.S. Curtis Cup Team and won medalist honors at the Women’s Amateur Public Links before advancing to the quarterfinals of match play. She competed as a sponsor exemption in both the 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship and the LPGA Corning Classic, where she tied for 15th. Lang’s well-decorated amateur career was capped with a runner-up finish at the 2005 U.S. Women’s Open conducted by the USGA (tied with fellow rookie Morgan Pressel).

Personal

Started playing golf at the age of 9. . . Credits her father for getting her started and interested in golf and her family for supporting her and helping her along the way. . . Her brother, Luke, who was an All-Conference golfer at Arkansas Tech, caddies for her. . . Has had three holes-in-one and her first (7-iron from 106 yards) came in her very first golf tournament when she was 10. . . She won the tournament because she was the only female competing. . . Hobbies include working out (cardio, weights, core work and stretching), nutrition and spending time with her family. . . Qualified for the Tour on her first attempt.

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