2008 U.S. Women's Open

 

COURTNEY ELLENBOGEN (A)

Birthdate: December 28, 1990

Birthplace: Blacksburg, Va.

Age: 17

Home: Blacksburg, Va.

PLAYER NOTES

Participated in Blacksburg Country Club's junior golf program with head professional Steve Prater … Qualified with a 36-hole total of 142 at Forest Creek Golf Course in Virginia… … played in the 2005 US Girls … played in the 2005, and 2006 and 2007 U.S. Women's Amateurs …won the 2007 AJGA at Chateau Elan … won the 2006 USGA VSGA State Girls' Championship … her lowest competitive score is 65 which she shot at the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial … she had two holes-in one … one when she was about 11 in a local tournament from 121 yards with a 7-iron and one at the sectional qualifying for the 2006 U.S. Women's Open from 180 yards with a 7-wood … her uncle Mark Hawley, an avid golfer who plays at the Old North State Club in Uwharrie Point, N.C., will be her caddie … besides golf, she enjoys piano which she has played for 11 years, working out and running when time allows and going to movies … parents Janet and Bill … brother Matt is 18 … won the 2006 USGA Girls' State … most memorable golf experience was winning the 2006 USGA Virginia State Junior Golf Championship … her dad played professional football (retired from the New York Giants in 1981) … her mother is retired professor at Virginia Tech …will be a junior at Blacksburg High School where she has been on the straight-A honor roll for the past two years … she plays on the boys' golf team at school because there are not enough girls to start a women's team … says qualifying for the Open is her most memorable golf experience

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