HEATHER DALY-DONOFRIO

Birthdate: September 10, 1969

Birthplace: Bridgeport, Conn.

Age: 38 Ht.: 5’1"

Home: Fairfield, Conn.

College: Yale

Turned Professional: 1993

LPGA Tour Victories: 2 - 2001 First Union Betsy King Classic, 2004 Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions

PLAYER NOTES

2007 Highlights

Best finish was a tie for 14th at the Fields Open in Hawaii, where she carded a season-low 69 in the second and third rounds.

2007 Stats (rank)

Rds under par: 9/36 (86) Rds in the 60s: 2/36 (118) Birdies: 77 (135)

Eagles: 0 (N/A) Greens in Reg: 58.6% (114) Driving Accuracy: 64.5% (83)

Sand Saves: 13.9% (150) Putts per GIR: 1.86 (97) Driving Avg: 248.3 (71)

In 2006, best finish was a tie for 26th at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay; competed in just four events before the birth of her daughter, Hannah Daly Howell.

In 2005, best finish was fifth place at The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions presented by Kathy Ireland Worldwide.

2004 Highlights

Won The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions, where she carded a career-low 64 during the third round, for her first victory since 2001.

Placed fifth at the LPGA Takefuji Classic.

Recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one during the second round of the Kellogg-Keebler Classic.

2004 Stats (Rank)

Rds under par: 24/75 (74) Rds in the 60s: 12/75 (68) Birdies: 217 (54)

Eagles: 5 (38) Greens in Reg: 65.1% (66) Driving Accuracy: 72% (67)

Sand Saves: 26.2% (151) Putts per GIR: 1.83 (72) Driving Avg: 254.6 (51)

Career Highlights

In 2003, recorded a season-best finish at the Longs Drugs Challenge, where she tied for 23rd.

In 2002, posted two top-10 finishes, tying for seventh at both the Welch's/Circle K Championship and The Office Depot Championship Hosted by Amy Alcott.

In 2001, became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the First Union Betsy King Classic, where

In 2000, tied for sixth at the State Farm Rail Classic; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, finished tied for ninth and earned exempt status for 2001.

In 1999, tied for 14th at the Philips Invitational Honoring Harvey Penick.

In 1998, best finish was a tie for fifth at the Friendly’s Classic.

Won four tournaments on the Futures Tour from 1995-97 and finished on the money list ranked ninth, 12th and third in 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively.

Amateur Highlights

Daly-Donofrio captured two Connecticut Women’s Golf Association Championships (1992-93). She participated played in the 1993 U.S. Women’s Amateur and was a competitor on the Yale University golf team for four years.

Personal

Started playing golf at the age of 15 but didn’t have a proper lesson until she was 20…Graduated cum laude from Yale University…Also attended Oxford University in England in 1990… Credits PGA Lifetime Member Raymond Howell, who taught her everything she knows about golf, as the individual most influencing her career…Has two sisters and two brothers…Hobbies include foreign languages, Italian food and Sunday dinners with the family…Was the head coach for the women’s golf team at Yale University from 1997-2000 and still serves as the team’s teacher and recruiter…Plays golf right-handed, but is left-handed in everything else…Qualified for the Tour on her fifth attempt.