KRISTEN SAMP

Birthdate: February 12, 1974

Birthplace: Moberly, Mo.

Age: 34 Ht.: 5'6"

Home: Lawrence, KsKan.

College: Missouri

Turned Professional: 1997

Joined LPGA Tour: 2004

LPGA Tour Victories: 0

PLAYER NOTES

2007 Highlights

Carded a career-low 67 during the third round of the Corona Championship.

Returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for 34th to retain non-exempt status for the 2008 LPGA season.

2006 Highlights

Best FUTURES Tour finish out of ten events was 10tenth…Made seven cuts out of ten events.

Member of the LPGA Tour (2004, 2005)…Brother, Mike Samp will caddie for Kristen…Lists having the chance to play Pinehurts C.C. 11 times in eight days at 1996 North South Championship as her most memorable golf experience.

2005 Highlights

On LPGA Tour, best finish was tied for 31st at the BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open, where she shot 75-71-74-70-290…Made six cuts out of 21 events.

2004 Highlights

Posted a career-low 68 during the second round of the State Farm Classic, where she tied for 32nd.

Returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament Presented by American Airlines, where she tied for 20th to earn exempt status for the 2005 season.

Career Highlights

In 2003, tied for 49th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn non-exempt status for the 2004 season; competed on the Futures Tour, where she recorded her career-best finish with a tie for second at the Tampa Bay's Next Generation Futures Golf Classic.

In 1997, turned professional in March and began competing on the Futures Tour.

Amateur Highlights

Samp won the 1996 North and South Amateur Championship. She won the 1995 Lady Northern Invitational and was the first player from the University of Missouri to qualify for the NCAA Championship as an individual (1995).

Personal

Started playing golf at the age of 9. . . Credits her family, Tom Loyd, Craig Shankland and Dr. Alex Cohen as the individuals most influencing her career. . . Led the FCA Fellowship on the Futures Tour from 2002-03. . . Qualified for the Tour on her seventh attempt.