MEREDITH DUNCAN
Birthdate: March 25, 1980
Birth Place: Shreveport, La.
Age: 29 - Ht.: 5’1"
Home: Shreveport, La.
College: LSU
Turned Professional: 2002
LPGA Victories: None
Player Notes:
Started playing golf when she "started to walk". Credits her grandfather Oree Marsalis as the individual most influencing her career. Enjoys shopping, reading, watching movies, dancing and singing karaoke. Originally qualified for the Tour on her first attempt. Duncan won the 2001 U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship. She won back-to-back titles at the 2000-01 Women’s Western Amateur Championship and won the 2001 North and South Women’s Amateur Championship. While at Louisiana State University (LSU), Duncan was an NCAA First-Team All-American from 2001-02. In 2002, Duncan was a member of the USA Curtis Cup Team and was named the LSU Tiger Athletic Foundation Athlete of the Year. She was also the 2002 Dinah Shore Award recipient and Nancy Lopez Award recipient.
* In 2008 recorded a career-best fifth-place finish at the LPGA Corning Classic. Carded a career-low 66 in the third round of the LPGA State Farm Classic, where she tied for 34th.
* In 2007, best finish was a tie for 22nd at the SemGroup Championship presented by John Q. Hammons; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she tied for ninth to earn exempt status for the 2008 LPGA season.
* In 2006, recorded a career-best finish - at the Longs Drugs Challenge, where she tied for 10th and tied her career-low 67 during the final round; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and tied for 34th to earn non-exempt status for the 2007 LPGA season.
* In 2005, competed on the Futures Tour and recorded three top-10 finishes, including a tie for seventh at the Laconia Savings Bank FUTURES Golf Classic; returned to the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament, where she finished 13th to regain exempt status for the 2006 LPGA season.
* In 2004, carded a career-low 67 during the final round of the Longs Drugs Challenge; did not retain her status for the 2005 LPGA season.
* In 2003, tied for fifth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2004 LPGA season; competed on the Futures Tour; played on the Kosaido Ladies Asian Circuit, where she finished 15th on the order of merit.
2001 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -1; Rounds Played - 2; In Money - 0; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 77.00; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - Cut at the U.S. Women’s Open
2002 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -4; Rounds Played - 10; In Money - 1; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 76.50; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - 73rd at the Kraft Nabisco Championship
2004 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -20; Rounds Played - 49; In Money - 5; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 74.33 Rank (163rd); Money - $15,987.00 Rank (150th); Best Finish - T-37th at the SemGroup Championship
2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -22; Rounds Played - 56; In Money - 6; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 73.89 Rank (133rd); Money - $42,835.00 Rank (125th); Best Finish - T-10th at the Longs Drugs Challenge
2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -13; Rounds Played - 34; In Money - 5; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 73.94 Rank (111th); Money - $34,732.00 Rank (134th); Best Finish - T-22nd at the SemGroup Championship
2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -22; Rounds Played - 63; In Money - 11; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Scoring Average - 73.06 Rank (93rd); Money - $125,884.00 Rank (83rd); Best Finish - 5th at the LPGA Corning Classic