MORGAN PRESSEL

Birthdate: May 23, 1988

Birth Place: Tampa, Fla.

Age: 21 - Ht.: 5’5"

Home: Boca Raton, Fla.

Turned Professional: 2005

Joined LPGA Tour: 2006

LPGA Victories (2): 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship. 2008 Kapalua LPGA Classic.

Unofficial Victories (1): 2007 Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge (with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr). The Solheim Cup (1): 2007

Player Notes:

Started playing golf at the age of right. Credits her grandfather, Herb Krickstein, as the individual most influencing her career. Hobbies include photography, computers and her Blackberry. In 2008, started the Morgan and Friends Fight Cancer charity tournament, which benefits the Lynn Cancer Institute in Boca Raton, Fla.. Pressel’s well-decorated amateur career was capped with a runner-up finish at the 2005 U.S. Women’s Open (tied with Brittany Lang). Pressel also qualified for the U.S. Women’s Open in 2001 and 2003, setting a record in 2001 for the youngest player to qualify for that event at the age of 12 (this record has since been broken). In 2005, Pressel played in six additional LPGA events as a sponsor exemption and never finished below 25th. She tied for fifth at the State Farm Classic and tied for 19th at both the Kraft Nabisco Championship and the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill. Pressel also won the 2005 U.S. Women’s Amateur and the 2004 North and South Women’s Amateur Championship. She was the top-ranked junior girl and woman amateur by GolfWeek magazine for much of 2005. Pressel also had great success on the American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) circuit, compiling 11 AJGA wins. She won all five AJGA Invitational events in which she was eligible to play and was named the 2005 AJGA Player of the Year. She was a five-time Rolex Junior All-American and was a first-team selection from 2003-05. Pressel was a member of the U.S. PING Junior Solheim Cup Team in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and competed for the East Team in the Cannon Cup from 2002-04. Pressel also dominated high school golf in Florida, winning three state titles from in 2003-05. At the age of 17 and after receiving permission from then-LPGA Commissioner Ty Votaw to receive an age exemption to apply for LPGA membership, she earned her LPGA exempt card after tying for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. LPGA Commissioner Carolyn F. Bivens granted Pressel full membership and playing privileges beginning in January 2006.

* In 2008 sank an 18-foot birdie putt on the final hole of regulation to win the Kapalua LPGA Classic, her second LPGA career victory, and cross the $2 million mark in career earnings. Carded four additional top-10 finishes, including a tie for second at the Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite, a tie for sixth at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship and a tie for eighth at the HSBC Women’s Champions. Also tied for 10th at the Wegmans LPGA, where she carded a season-low 65 in the second round.

* In 2007, became a Rolex First-Time Winner and youngest player in LPGA Tour history to win a major championship (18 years, 10 months, 9 days) at the Kraft Nabisco Championship; tied her career-low 64 in the third round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic presented by Kroger, where she recorded her first LPGA career hole-in-one in the final round; carded her second LPGA career hole-in-one in the third round of The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions; crossed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola; was a member of the victorious U.S. Solheim Cup Team; was part of the victorious LPGA Tour team at the Wendy’s 3-Tour Challenge – an unofficial LPGA event – along with Natalie Gulbis and Cristie Kerr.

* In 2006, recorded a season-best third place at the Longs Drugs Challenge; carded a career-low 64 during the second round of the LPGA Corning Classic; finished third in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year race on the strength of seven additional top-10 finishes, including a tie for fifth at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, the ShopRite LPGA Classic and the Corona Morelia Championship.

* In 2005, tied for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2006 LPGA Tour season; turned professional in November.

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

2003 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -1; Rounds Played - 4; In Money - 1; Top-10 Finishes - 0; Scoring Average - 76.00; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - 52nd at the U.S. Women’s Open

2005 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -7; Rounds Played - 28; In Money - 7; Top-10 Finishes - 2; Scoring Average - 70.96; Money - $0.00; Best Finish - T-2nd at the U.S. Women’s Open

2006 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -23; Rounds Played - 79; In Money - 21; Top-10 Finishes - 9; Scoring Average - 71.51 Rank (20th); Money - $465,685.00 Rank (24th); Best Finish - 3rd at the Longs Drugs Challenge

2007 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -25; Rounds Played - 87; In Money - 23; Top-10 Finishes - 9; Scoring Average - 71.34 Rank (6th); Money - $972,452.00 Rank (9th); Best Finish - Win at the Kraft Nabisco Championship

2008 LPGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered -26; Rounds Played - 84; In Money - 21; Top-10 Finishes - 5; Scoring Average - 72.04 Rank (42nd); Money - $711,261.00 Rank (24th); Best Finish - Win at the Kapalua LPGA Classic