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The 10 female golfers in 2008
The male counterparts to get the largest share of the spotlight when it comes to golf. However, many Featured golfers have made the game interesting and are receiving more media attention than ever. Here is the list of the top 10 female golfers 2008.
# 1: Lorena Ochoa. Lorena is a Mexican golfer and is currently ranked # 1. She took up golf at the age of five years and turned pro in 2002. 2007 proved to be a successful year for Lorraine, it surpassed Annika Sorenstam to become the world number one golfer. In August 2007, Ochoa won her first major championship in the Women's British Open. She won the next two LPGA events, the CN Canadian Women's Open and Safeway Classic, the first to win three consecutive events since Annika Sorenstam in 2005. Also in 2007, Lorraine became the first woman to earn more than $ 4 million in a single season, surpassing the previous record Annika Sorenstam of $ 2.8 million.
# 2: Yani Tseng. He turned professional in January 2007 and at the tender age of 19 (from Christmas 2008), which ranks second. After finishing sixth in the LPGA tournament final selection in December 2007, Tseng won all the privileges of playing in the LPGA Tour in 2008. In June 2008, claimed her first LPGA Tour victory - the LPGA Championship. She is the girl to watch for the coming years.
# 3: Annika Sorenstam. She is a Swedish golfer whose professional achievements rank her as one of the most successful golfers in history. He has won 72 official LPGA tournaments, and tops the LPGA career money list with earnings of more than $ 22 million. On May 13, 2008, Sorenstam announced that "step" of competitive golf at the end of the 2008 season. Hopefully that continues to participate in the sport after their retirement.
# 4: Paula Creamer. In his four pro seasons has won 10 tournaments, including eight LPGA Tour events. Paula has been as high as No. 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking for Women. She is also the young and fastest player to reach $ 1 million in career earnings in the LPGA. She has many endorsement deals under his belt, with brands like Adidas, NEC, RBS and Bridgestone. Paula has a nickname "Pink Panther" because of his love to use pink.
# 5: Suzann Pettersen. Suzann is a Norwegian professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based Tour of the LPGA. He turned professional in September 2000. 2007 proved a fruitful year for her. She was selected to represent Norway in the Women's World Cup of Golf, but withdrew due to illness. He recorded his best finish, second in both the Safeway International Kraft Nabisco and tournaments. She went on to win the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill, and then the LPGA Championship. In the Ladies European Tour, won the SAS Masters in Norway. In the Longs Drugs Challenge won its third victory in the LPGA. On December 31, 2007, Suzann reached position # 2 in the Official World Golf Ranking for Women.
# 6: Ji-Yai Shin. Currently playing in the Korean LPGA Tour. She has broken all records KLPGA, winning 10 events in 19 starts in the KLPGA Tour in 2007. Shin played for Australia Open Women's, where he finished second, losing to Karrie Webb in a second phase. However, he won the 2008 Women's British Open, which received top ten position. In 2009, Shin will be a rookie on the LPGA Tour.
# 7: Cristie Kerr. Cristie began playing golf at age eight and turned pro in 1996. In 2004 he was one of the top players on tour, with three tournament victories and a fifth on the money list. She won two tournaments in 2005 and climbed to third in the money list. Besides playing golf, Cristie is also active in fundraising for cancer research breast. She has a foundation called Pajaritos for breast cancer and has raised $ 250,000 since 2004.
# 8: Helen Alfredsson. She is a Swedish professional golfer who plays mainly on the US-based Tour of the LPGA. Alfredsson began her career in the Ladies European Tour, where he was rookie of the year in 1989. The following year, in 1990, said his maiden professional victory at British Women's Open. He finished in the top of the list European funds in 1998. Alfredsson is married to former player in the National Hockey League Kent Nilsson and stepmother of his son, hockey player Robert Nilsson.
# 9: Angela Stanford. Angela turned pro in 2000 and played on the Duramed Futures Tour that year, winning once. He finished fourth on the LPGA Tour Tournament ranking give final exempt status on the LPGA Tour in 2001. Her maiden tour victory was at the 2003 ShopRite Classic. His best result in the prize list is 19 in 2007.
# 10: Ana Karrie Webb. Karrie is most successful female golfer from Australia, and one of the best players in the history of global women's golf. He began his career in golf professional in 1994 playing on the Ladies European Tour, finishing second in the women's Australia Open
and the Futures Tour in the U.S., where he won a tournament. In 1996, Karrie won her first LPGA tournament. He won three other tournaments and become the first LPGA player to win $ 1 million in a single season by beating the year-end money list. It was also the 1996 LPGA Rookie of the Year.
Look out for my other article on "The 10 male golfers 2008 "as well.
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