Duke women's golf head coach Dan Brooks knows what it takes to ...

Duke women’s golf head coach Dan Brooks knows what it takes to make it
to the pinnacle of a collegiate sport. In 25 years as the coach of the Duke Blue
Devils, he has helped guide his squads to fi ve NCAA National Championships, 15
ACC Championships and 108 team victories, which is the most of any women’s
golf coach in Division I history.
In 1998-99, all the hard work paid off as Duke secured the NCAA Championship,
the fi rst title for any Blue Devil women’s program in school history and the
fourth overall. Duke withstood the high expectations of being ranked No. 1 in the
country during the preseason, fought off the pressure of sporting the top ranking for
most of the year and fi nished by holding the lead from start to fi nish at the NCAA
Championship in Tulsa, Okla. It was one of the greatest seasons for any sport in
school history.
In 2001-02, Brooks once again claimed the NCAA Championship in Auburn,
Wash., as his Blue Devils fought off adversity in the fall without senior All-America
and reigning NCAA Individual Champion Candy Hannemann. The Blue Devils
struggled, winning only one of four tournaments, but rebounded in the spring with
Hannemann back in the lineup to win all seven tournaments they played. Duke
headed to the championship as the hottest team in golf. The Blue Devils hung
in the top four during the entire tournament and made up nine strokes in the last
three holes of the fi nal round to capture the title by six strokes.
In 2004-05, Brooks headed to his home state of Oregon for the second time
as a head coach to lead the Blue Devils at the 2005 NCAA Championship. With
approximately 30 family and friends in attendance, Brooks kept the Blue Devils at
striking distance the fi rst two days and
on the third day Duke came
alive on the back nine
sinking 15 birdies on its way to shooting 11-under-par over the fi nal nine holes.
The back nine led Duke to a six-under-par score and an eight-stroke lead over
Auburn, after going into the day with a nine-stroke defi cit to the Tigers. Leading the
Duke charge was sophomore Anna Grzebien with a tournament-best round of 65
and Brittany Lang with a three-under-par 68. Grzebien catapulted to the individual
lead by four strokes with 18 holes remaining. Grzebien and Duke hung on for a
fi ve-stroke team victory and one-stroke individual win in the fi nal round.
In 2006, the Blue Devils were once again ranked No. 1 in the preseason and
went on to be atop the polls for the entire season, but when it came time for the
NCAA Championship the Blue Devils were not considered the favorite by many in
the media contingent.
After the fi rst two days, Duke was in second place only three shots off the
lead, but for the second straight year the third round was moving day for the Blue
Devils. Duke went on to shoot a team-best one-under-par, 287, and went on to
take a 13-stroke lead going into the fi nal day. The Blue Devils would go on to win
the title by an amazing 10 strokes and earned back-to-back championships for the
fi rst time in women’s golf since 1997 and 1998.
In 2007, Brooks guided Duke to an amazing fi fth NCAA title and its third straight
NCAA crown. The Blue Devils became only the second team to win three straight
titles since ASU accomplished it from 1992-95. Duke headed to the championship
as the second ranked team in the nation and trailed by eight strokes after day one.
The Blue Devils made their run in the second round fi ring a one-under-par total of
287 and led by seven strokes after 36 holes of play. Duke would never trail the rest
of the way and won its fi fth NCAA Championship by an astonishing 15 strokes.
After winning his third straight National Championship, Brooks was awarded
the 2007 NGCA National Coach of the Year, marking the fi fth time he had received
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national recognition.
Developing consistency has been a trademark for the Duke program, just as Brooks, a
fi ve-time National Coach of the Year, has his own trademark of being an excellent teacher of the
game. Looking to win their sixth title, the Blue Devils return three letterwinners off last year’s
squad, including two-time All-ACC selection Alison Whitaker, Kim Donovan and Yu Young Lee.
Mix in another solid recruiting class with the addition of Rolex Junior All-America selections Lindy
Duncan, Courtney Ellenbogen and Stacey Kim, and Brooks has once again put together a team
capable of winning the NCAA crown.
Coach Brooks realizes that golfers are individuals, each having her own special needs and
talents. Through experience Brooks has learned to adapt his teaching and coaching abilities to
the individual.
These working relationships between coach and player have made Duke as lethal a unit as
any in the country. What Brooks and the Blue Devils have accomplished is very impressive: fi ve
NCAA Championships in 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007; a fi nal ranking of No. 1 seven years
in a row (2001-07); a sixth place fi nish at the 2009 NCAA Championship; a third-place fi nish at
the 2008 NCAA Championship and fi nal ranking of No. 3; a third-place fi nish at the 2004 NCAA
Championship; a second-place fi nish at the 2001 NCAA Championship; a fi nal ranking of No. 2
in 2000; a No. 1 fi nal ranking in 1999; a fourth-place fi nish at the 1998 NCAA Championship; a
fourth-place fi nish in the 1994 NCAA Championship; a No. 1 national ranking during the 1992-93
campaign; a fi fth-place fi nish at the NCAAs in 1988; a seventh-place NCAA spot in 1987; and
a fi nal national ranking of No. 16 at the conclusion of the 1984-85 season, Brooks’ fi rst year at
Duke.
Over the last 11 years, Duke has established itself as the nation’s top women’s collegiate
golf team with fi ve national titles, 82 event titles, 10 ACC titles, three NCAA individual champions
and 47 individual medalist honors.
The women’s golf team won the fi rst fi ve national titles in women’s athletics at Duke University,
each coming during the Brooks era. The fi ve NCAA Championships are also the most by any team in school history.
Duke has collected 15 ACC Championship titles during Brooks’ term with the Blue Devils, while 13 individuals have captured medalist honors at the ACC event
under Brooks. He has coached 24 All-ACC selections and 12 Academic All-America choices. Brooks has also groomed 19 All-America players, including Virada Nirapathpongporn,
Sarah LeBrun, Stephanie Sparks, Kathi Poppmeier, Jenny Chuasiriporn, Beth Bauer, Candy Hannemann, Brittany Lang, Anna Grzebien, Liz Janangelo,
Jennie Lee and Amanda Blumenherst.
On Oct. 23, 2005, Brooks won his 92nd career tournament, which broke Mark Gale of
San Jose State’s record of 91 victories to become the all-time wins leader for NCAA Division
I. Altogether in Brooks’ 25 years, Duke has collected an incredible 108 tournament titles.
His efforts with the nationally known Duke squad haven’t gone unnoticed as Brooks was
inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Hall of Fame in 2001. In addition
to being tabbed ACC Coach of the Year in 1993, 1996-2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2007,
Brooks has also picked up Region Coach of the Year accolades seven times and was the
NGCA National Coach of the Year in 1999, 2001, 2005 and 2007.
The 51-year-old Brooks received his B.S. degree in history from Oregon State in 1981.
He was among OSU’s top golfers during his collegiate career.
In addition to his responsibilities with the women’s golf program, he teaches his many
students at the Duke Golf Club as a PGA Teaching Professional. He also directs a summer
youth instructional program called the Duke Academy of Golf.
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AJGA All-America Recruits
Under Dan Brooks
NAME ...............................................................................................YEARS
Christine Casingal ........................................................................... 1987-90
Lisa Brandetsas ............................................................................... 1989-92
Kim Cayce ....................................................................................... 1990-93
Tonya Blosser .................................................................................. 1991-94
Stephanie Sparks ..................................................................... 1992-94, ‘96
Jamie Koizumi ................................................................................. 1993-96
Alicia Allison .................................................................................... 1995-98
Jenny Chuasiriporn ......................................................................... 1996-99
Anne Cardea ................................................................................... 1997-99
Amie Lehman .................................................................................. 1997-99
Beth Bauer ...................................................................................... 1999-00
Candy Hannemann ......................................................................... 1999-02
Maria Garcia-Estrada ...................................................................... 2000-03
Leigh Anne Hardin ........................................................................... 2001-04
Virada Nirapathpongporn ................................................................ 2001-04
Liz Janangelo .................................................................................. 2002-04
Anna Grzebien ................................................................................ 2003-04
Brittany Lang ................................................................................... 2003-04
Jennifer Pandolfi .............................................................................. 2003-04
Amanda Blumenherst ...................................................................... 2003-06
Jennie Lee ....................................................................................... 2004-06
Kim Donovan ................................................................................. 2004-05
Mina Harigae ................................................................................... 2005-07
Lindy Duncan ................................................................................. 2005-08
Courtney Ellenbogen .................................................................... 2006-07
Stacey Kim ..................................................................................... 2007-08
Duke Coaching Honors
National Coach of the Year
Dan Brooks ......................1999 (NGCA)
Dan Brooks ......................2001 (NGCA)
Dan Brooks ................. 2002 (Golfweek)
Dan Brooks ......................2005 (NGCA)
Dan Brooks ...2007 (NGCA & Golfweek)
District Coach of the Year
Ron Schmid ...................................1984
Dan Brooks ....................................1988
Dan Brooks ....................................1998
Dan Brooks ....................................1999
Dan Brooks ....................................2004
Dan Brooks ....................................2005
Dan Brooks ....................................2006
Dan Brooks ....................................2007
ACC Coach of the Year
Dan Brooks ....................................1993
Dan Brooks ....................................1996
Dan Brooks ....................................1997
Dan Brooks ....................................1998
Dan Brooks ....................................1999
Dan Brooks ....................................2000
Dan Brooks ....................................2001
Dan Brooks ....................................2003
Dan Brooks ....................................2004
Dan Brooks ....................................2006
Dan Brooks ....................................2007
Duke Coaching History
Jane Lloyd ................................1974-79
Ron Schmid ..............................1980-84
Dan Brooks .......................1985-present
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Jan Dowling enters her second year as an assistant coach on the Duke
women’s golf staff, after spending two years as an assistant coach for Kent State.
A 2002 graduate of Kent State, Dowling returned to her alma mater in 2006 as an assistant coach.
Dowling led Kent State to back-to-back Mid-American Conference (MAC) championships in 2007 and
2008, while guiding Kira Meixner and Kirby Dreher to the 2007 and 2008 MAC Individual medalist
honors, respectively. The Golden Flashes concluded the 2007-08 campaign 15th nationally in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
Dowling competed in the professional golf ranks from 2003-05 on the LPGA Tour, Futures Golf
Tour and BMO Canadian Women’s Tour prior to returning to Kent State. She registered fi ve top 10 fi nishes
on the Canadian Women’s Tour and another top 10 on the Futures Tour, while also qualifying for the LPGA
Tour Canadian Open in 2005.
While a student-athlete at Kent State, Dowling earned four varsity letters for the Golden Flashes, helping
lead the team to four straight MAC championships and three NCAA Regional appearances. She was a
four-time fi rst team All-MAC selection and was named the MAC Player of the Year in 2000 when she
earned her second of two straight medalist honors at the MAC Championship. That same year
she was selected to the Golfweek/Sagarin Midwest District Team.
In her career, Dowling recorded fi ve career victories — second most in school history
— and had a school-record 25 top-10 fi nishes. In 1999, Dowling was named the MAC
Freshman of the Year after helping to lead the fl edgling program to a MAC title in its fi rst
year of existence.
Three times Dowling was named to the Academic All-MAC Team, the NGCA Division
I All-Scholar Athlete Team and the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV At-Large
Team. She was also chosen as the MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week in 2001 and was a
two-time member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
Additionally, in 2002 she was voted “Woman of the Year” at Kent State and also received
the Janet Bachna Award as the KSU Female Athlete of the Year that same season.
In the fall of 2007, it was
Brooks’ Coaching Tree
All fi ve former Blue Devil men’s and women’s golf assistant
coaches have gone on to be head coaches over
the last 10 years thanks to the direction of Dan Brooks and
former Duke men’s golf coach Rod Myers. Kalen Anderson
was the fi rst full-time assistant women’s golf coach Brooks
had over his fi rst 25 years with the Blue Devils.
Allen Terrell, Director of Golf/Head Men’s Golf Coach
Coastal Carolina, 2000-present
Jason Widener, Head Men’s Golf Coach
UNC Wilmington, 2003-08
Jim Kubinski, Head Men’s Golf Coach
Notre Dame, 2005-present
Brad Sparling, Associate Head Men’s Golf Coach
Ohio State, 2007-present
Kalen Anderson, Head Women’s Golf Coach
South Carolina, 2008-present
announced that Dowling
would be part of the ninemember
Varsity “K” Athletics
Hall of Fame class that was
inducted on Feb. 9, 2008 as part
of the 30th annual ceremonies.
She was the fi rst KSU women’s golfer
to be so honored.
At the amateur level, Dowling was the
Canadian Ladies Amateur Champion and
Female Amateur Golfer of the Year in 2000. She
competed for the Canadian Team at the World Amateur Golf Championships
in 2002 and was a member of the Ontario Amateur Team in 1999.
In addition to her competitive career, Dowling has conducted numerous pro-am events and
golf instruction clinics throughout the United States and Canada. Since 2003 she has been a
student under PGA Professional and Top 100 Teacher Dan Strimple. She is a PGA of America
Apprentice, since June of 2007, working towards her “Class A” membership
In October, 2005, Dowling participated in the hit reality golf series Big Break
III: Ladies Only, on the Golf Channel. The Bradford, Ontario native earned
her bachelor’s degree in Leisure Studies from Kent State in 2002.
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2008-09: Played in all 12 tournaments, including her fi rst NCAA Championship ... totaled a 78.26
stroke average in 35 rounds ... tied for 38th at the Stanford Intercollegiate for her best fi nish of
the season ... kicked off the Stanford Intercollegiate with a collegiate-best round of 71. 2007-
08: Played in three tournaments as an individual -- Arizona Wildcat Invitational, UCF Challenge
and Liz Murphey Collegiate ... posted an 80.78 stroke average in nine rounds ... registered her
best 18-hole total of 75 in the fi rst round of the Wildcat Invite ... collected back-to-back rounds
of 76 in the UCF Challenge to close out the tournament. 2007 Summer Action: Advanced to
sectional qualifying for the U.S. Women’s Open and advanced to the fi rst round of match play at
the WAPL. 2006-07: Saw action in one tournament for the Blue Devils as a freshman ... traveled
to Stanford, Calif., for the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate and placed tied for 73rd with rounds of
84-85-75=244. Prep: Played in seven AJGA events in 2005, while posting fi ve top-10 and two
top-fi ve placements … had the best fi nish of her career, third, in the AJGA Richmond Junior with
rounds of 72-71-74=217 … was fourth at the Las Vegas Founders Junior Golf Championship
(75-77-74=226) … at the Hudson Junior, turned in a sixth place fi nish and was ninth at the Future
Legends and CorseMax/Philadelphia Runner-Junior … played for Dr. Phillips High School and
posted a 36.0 stroke average over nine holes as a senior … won six of 10 matches in her fi nal
year … collected Student-Athlete of the Week by the Orlando Sentinel after shooting 35 and 36
in one week, while winning both events … placed
fourth in the District Championship and fi fth in
Regional Championship as a senior … earned
fi rst team All-Metro Conference as a junior and
senior. Personal: Born December 31, 1987 in
Seoul, South Korea … daughter of Chung Koo
and Jung Hee Lee … has one sister, Jae Young
(21) … started playing golf at age 13 ... member of
Who’s Who Among High School Students, Student
Council, Science Honor Society, Spanish Honor
Society, Principal’s Honor Society and South
Africa Mission Trip ... majoring in international
comparative studies.
Lee By The Numbers
2008-09
Duramed Fall Prev. (82-85-80=247, 65, +31)
Mason Rudolph (74-79-77=230, T60, +14)
Stanford Int. (71-74-75=220, T38, +7)**
NGCA Match Play (77-79=156, 65, +12)
Central District (78-78-80=236, T49, +20)
Wildcat Invite (74-82-79=235, T59, +19)
UCF Challenge (78-76-74=228, T68, +12)
Longhorn Invite (75-79-85=239, T66, +23)
Lady Gator Inv. (78-79-79=236, T36, +26)
ACC Championship (W-84-75=159, 42, ---)
East Reg. (76-73-75=224, T59, +19)
NCAA Ch. (83-81-82-78=324, T111, +36)
2007-08
Arizona Wildcat (75-83-84=242, T58, +24) **
UCF Challenge (85-76-76=237, 89, +21) **
Liz Murphey (80-84-84=248, T85, +32) **
2006-07
Stanford (84-85-75=244, T73, +31)
** Played as an individual
Total Total Total Stroke Even/Under Best Best Best Best Top Top Top Best
Year Tourneys Rounds Strokes Average Par Rounds First Rd 18 36 54 5 10 20 Finish
2008-09 12 35 2739 78.26 1 71 71 145 220 0 0 0 T38
2007-08 3 9 727 80.78 0 75 75 158 237 0 0 0 T58
2006-07 1 3 244 81.33 0 84 75 151 244 0 0 0 T73
Totals 16 47 3710 78.94 1 71 71 145 220 0 0 0 T38
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Career: Two-time All-ACC ... owns four top fi ve and 11 top 20 fi nishes in three years ... in 2009, added to the
Golf Australia National Squad ... won the 2007 and 2008 Victoria Golf Club Championship in Australia. 2008-09:
Competed in all 12 tournaments, while totaling a 75.93 stroke average ... turned in one top fi ve and three top 20
fi nishes. 2007-08: Honorable Mention Golfweek All-America ... played in all 11 tournaments ... notched her fi rst
career victory at the UCF Challenge with rounds of 65-71-72=208 ...
Whitaker By The Numbers
2008-09
Fall Preview (78-79-78=235, T52, +19)
Mason Rudolph (78-73-77=228, T53, +12)
Stanford (74-76-72=222, T53, +9)
NGCA Match Play (68-77=145, T16, +1)
Central District (86-WD-WD=--, --, --)
Wildcat Invitational (79-79-WD=--, --, --)
UCF Challenge (A-77-81=--, --, --)
Longhorn Invite (75-77-72=224, T21, +8)
Lady Gator Inv. (74-74-78=226, T4, +16)
ACC Championship (80-74-74=228, 20, +15)
East Reg. (75-75-72=222, T46, +12)
NCAA Ch. (76-75-78-75=304, T39, +16)
2007-08
Mason Rudolph (77-74-76=227, T54, +11)
NCAA Fall Preview (71-75-74=220, 20, +1)
Tar Heel (80-73-71=224, T31, +8)
Stanford (75-70-70=215, T5, +2)
Arizona Wildcat (74-79-74=227, T24, +14)
UCF Challenge (65-71-72=208, 1, -8)
Liz Murphey (81-81-77=239, T60, +23)
Bryan National (73-79-78=230, T21, +14)
ACC Championship (76-71-72=219, T6, +3)
East Reg. (75-77-77=229, T43, +13)
NCAA Ch. (82-76-76-73=307, T68, +19)
2006-07
Mason Rudolph (71-77-75=223, T33, +7)
Daytona Beach (79-75-73=227, T40, +11)
Tar Heel (79-78-76=233, -, +17)
Stanford (72-71-72=215, 12, +2)
Arizona (78-74-75=227, T32, +14)
UCF (71-74-75=220, T5, +4)
LSU (78-75-71=224, T21, +8)
Bryan National (74-79-81=234, T47, +18)
ACC Ch. (74-74-80=228, T11, +12)
East Reg. (74-71-70=215, T18, -1)
NCAA Ch. (77-72-78-78=305, T46, +17)
Professional Events
2008 Ginn Tribute (73-75=148, MC)
2008 Australian Open (73-74-83-73=303, T55)
2007 Australian Open (73-78-78-73=302, T48)
Medalist in Bold
her round of 65 was a career best ... posted a 74.85 stroke average
to go along with two top fi ve, three top 10 and four top 20 fi nishes ...
All-ACC ... Golfweek and Golf World Player of the Week during the
week of March 17 ... fi nished the year ranked 42nd nationally. 2006-
07: Golfweek Honorable Mention All-America ... All-ACC ... ACC
Freshman of the Year ... posted a 75.03 stroke average, which
was the ninth best freshman stroke average in school history ...
collected six rounds of even or under par ... totaled one top-fi ve and
four top 20 fi nishes ... closed the season ranked 46th nationally ...
had her best fi nish of the season at the UCF Challenge as she tied
for fi fth with rounds of 71-74-75=220 ... All-ACC Academic Team.
2006 Summer Action: Won the Colorado Women’s Golf Association
Match Play Championship ... advanced to the round of 16 at the Western
Amateur ... fi nished tied for third at the HealthONE Colorado Women’s Open
... advanced to the quarterfi nals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur match play.
Prep: Member of the Victorian Institute of Sport since 2003 … since 2000,
was the No. 1 golfer on the Victoria Golf Club pennant team … played on
the Victorian Senior State team since 2003 and was a two-time captain …
winner of the 2006 Presidents Cup and Point Nepean Championship …
runner-up at the Riversdale Cup and New Zealand Under-21 stroke play
in 2006 … member of the 2005-06 Australian squad … advanced to the
semifi nals at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, before falling to runner-up Maria
Martinez, 4&3 … in 2005, fi nished third at the QLD Stroke Play Championships
and was a semifi nalist at the Victorian Amateur … in 2004, winner of
the Victorian Senior Match Play Championship and winner of the Victorian
Coronation Anointing Spoon … was runner-up at the NSW Amateur and
leading qualifi er at the VIC Amateur in 2004 … member of 2004 state
team for the Gladys Hay interstate series … selected to the Victorian Junior
State team in 2003 … in 2002, posted three victories at the Port Phillip
Amateur Championship, South Australian Schoolgirls Championship and
the Audrey McClaren Trophy (South Australian Tournament) … runner-up
at the 2002 Australian Schoolgirls Championship … member of the 2002
Australian Schoolgirls “Team of the Year” … the 2000 Under-16 Victorian
Junior Champion and 1999 Under-14 Victorian Junior Champion. Personal:
Born November 23, 1985 in Melbourne, Australia … daughter of George
and Kerry Whitaker … has one sister, Lauren (25) … her father, George,
played on the Under-23 Australian Soccer Team … was on an academic
scholarship at St. Leonard’s College … began playing golf at age 13 ...
majoring in psychology along with a minor in theatre studies.
Total Total Total Stroke Even/Under Best Best Best Best Top Top Top Best
Year Tourneys Rounds Strokes Average Par Rounds First Rd 18 36 54 5 10 20 Finish
2008-09 12 30 2278 75.93 3 68 68 145 222 1 1 3 T4
2007-08 11 34 2545 74.85 9 65 65 136 208 2 3 4 1st
2006-07 11 34 2551 75.03 6 71 70 143 215 1 1 4 T5
Totals 34 98 7374 75.24 18 65 65 136 208 4 5 11 1st
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2008-09: Competed in 11 tournaments and 33 rounds ... totaled a 77.21 stroke average ... had her best
round of the year, 71, at the Wildcat Invitational ... registered her fi rst career hole in one at the Wildcat
Invitational as she hit an 8-iron from 130 yards out. 2007-08: Saw action in all 11 tournaments ... posted
a 76.44 stroke average in 34 rounds of golf ... provided a key two-under-par, 70, in the fi rst round of
the NCAA East Regional ... fi red a one-under-par, 71, in the fi nal round of the NCAA Championship,
which led Duke to a seven-under-par team ledger ... had her best fi nish of the season, which was tied
for 24th, at the Liz Murphey with rounds of 80-72-80=232 ... was tied for 28th at the ACC Championship
(79-79-75=233) ... notched fi ve rounds of even or under par ... fi nished the season ranked 131st in the
Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. 2007 Summer Action: Advanced to sectional qualifying for the
U.S. Women’s Open. Prep: A 2005 fi rst team Rolex Junior All-America ... owns two career American
Junior Golf Association (AJGA) titles since 2005, while registering 11 top 20 fi nishes ... 2005 U.S. PING
Junior Solheim Cup Team ... 2005 Canon Cup East Team member ... ranked 28th in the Golfweek/
Titleist Performance Index for junior golfers and 46th in the Polo Golf Junior rankings ... in February
of 2007, fi nished second at the Verizon Junior Heritage with rounds of 70, 74 ... in 2005, had the best
year of her career on the AJGA tour as she collected a victory at the AJGA Mizuno Junior at Chateau
Elan and won the 22nd Annual Scott Robertson Memorial ... posted four top 10 fi nishes ... last AJGA
victory came at the 2006 AJGA Lessings’s Junior Classic where she notched rounds of 72-71-65 for a
208 score ... won the Massachusetts State Girls Champions in 2006 with rounds of 68, 74 ... qualifi ed
for the 2005 Women’s Amateur and advanced to the second round of match play ... was ranked as high
as sixth on the Junior Golf Scoreboard during the year ...
posted her lowest competitive round of 65 at the AJGA
Lessings in 2006 ... attended Hopkinton High School and
played for Head Coach Dick Bliss on the boys’ team ...
three-time team MVP of Hopkinton squad ... led Hopkinton
to back-to-back Division II State Championships as well
being named two-time MVP of the Tri-Valley League ...
three-time Metrowest All-Star as a sophomore, junior and
senior ... Tri-Valley League MVP as a sophomore and junior
... as a junior at the POLO Golf Classic, registered a 68 in
the fi rst round to place third during the qualifying stroke
play ... Rookie of the Year for Hopkinton H.S. in 2004 ...
won the New England High School Girls Championship
as a freshman ... medalist at the U.S. Junior Girls Local
Qualifi er as a freshman ... Boston Herald All-Scholastic
Golf Team as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Boston
Globe All-Scholastic Golf Team as a freshman. Personal:
Born July 14, 1989 in Stoughton, Mass. … daughter of
Stephen and Susan Donovan … her grandfather, Robert
Robinson, played basketball and football at Iowa ... her
uncle, Dan Donovan, played collegiate golf at SMU ...
received the academic achievement award in high school
as she posted a 4.32 grade point average ... began playing
golf at age nine ... majoring in psychology.
Donovan By The Numbers
2008-09
Mason Rudolph (78-75-77=230, T60, +14)
Stanford (72-76-76=224, T60, +11)
NGCA Match Play (83-75=158, T70, +14)
Central District (76-78-74=228, T22, +12)
Wildcat Invitational (79-71-77=227, T30, +11)
UCF Challenge (76-75-77=228, T68, +12)
Longhorn Invite (75-81-75=231, T39, +15)
Lady Gator Inv. (85-81-76=242, T57, +32)
ACC Championship (84-78-84=246, 34, +33)
East Reg. (76-73-75=224, T38, +14)
NCAA Ch. (79-78-75-78=310, T66, +22)
2007-08
Mason Rudolph (72-77-74=223, T36, +7)
NCAA Fall Preview (77-73-76=226, T45, +7)
Tar Heel (81-81-75=237, T76, +21)
Stanford (75-73-78=226, T33, +13)
Arizona Wildcat (77-84-76=237, T58, +24)
UCF Challenge (74-74-74=222, T41, +6)
Liz Murphey (80-72-80=232, T24, +16)
Bryan National (79-75-81=235, T45, +19)
ACC Ch. (79-79-75=233, T28, +17)
East Reg. (70-78-80=228, T36, +12)
NCAA Ch. (77-74-79-71=301, T41, +13)
Total Total Total Stroke Even/Under Best Best Best Best Top Top Top Best
Year Tourneys Rounds Strokes Average Par Rounds First Rd 18 36 54 5 10 20 Finish
2008-09 11 33 2548 77.21 2 72 71 148 224 0 0 0 T22
2007-08 11 34 2599 76.44 5 70 70 148 222 0 0 0 T28
Totals 22 67 5147 76.82 7 70 70 148 222 0 0 0 T22
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Prep: Qualifi ed for the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open ... earned 2008 AJGA Second Team Rolex Junior
All-America and 2008 Sun-Sentinel Player of the Year …. a 2007 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-
America and 2006 Second Team Rolex Junior All-America selection … posted seven top-fi ve fi nishes
in AJGA events, winning the 2006 First American Title Junior Classic with rounds of 74-68-73=215 …
played in four U.S. Girls Junior Championships ... tied for sixth in stroke play qualifying at the 2008
U.S. Women’s Amateur … played in the 2008 LPGA Ginn Open and missed the cut with rounds of 79,
74 … went on to advance to the second round of match play at the 2008 U.S. Amateur … advanced
tot he quarterfi nals of the 2008 U.S. Girls Junior ... turned in a second place fi nish at the AJGA Mizuno
Junior at Innisbrook to go along with two other top 20 fi nishes … member of the East Team at the 2008
and 2007 Canon Cup … in 2008, she led American Heritage to the 1A state championship, their third
title in the last four years … was the individual girls’ state champion fi nishing with a fi ve-under-par 67
at the Club at Eaglebrooke and was nine-under-par, 135, for the tournament … qualifi ed for the 2007
U.S. Women’s Amateur and advanced to the fi rst round of match play … turned in three top 10 fi nishes
during the 2007 AJGA season, including a tied for third place fi nish at the Orange Bowl International
Golf Championship … tied for ninth in stroke play qualifying at the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur before
falling in the semifi nals to eventual champion Kimberly Kim … in fi ve AJGA Tournaments in 2006, posted
four top nine fi nishes … fi nished third, ninth and 33rd in three AJGA Tournaments in 2005 … in 2005,
named Sun Sentinel and Miami Herald High School Player of the Year … placed sixth in the 2004 Nike
Golf Junior at Lee County … has registered two holes-in-one in her career at her home course of Fort
Lauderdale Country Club … had one from 135 yards out with a 9-iron and one from 170-yards with a
6-iron. Personal: Born January 16, 1991 in Plantation, Fla. … daughter of David Duncan and Deborah
Beckett … has one sister, McKenzie (14) … began playing golf at age nine.
Up Close With Lindy Duncan...
My Biggest thrill in sports was... Winning a playoff for a Ginn Open sponsors
exemption and a semifi nal appearance in the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur.
My goal upon graduating from college is... Playing on the LPGA Tour.
My favorite athletes are... Lorena Ochoa and Tiger Woods.
My hobbies are... Golf, practicing my putting and sleeping.
If I could bring three things from home with me to Durham they would be...
My dog, my other dog and the Florida weather.
The most famous people I have met are... Lorena Ochoa and Annika
Sorenstam.
My dream job would be... An American Idol judge.
If you turned my ipod on right now, Lil Wayne “Make a Toast” would be
playing.
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Prep: A 2007 fi rst team Rolex Junior All-America and 2008 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior All-America
… two-time Women’s U.S. Open qualifi er and three-time Women’s U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifi er (2007,
2006, 2005) … owns three career American Junior Golf Association (AJGA) titles by winning the 2007
TomatoBank Northern California Classic, 2007 Rolex Tournament of Champions and the 2007 Mizuno
Junior at Chateau Elan in 2007 … since 2004, has recorded 23 top 10 fi nishes in AJGA events … played
in nine AJGA events in 2008, posting a best fi nish of third at the Horseshoe Bend Junior Classic with
rounds of 75-71=146 … participated in the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of
79, 79 … notched fi ve top 10 fi nishes in 11 events … played in the 2008 Canon Cup on the East Team
… tallied six top fi ve fi nishes and 10 top 20 fi nishes in 2007 … notched back-to-back wins at the Rolex
Tournament of Champions and the Tomato Bank Northern California Classic … her lowest competitive
score is 65, which she shot at the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial … member of 2007 Junior Solheim
Cup Team … played in the 2007 U.S. Women’s Amateur before falling in the fi rst round of match play …
qualifi ed for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles and missed the cut with rounds of 74, 75 …
in 2006, posted fi ve top 10 fi nishes in 11 tournaments … had her best fi nish in 2006 at the Bridgestone
Golf Junior Classic and the Natural Resource Partners Bluegrass Junior … totaled a second place (Nike
Golf Junior at Jacksonville), third place (AJGA Andover Open) and third place (Lessing’s AJGA Classic)
to open the 2005 AJGA campaign … in three AJGA Tournaments in 2004, placed eighth at the Nike Golf
Junior at Jacksonville, fi fth at the Nike Golf Junior at Lee County and second at the Nike Golf Junior at
Louisville … lettered all four years on the boys’ golf team at Blacksburg High School … led her team to
two state championships as a sophomore and junior … in the state championship, placed second as a
sophomore, third as a junior, fourth as a senior and seventh as a freshman, individually … she has had
two holes-in-one -- one when she was 11 in a local tournament from 121 yards with a 7-iron and one at
the sectional qualifying for the 2006 U.S. Women’s Open from 180 yards with a 7-wood. Personal: Born
December 28, 1990 in Blacksburg, Va. … daughter of Bill and Janet Ellenbogen … has one brother, Matt
(19) … her father, Bill, played college football at Virginia Tech and graduated in 1973 … her father went
on to play in the NFL from 1973 to 1980 with the New York Giants … her grandmother, Wilma, graduated
from Duke in 1941 … plays the classical piano.
Up Close With Courtney Ellenbogen...
My Biggest thrill in sports has been... Winning the Rolex Tournament of
Champions in 2007 and playing in several LPGA events.
My goal upon graduating from college is... To play on the LPGA Tour or do
something in the business world.
My favorite athletes are... Dustin Pedroia because he plays like a big guy even
though he is small.
My hobbies are... exercising, running, hiking, skiing, reading and playing the
piano.
If I could bring three things from home with me to Durham they would be...
My piano, the mountain view outside my room and my dog Kodi.
My dream job would be... Anything that let’s me travel, make money and have
enough infl uence/money to do something good in the world.
My craziest ambition is to... Base jump in the Grand Canyon.
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Prep: A 2008 second team Rolex Junior All-America ... 2005 and 2007 Honorable Mention Rolex Junior
All-America … over her career on the AJGA, owns one victory and 21 top 20 fi nishes since 2004 ...
totaled two tied for ninth fi nishes at the U.S. Girls Junior Championship the last two years … advanced
to the quarterfi nals at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links … in 2008, notched fi ve top 16
fi nishes in eight tournaments … notched a second place fi nish at the 2008 Horseshoe Bend Junior Classic
with rounds of 73-71=144 … played in the 2008 Canon Cup on the East squad … posted seven top
20 fi nishes in 2007 out of 10 tournaments … notched a second place fi nish at the Ringgold Telephone
Company Junior Classic with rounds of 69-68-71=208 … played in eight AJGA tournaments in 2006 with
her best fi nish coming at the Thunderbird International Junior with rounds of 72-73-81=226 … qualifi ed
for the U.S. Women’s Open and missed the cut with rounds of 83, 78 … advanced to the second round
of match play at the 2006 U.S. Women’s Amateur before falling to future teammate Lindy Duncan … in
2006, named All-District and All-State while leading her Columbus H.S. squad to the state championship,
including a round of 68 to earn state medalist honors … her freshman H.S. team was also 2006 District
Champions … won the 2005 Dunlop Carolina Junior Championship with rounds of 72-70-71=213 … in
three straight AJGA Tournaments in 2005, fi nished fi rst, fourth and third at the Dunlop Carolina Junior
Championship, Burgett H. Mooney, Jr. Rome Classic and the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Junior,
respectively … since 2004, has competed in 36 AJGA Tournaments, recording 20 top 20 fi nishes …
has notched two holes-in-one at Maple Ridge Golf Club in 2004 from 145 yards with a 7-iron and at the
Horseshoe Bend Country Club in 2008 from 134 yards with an 8-iron. Personal: Born October 10,
1990 in Columbus, Ga. … daughter of Kap and Kyong Kim … has two sisters, Grace (23) and Patricia
(21) … began playing golf at age six.
Up Close With Stacey Kim...
My Biggest thrill in sports was... When I qualifi ed for the Women’s Open and
played against the best.
My goal upon graduating from college is... To compete on the LPGA Tour.
My favorite athlete is... Muhammad Ali.
My hobbies are... Running, playing all different sports and reading.
If I could bring three things from home with me to Durham they would be...
My bed, my recliner chair and my fi shing pole.
My dream job would be... Traveling and playing around the world.
My craziest ambition is to... Climb Mount Everest.
Besides playing golf, my talent is... Making rhymes.
The most famous people I have met are... Sara Bareilles and Paolo Nutini.
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