Anna Rawson (born 5 August 1981) is an Australian model and former

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. She played on the Ladies European Tour and the

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Amateur and modeling career

Rawson was born in

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. She got her break into a modeling career at age 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine cover contest. This opened up modeling opportunities on the catwalk, in print ads, magazines, and on television. In 1999 as an amateur golfer in

, Rawson was the South Australian and Victoria Junior Champion plus the winner of the Jack Newton International Junior Classic. She was the leading qualifier for the 1999 and 2000 Australian Women's Amateur and was a member of the 1999 Australian National Squad. She played collegiate golf at the

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. She was named All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001, 2002 and 2004. She also went to Immanuel College in Novar Gardens, South Australia and has a

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degree from

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which she obtained in May 2015.

Professional career

Rawson turned professional at the end of 2004, played a full season on the Future Tour and missed the cut at the 2004 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. She finished third at the Ladies European Tour 2005 qualifying tournament and was a season 2006 LET rookie. On 5 December 2007, Rawson notified fans via her Myspace page that she had been invited to join the LPGA Tour. In 2008, she qualified for a full-time tour card via Q school for the 2009 tour.

Other career

In 2009, Rawson appeared in a commercial for the domain site Go DaddyGodaddy Commercial Director's Cut "Genie" Internet Only Anna Rawson
/ref> as one of the "GoDaddy Girls".

Results in LPGA majors

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

LPGA Tour career summary

*Official as of 31 January 2011

References

External links

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