Eleanor Pilgrim (born 15 February 1977) is a Welsh

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and a member of the

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Amateur career

Pilgrim was born in

Newport, Wales Newport ( ) is a city and Principal areas of Wales, county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. The population grew considerably between the 2011 and the 2021 Unit ...

. She was a member of the Welsh Amateur International from 1995 to 2002, was Welsh Ladies' Amateur Champion in 1997 and 2002 and was the first reserve for the 2002 GB&I

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team. She played her collegiate golf at

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gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree. She won the 1996 Idaho State Invitational and 1998 Lumberjack Invitational and was

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champion in 1996 and 1998. She was 1996 Big Sky All-Academic and All-Big Sky Conference 1996–1998. She played in the 2002 Weetabix Challenge where members of the

take on the Great Britain and Ireland elite amateur squad and won the Sunningdale Critchley Salver.

Professional career

Having finished eighth at the 2002 qualifying school, Pilgrim made her professional debut on the

in the 2003 season. In 11 starts, her best finish was a tie for twelfth at her home Wales WPGA Championship. She had to return to qualifying school after a torrid 2004 season to retain her card but had her best career finish the following 2005 season when she lost the KLM Ladies Open to Virginie Lagoutte at the second extra hole.

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing Wales):

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilgrim, Eleanor Welsh female golfers Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's golfers Ladies European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Newport, Wales 1977 births Living people