Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American

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and golf commentator who played on the

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. In

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, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the

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. She was the 2005

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(AJGA) Player of the Year, and won the 2006 AJGA Nancy Lopez Award. She turned pro at age 17, and is the youngest-ever winner of a modern

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championship, when at age 18 she won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship (now known as the

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) and vaulted to a career-high fourth in the world rankings. In early March 2021, she announced she had joined the

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and

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to be an analyst and on-course reporter in the

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, while continuing to compete.

Childhood and family life

Born in

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, to Mike Pressel and Kathy Krickstein Pressel, she attended Banyan Creek Elementary School, Omni Middle School, and graduated in 2006 from the Saint Andrew's School in

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, a private school affiliated with the Episcopal Church. She has stated that her

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faith plays a large role in her life. Following her mother's death from

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in September 2003, 15-year-old Pressel moved in with her maternal grandparents, Evelyn and Herb Krickstein, at St. Andrews Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida. Her two younger siblings stayed with their father. Her grandfather, a retired physician and pathologist, is also her coach. The Kricksteins' son and Pressel's uncle is former professional tennis player

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. Pressel's younger sister Madison played collegiate golf for the

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and won on the

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in 2014. In January 2013, Pressel married Andy Bush, a senior vice president at Octagon Global Events. The two met at a pro-am event in 2007.

Amateur career

, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the

. This record stood until

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, when

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beat the record by several months. At the age of 17, she was one of three co-leaders starting the final round of the

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at Cherry Hills in suburban

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. Pressel was tied for first on the 18th fairway when

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holed out from the

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just ahead to secure a one-stroke lead. Pressel then needed a birdie to tie, but made a bogey on the 18th to lose by two strokes. Her second-place finish gave her a share of the low amateur honors with

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. Pressel played in a total of seven LPGA events in 2005 and made the cut in all of them, with a scoring average of 70.96 in 28 rounds. In 2005, Pressel lost to Yani Tseng at 39th hole during the

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at Pinehurst, but won the most important amateur event, the

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. Pressel also finished her amateur career as 2005 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year. During her amateur career, she won 10 AJGA titles, including all five AJGA Invitationals: the "AJGA Slam". * 2002 round of 16,

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* 2002

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Team * 2004 quarterfinalist,

* 2004 quarterfinalist, round of 16,

* 2004 Won –

* 2005 Won –

* 2005 2nd place –

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* 2005 Girls Rolex Junior Player of the Year * 2005 round of 16,

* 2005

Team

Professional career

Pressel finished sixth in the first stage of the LPGA Qualifying Tournament in September 2005 and advanced to the final stage in December. She turned professional in November, after appealing to the LPGA to become a member as a 17-year-old. LPGA rules state that members must be 18 years old. At the five-round Final Qualifying Tournament in

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, she finished tied for sixth to earn her tour card for

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. She played part-time on the tour until her high school graduation in May 2006. Pressel earned her first victory in

at the

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and became the youngest-ever winner of a modern

at , a record that would stand until

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won the

2015 Evian Championship The 2015 Evian Championship was played 10–13 September at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains, France. It was the 22nd Evian Championship (the first 19 played as the Evian Masters), and the third as a major championship on the LPGA ...

at the age of 18 years, 4 months and 20 days. On her flight home to Florida after her win, Pressel had her golf clubs stolen. The win moved her from 17th in the world rankings to fourth. Pressel made her first

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as a professional golfer on July 15, 2007, at the

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at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Sylvania,

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. It was a par 3 – hole 6 for the tournament. It was not enough to win, though;

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won the event for the fifth time. 2009 LPGA Championship - Morgan Pressel-edit

Pressel qualified for the

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and

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teams; earning a spot on the 2007 team in her second full-year on the LPGA Tour as a 19-year-old. Through 2011, she was undefeated (3–0–0) in Solheim Cup singles play. In the 2012

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, Pressel was in contention for her third LPGA Tour victory in the semi-finals when she was 2 up after 11 holes to opponent

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. Pressel won the 12th hole but a slow play penalty resulted in the loss of the hole instead. She would lose the match and Muñoz went on to win the tournament. On April 26, 2015, Pressel came in second at the

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in San Francisco. She and

finished at 8-under-par 280 with Ko making a birdie on the par-5 closing hole while Pressel missed a birdie effort to end the tournament. Ko won on the second playoff hole. Pressel's last victory was in 2008 at the Kapalua LPGA Classic. She is represented by

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and has endorsement deals with

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, and

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Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA Tour playoff record (0–2)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

(1)

World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup The World Ladies Championship Salonpas Cup is one of the four major golf tournaments for women on the LPGA of Japan Tour. It was founded in 1973 by Nippon Television and has been classified as a major since 2008. The annual tournament is held at th ...

Other wins (1)

*2012 (1)

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(with

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), unofficial event

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Results not in chronological order before 2019.'' ^ The Evian Championship was added as a major in 2013 LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
NT = no tournament
T = tied

Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (2009 U.S. Open – 2012 LPGA) *Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (2015 ANA – 2015 U.S. Open)

LPGA Tour career summary

^ Official through 2021 season.
*Includes matchplay and other tournaments without a cut.

World ranking

Position in

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at the end of each calendar year. Pressel's career-high in the world rankings is fourth, in the spring of 2007.

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing the United States): 2002 (winners), 2005 (winners) Professional *

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(representing the United States):

(winners),

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

(winners),

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Lexus Cup The Lexus Cup was an annual golf tournament played between 2005 and 2008 for professional women golfers contested by a team representing Asia and an international team representing the rest of the world. It was sanctioned by the LPGA Tour,

(representing International team):

Solheim Cup record

References

External links

* *
Morgan's Yahoo GroupNewslib.com feed of articles about Morgan PresselMorganPressel.orgSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel
– photo gallery: Morgan Pressel through the years * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pressel, Morgan American female golfers LPGA Tour golfers Winners of ladies' major amateur golf championships Winners of LPGA major golf championships Solheim Cup competitors for the United States Golfers from Tampa, Florida Jewish American golfers Jews from Florida Golfers from Boca Raton, Florida 1988 births Living people 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American women 20th-century American women

Childhood and family life

Amateur career

Professional career

Professional wins (4)

LPGA Tour wins (2)

LPGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

Other wins (1)

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

Summary

LPGA Tour career summary

World ranking

Team appearances

Solheim Cup record

See also

References

External links