Sydnee Michaels (born June 15, 1988) is an American

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currently playing on the

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as of 2012. Michaels was a graduate of the 2011

LPGA Futures Tour The Epson Tour, previously known as the LPGA Futures Tour, and known for sponsorship reasons between 2006 and 2010 as the Duramed Futures Tour and between 2012 and 2021 as the Symetra Tour, is the official developmental golf tour of the LPGA Tou ...

Early life

Michaels was born in Upland, California, and is the youngest of eight children. As a child she trained in

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, but when she was eight years old her father told her that she would grow too tall for the sport.

College

Michaels played college golf at the

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. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in History/ Sociology.

Professional

Michaels turned professional in 2010, and joined the Futures Tour on January 18, 2011. Michaels won the last two events of the season, one was the

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. She finished fourth of the Futures Tour official money list in 2011, and was a full member of the 2012 LPGA Tour. Michaels earned $56,232 on the LPGA Futures Tour in 2011. This allowed Michaels to be awarded the

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award.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

Team appearances

Amateur * Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2005 (winners), 2007

References

External links

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Profile at the UCLA Sports siteYahoo! Sports profileThe Golf Channel profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Michaels, Sydnee American female golfers UCLA Bruins women's golfers LPGA Tour golfers Golfers from California People from Upland, California Sportspeople from Temecula, California 1988 births Living people