ELIZABETH BENNETT
(Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club, Hampshire).
Home Country: England.
Age 25.

HOW DID YOU BECOME INTERESTED IN PLAYING GOLF
My older brother played golf so I began playing with him when I was 11.

LOWEST COMPETITIVE 18-HOLE SCORE
A 67 in Brokenhurst Manor club championship.

TOURNAMENTS WON OR RUNNER-UP
WON – 2008 SOUTH ATLANTIC LADIES AMATEUR (Florida).
WON – 2007 ELGA SOUTH-EAST DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
WON – 2007 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
WON – 2006 ENGLISH LADIES CLOSE AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP
WON –2006 HARPER SALVER
WON – 2006 LIPHOOK SCRATCH
WON – 2005 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
RUNNER-UP – 2006 ENGLISH LADIES OPEN MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
RUNNER-UP – 2006 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS
2008 - SEMI-FINALIST IN JONES/DOHERTY CHAMPIONSHIP (Florida).).
2007 - QUARTER-FINALIST IN LADIES BRITISH OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP
2007 - LEADING QUALIFIER AT ENGLISH CLOSE CHAMPIONSHIP

HONOURS, AWARDS
2007 MEMBER OF GB&I VAGLIANO TROPHY TEAM AGAINST CONTINENT OF EUROPE.
Captain of university golf team and a Hampshire county team player at golf, netball, lacrosse and badminton – all at the same time.

OTHER NOTES OF INTEREST
Played American women’s college circuit while a student at Iowa University from where she graduated with an economics degree in May 2005.

MOST MEMORABLE GOLF EXPERIENCE
Playing golf in freezing cold (minus 19degrees Fahrenheit) in Michigan at the Collegiate Big Ten Championships.

BEST PART OF YOUR GAME
Driving accuracy.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRACTISE?
I try to practise everyday

AMBITIONS
To become a successful professional golfer and eventually a weekly contender on the LPGA Tour.

TARGETS FOR 2008
To improve my short game and win some major tournaments.

FAVOURITE COURSES.
UK – Woburn. Overseas – Pinehurst.

DREAM FOUR-BALL
Ernie Els, Seve Ballesteros, Tiger Woods & me.

HOBBIES & INTERESTS OUTSIDE GOLF
Shopping, seeing friends, travelling.

ADVICE FOR NEWCOMERS TO GOLF
Quality is much more important than quantity at practice.