FLORENTYNA PARKER
(Royal Birkdale Golf Club, Lancashire & Gut Waldhof Golf Club, Germany).
Home country: England.
Age: 18.

HOW DID YOU BECOME INTERESTED IN PLAYING GOLF?
My dad is a club professional in Germany so I started as a toddler and have been playing competitively since I was nine.

HUMAN INTEREST
My brother Ben won the 2005 Junior Orange Bowl title in Florida. He was an England amateur international and turned professional last year.

LOWEST COMPETITIVE 18-HOLE SCORE
Eight-under-par 67 at Conwy, Wales in 2007 Ladies British open amateur stroke-play championship.
CHAMPIONSHIPS WON OR BEEN RUNNER-UP
WON - 2007 FRENCH UNDER-21 JUNIOR WOMEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
WON – 2006 LANCASHIRE LADIES COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
WON – 2003 & 2005 DORAL PUBLIX JUNIOR CLASSIC (Florida).
WON – 2003 ENGLISH GIRLS UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP.
WON – 2002 ENGLISH GIRLS UNDER-13 CHAMPIONSHIP.
WON – 2002 FALDO SERIES GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP.
RUNNER-UP – 2008 PORTUGUESE WOMEN’S OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
RUNNER-UP – 2007 LADIES BRITISH AMATEUR STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.
RUNNER-UP – 2006 ENGLISH UNDER-18 STROKE-PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP.
RUNNER-UP – 2005 LANCASHIRE LADIES COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS
2007 – THIRD IN JUNIOR ORANGE BOWL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP (Florida).
2007 – SCORED MAXIMUM POINTS IN HELPING EUROPE BEAT UNITED STATES IN JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP IN SWEDEN.
2006 – QUARTER-FINALIST LADIES BRITISH OPEN AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP.
2005 – SEMI-FINALIST BRITISH GIRLS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
2004 – THIRD IN EUROPEAN YOUNG MASTERS.

HONOURS
2007 & 2005 – MEMBER OF EUROPEAN TEAM FOR JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP.
2006 – NAMED THIRD RESERVE FOR GB&I CURTIS CUP TEAM (Bandon Dunes).
2004 – MEMBER OF EUROPEAN TIME FOR JUNIOR RYDER CUP.

OTHER SPORTS
2002 REGIONAL TENNIS CHAMPION.
1999 REGIONAL TABLE TENNIS CHAMPION.

MOST MEMORABLE GOLF EXPERIENCES
Playing in Junior Solheim Cup and also Junior Ryder Cup.

FAVOURITE COURSES
UK – Royal Birkdale. Overseas – Biltmore (Coral Gables, Florida).

LUCKY CHARM
Wearing the colour pink.

OTHER HOBBIES
Sports, socialising, travelling and listening to music.

BEST TITLE WON
2005 Doral Junior Publix Classic in Florida (largest Under-18s tournament in the world).

BEST PART OF YOUR GAME
Driving.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU PRACTISE?
Five or six times a week.

AMBITIONS
To turn professional and become world’s No 1 lady golfer.

TARGETS FOR 2008
Getting better, winning tournaments

DREAM FOUR-BALL
Sergio Garcia, Roger Federer, Justin Timberlake & me.

ADVICE FOR NEWCOMERS TO GOLF?
Believe in yourself!