SALLY WATSON
(Elie & Earlsferry Ladies Golf Club, Fife).
Home Country: Scotland.
Age 16.
HOW DID YOU BECOME INTERESTED
IN PLAYING GOLF?
We stayed in Elie near St Andrews during summer
holidays and I started to play at the age of
four, competitively from the age of six.
LOWEST COMPETITIVE 18-HOLE
SCORE
Three-under-par 68 at Dubai Creek in 2006 Daily
Telegraph girls championship.
HOLES-IN-ONE
Hole in one at the age of 13 on April 13, 2004
at second hole on The Preserve course at Bradenton,
Florida.
CHAMPIONSHIPS WON OR BEEN RUNNER UP
WON – 2008 “THE LEADEBETTER”
GIRLS’ TOURNAMENT IN FLORIDA.
WON – 2007 BRITISH GIRLS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
STROKE-PLAY QUALIFYING.
WON – 2006 DAILY TELEGRAPH GIRLS’
CHAMPIONSHIP (Dubai Creek).
WON – 2006 UNITED STATES GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
SECTIONAL QUALIFYING.
WON – 2005 SCOTTISH UNDER-18 GIRLS (CLOSE)
CHAMPIONSHIP.
RUNNER-UP – 2006 BRITISH GIRLS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
OTHER NOTABLE RESULTS
QUALIFIED, AND MADE CUT IN 2007 RICOH WOMEN'S
BRITISH OPEN AT OLD COURSE, ST ANDREWS.
FINISHED 19TH IN 2007 DE VERE LADIES SCOTTISH
OPEN (Ladies European Tour).
HONOURS, AWARDS
MEMBER OF WINNING EUROPE TEAM AGAINST UNITED
STATES IN 2007 JUNIOR SOLHEIM CUP IN SWEDEN.
AT AGE 12, MEMBER OF SCOTTISH UNDER-16 BASKETBALL
SQUAD, CAPPED FOR SCOTTISH WOMEN’S TEAM
AT AGE 14.
HUMAN INTEREST:
SPENT THREE YEARS LIVING IN CALIFORNIA (2000-2003)
IN SCOTLAND MY HOUSE IS OVER 200 YEARS OLD AND
WAS OWNED BY THE FORRESTER FAMILY, WHO MADE
HICKORY-SHAFTED CLUBS.
RESIDENT STUDENT AT DAVID LEADBETTER GOLF ACADEMY,
BRADENTON, FLORIDA.
MOST MEMORABLE GOLF
EXPERIENCE
WINNING 2006 DAILY TELEGRAPH GIRLS’ CHAMPIONSHIP
IN DUBAI AND WINNING MY FIRST CAP FOR SCOTLAND.
OTHER HOBBIES
MOVIES, FAMILY, SPORTS AND ATTENDING BIG SPORTS
EVENTS.