Becky Morgan

Becky Morgan, born in Abergavenny on 5 September 1974, is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.

Amateur career

Becky Morgan was introduced to the game of golf by her grandfather when she was 12 cite web
title = Becky Morgan - View from a Star
publisher = City and County of Swansea
url = http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=12834
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ] and had a successful amateur career. She was a member of the Welsh Junior and Under-21 teams and also won the 1991 and 1992 Welsh School Championship titles. cite web
title = Becky Morgan Full Career Bio
publisher = LPGA
url = http://www.lpga.com/content/2007PlayerBiosPDF/Morgan-07.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-28|format=PDF] She was a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup Team in 1998 and 2000 cite web
title = Previous Matches 1932-2002
publisher = USGA
url = http://www.curtiscup.org/2004/history/previous_matches.html
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ] and a member of the Vagliano Trophy team in 1997 and 1999. Morgan was the runner-up in 1996 and a semifinalist in 1997 at the British Amateur Championship. She was 2nd at the British Strokeplay championship in 1998. cite web
title = Becky Morgan Player Profile
publisher = LET
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101040.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ]

She enrolled at University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1994, cite web
title = College Prospects of America UK Clients
publisher = USGA
url = http://www.cpoauk.com/success.htm
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ] and during the next four years won 10 NCAA div 1 medallist titles, including three Big South Conference Championships from 1995-1997 resulting in her being named Big South All-American for those three years. cite web
title = Big South All-Time All-Americans
publisher = Big South Sports
url = http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&KEY=&ATCLID=131007
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ] She finished 10th in the NCAA Championship in 1997, the year she graduated with a major in Geography.

Morgan returned to Wales and continued her amateur career finishing runner-up at the Welsh Amateur Championship from 1998-99 and second at the South Atlantic Amateur Championship in 2000. cite web
title = South Atlantic Ladies Amateur
publisher = GolfWeek
url = http://www.golfweekrankings.com/scores/2000/amateur/women/2389.asp
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ]

Professional career

Morgan turned professional in August 2000. She qualified for the Ladies European Tour by finishing tied for sixth at the LET Qualifying School and earned non-exempt status on the LPGA Tour by finishing T14th at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament and thus had rookie seasons on both sides of the Atlantic in 2001.

She played in eight events on LET in 2001 without missing a cut, posting four top tens including narrowly losing the French Open to Norway's Suzann Pettersen at the third play off hole. cite web
title = Pettersen defends in France
publisher = LET
date = 2002-06-19
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4580
accessdate = 2007-03-28] She also played 16 events on the LPGA earning her first LPGA top 10 finish with a tie for 7th at the Longs Drugs Challenge. She finished second to Hee-Won Han for Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year honours.

In 2002 she competed in four events on the Evian Ladies European Tour, where she posted two top-10 finishes. She also played 18 events on the LPGA with a T7 at the ShopRite LPGA Classic being her only top ten finish. In 2003, she finished second at the ShopRite LPGA Classic, the best LPGA finish of her career and in 23 starts had seven top tens. Becky played in six events on the LET with her best finish being a tie for fourth at the HP Open. She narrowly missed out on a captain's pick for the 2003 Solheim Cup. Catrin Nilsmark has admitted it was a mistake to leave Morgan off the team. cite web
title = European Team announced
publisher = LET
date = 2003-08-25
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4249&page=101
accessdate = 2007-03-18 ]

In 2004 Becky played most of the year on the LPGA. In 24 starts, Becky amassed three top tens. She also played in four events on the LET with her best finish being 3rd at the HP Open in Sweden. She also concentrated on the LPGA for 2005 and recorded 1 top tens out of 23 events played. Her best performance on the LET was a tie for sixth on home soil at the Wales Ladies Championship.

She teamed up with Becky Brewerton to finish 6th in the inaugural Women's World Cup of Golf in 2005. They teamed up again in 2006 when they finished third cite web
title = Beckys are third in the world
publisher = WLGU
url = http://wlgu.org/Summer%2006.pdf
accessdate = 2007-03-27 |format=PDF] and 2007 when they finished eighth. cite web
title = Sports round-up Golf: World Cup victory
publisher = South Wales Echo
date = 2007-01-22
url = http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0700sports/1200sportsroundup/tm_headline=golf--world-cup-victory&method=full&objectid=18514317&siteid=50082-name_page.html
accessdate = 2007-03-27 ]

LPGA Tour career summary

:* As of March 26 2007.

Notes and References

External links

* [http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=120 LPGA Tour profile]
* [http://www.ladieseuropeantour.info/profiles/101040.htm Ladies European Tour profile]

Persondata
NAME=Morgan, Becky
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Professional Golfer
DATE OF BIRTH= September 5, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH= Abergavenny, Wales