Meaghan Francella

Meaghan Francella
Personal information
Born	May 12, 1982 (1982-05-12) (age 29) Port Chester, New York
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Nationality	United States
Residence	Port Chester, New York
Career
College	University of Memphis University of North Carolina
Turned professional	2004
Current tour(s)	LPGA Tour (joined 2006)
Former tour(s)	Futures Tour (2004-2006)
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
LPGA Tour	1
Futures Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in LPGA Major Championships
Kraft Nabisco C'ship	T5: 2007, 2009
LPGA Championship	T7: 2010
U.S. Women's Open	T17: 2009
Women's British Open	T69: 2010

Meaghan Francella (born May 12, 1982) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour.

Early life and amateur career

Francella was born in Port Chester, New York and was twice the New York State Junior Champion. She attended high school at the School of the Holy Child in Rye, New York. After high school she attended the University of Memphis, where she was named Conference USA Freshman of the Year in 2001. Francella transferred to the University of North Carolina for her junior year. While at North Carolina she was the 2003 Atlantic Coast Conference individual champion and was an NCAA First-Team All-American in 2004. Francella graduated with a degree in communications in 2005.

Professional career

After completing her college eligibility in 2004, Francella joined the Futures Tour. She finished 65th at the 2005 LPGA Qualifying School to earn non-exempt status for the 2006 season. In 2006, she made three starts on the LPGA Tour, making one cut. On the Futures Tour, she won one event, the Lakeland Duramed FUTURES Classic, and recorded six additional top-10 finishes. She ended the season fifth on the Futures Tour money list which earned her fully exempt status on the LPGA Tour for 2007.

Francella's first win on the LPGA Tour came in her second start of 2007 at the MasterCard Classic, where she scored 68-68-69 with only two bogies over the three-round tournament and then held off world number one Annika Sörenstam in a four-hole playoff.^[1][2]

Professional wins (3)

LPGA Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Mar 11, 2007	MasterCard Classic	-11 (68-68-69=205)	Playoff1	Annika Sörenstam

¹Defeated Sörenstam with birdie on fourth extra hole.

Futures Tour (1)

• 2006 (1) Lakeland Duramed FUTURES Classic

Other wins (1)

• 2010 (1) HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2010 (unofficial event on the LPGA Tour)

Results in LPGA majors

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Kraft Nabisco Championship	T5	70	T5	CUT	T25
LPGA Championship	T21	T77	T71	T7	CUT
U.S. Women's Open	CUT	CUT	T17	T34	T42
Women's British Open	CUT	DNP	CUT	T69	CUT

DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for a win. Yellow background for a top-10 finish.

LPGA Tour career summary

Year	Tournaments played	Cuts made	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top 10s	Best finish	Earnings ($)	Money list rank	Scoring average	Scoring rank
2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	T69	2,525	n/a	75.00	n/a
2006	3	1	0	0	0	0	T39	5,5554	183	73.75	n/a
2007	25	18	1	0	0	4	1	507,292	29	73.09	66
2008	24	11	0	0	0	0	T13	117,682	88	73.75	131
2009	22	16	0	0	0	2	T5	292,266	48	72.51	63
2010	14	12	0	0	0	1	T7	142,016	44	72.79	65

• Official as of August 6, 2010

References

1. ^ "Francella's first victory comes in four-hole playoff". ESPN. Associated Press. 2007-03-14. http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=2796060. Retrieved 2010-06-01. 
2. ^ Mickey, Lisa D. (2007-03-19). "Meaghan Francella Talks About First LPGA Tour Victory". LPGA.com. http://www.lpga.com/content_1.aspx?pid=10077&mid=2. Retrieved 2007-03-20. 

External links

• Meaghan Francella at the LPGA Tour official site
• Meaghan Francella Speaks About Her Win, LPGA.com
• Meaghan Francella official blog

Persondata
Name	Francella, Meaghan
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	May 12, 1982
Place of birth	Port Chester, New York
Date of death
Place of death