Ashleigh Simon

Ashleigh Ann Simon (born 11 May 1989) is a South African golfer.

Simon had a successful amateur career. She was the youngest player to win the ladies’ South African Amateur Stroke Play and Match Play double and the first player in 101 years to win the Ladies South African Open title three times. cite web
title = Ashleigh finally turns Professional - off to Europe
publisher = Women's Golf South Africa
date = 2007-05-12
url = http://www.womensgolfsa.co.za/news_ashpro_may07.asp
accessdate = 2007-06-17] She represented her country in the mainly professional Women's World Cup of Golf three times while still an amateur. cite web
title = Women's World Cup of Golf: Twenty teams confirmed
publisher = Ladies European Tour
author = Martin Park
date = 2004-12-17
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=3647
accessdate = 2007-06-17] cite web
title = South Africans ready to take on the world
publisher = Ladies European Tour
author = Michael Vlismas
date = 2006-01-19
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=4818
accessdate = 2007-06-17] cite web
title = Paraguay on brink of World Cup glory
publisher = Ladies European Tour
date = 2007-01-20
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=8334
accessdate = 2007-06-17]

Simon turned professional the day after her eighteenth birthday. She won the 2007 Catalonia Ladies Masters, which was her third event as a professional. She became the youngest ever professional winner on the Ladies European Tour (South Korea's Amy Yang won the 2006 ANZ Ladies Masters at a younger age as an amateur). cite web
title = Simon Seals Maiden LET Victory
publisher = Ladies European Tour
date = 2007-06-17
url = http://www.ladieseuropeantour.com/content/let_content_news.php?Id=9604&PHPSESSID=122bdd6c9b2282e3be8f537dd4719e33
accessdate = 2007-06-17]

Notes and references

External links

* [http://www.womensworldcupofgolf.com/teams06/ashleigh_simon.html Women's World Cup of Golf profile covering amateur career to 2005]