Anna Rawson

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Anna Rawson
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Rawson at the premiere of Step Up 2 The Streets
Personal information
Born (1981-08-05) 5 August 1981 (age 43)
Adelaide, Australia
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
College Immanuel College
University of Southern California
Columbia Business School
Turned professional2004
Former tour(s) Futures Tour (2005)
Ladies European Tour (2006–07)
LPGA Tour (2008–10)
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship DNP
Women's PGA C'ship CUT: 2008, 2009
U.S. Women's Open T55: 2010
Women's British Open CUT: 2009

Anna Rawson (born 5 August 1981) is an Australian model and former professional golfer. She played on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. [1]

Contents

Amateur and modeling career

Rawson was born in Adelaide, Australia. She got her break into a modeling career at age 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian "Dolly" Magazine cover contest. This opened up modeling opportunities on the catwalk, in print ads, magazines, and on television. In 1999 as an amateur golfer in Australia, Rawson was the South Australian and Victoria Junior Champion plus the winner of the Jack Newton International Junior Classic. [2] She was the leading qualifier for the 1999 and 2000 Australian Women's Amateur [3] and was a member of the 1999 Australian National Squad. [4]

She played collegiate golf at the University of Southern California. She was named All-Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001, 2002 and 2004. [4] [5]

She also went to Immanuel College in Novar Gardens, South Australia and has a Master of Business Administration degree from Columbia Business School which she obtained in May 2015. [6]

Professional career

Rawson turned professional at the end of 2004, played a full season on the Future Tour and missed the cut at the 2004 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament. [7] She finished third at the Ladies European Tour 2005 qualifying tournament and was a season 2006 LET rookie. [8] On 5 December 2007, Rawson notified fans via her Myspace page that she had been invited to join the LPGA Tour. In 2008, she qualified for a full-time tour card via Q school for the 2009 tour.

Results in LPGA majors

! Tournament200820092010
Kraft Nabisco Championship
LPGA Championship CUTCUTWD
U.S. Women's Open T55
Women's British Open CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied

LPGA Tour career summary

YearEvents
played
Cuts
made
Wins2nds3rdsTop
10s
Best
finish
Earnings ($)RankScoring
average
Scoring
rank
2008 1340001T1062,79812773.54121
2009 1880000T1386,1039573.0094
2010 1520000T4118,01013474.82128

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