Anne Rollo

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Anne Rollo
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Personal information
Born (1965-12-01) 1 December 1965 (age 59)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Children2
Career
College San Jose State University
Turned professional1987
Former tour(s) Ladies European Tour (1987–1997)
ALPG Tour (1990–1993)
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
Ladies European Tour1
Achievements and awards
All American1987

Anne Rollo (born Anne Margaret Jones) is an Australian professional golfer who played on the Ladies European Tour (LET).

Contents

Career overview

Rollo was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She played college golf for San Jose State University 1986–1987, culminating in her team, the Spartans, winning the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships in 1987 [1] and Rollo tied for first for individual honours, coming runner-up in a playoff and gaining All-American team selection.

Rollo joined the LET in 1987. In her first full year on tour, 1988, she finished 15th on the Order of Merit. In 1990, she won the TEC Players Championship and finished 17th on the Order of Merit. [2]

In 2014, Rollo along with her fellow NCAA winning team members, was inducted into the San Jose State University Sports Hall of Fame. [3]

Professional wins (1)

Ladies European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
19 Sep 1990 TEC Players Championship −11 (73-66-69-73=281)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Laurette Maritz

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References

  1. "Division I Women's Golf Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. Carter, Jane, ed. (1991). Women Professional Golfers' European Tour Yearbook 1991. Bright ideas. pp. 63, 140.
  3. "San Jose State University Sports Hall of Fame" (PDF). San Jose State University . Retrieved 24 May 2019.