Sydnee Michaels

Sydnee Michaels
Personal information
Born	(1988-06-15) June 15, 1988 (age 37) Upland, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality	United States
Residence	Temecula, California, U.S.
Career
College	UCLA (graduated 2010)
Turned professional	2010
Current tour	LPGA Tour (joined 2012)
Former tour	Futures Tour (2011)
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
Epson Tour	2
Best results in LPGA major championships
Chevron Championship	T68: 2006
Women's PGA C'ship	T22: 2014
U.S. Women's Open	T11: 2016
Women's British Open	T52: 2013
Evian Championship	T37: 2013
Achievements and awards
Futures Tour Rookie of the Year 2011

Sydnee Michaels (born June 15, 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour as of 2012. Michaels was a graduate of the 2011 LPGA Futures Tour. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Early life

Michaels was born in Upland, California, and is the youngest of eight children. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} As a child she trained in figure skating, but when she was eight years old her father told her that she would grow too tall for the sport. ^[5]

College

Michaels played college golf at the University of California, Los Angeles. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} She graduated with a bachelor's degree in History/ Sociology. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Professional

Michaels turned professional in 2010, and joined the Futures Tour on January 18, 2011. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Michaels won the last two events of the season, one was the Price Chopper Tour Championship. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} She finished fourth of the Futures Tour official money list in 2011, and was a full member of the 2012 LPGA Tour. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Michaels earned $56,232 on the LPGA Futures Tour in 2011. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} This allowed Michaels to be awarded the Futures Tour Rookie of the Year award.

Professional wins (2)

Futures Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	Aug 28, 2011	Vidalia Championship	−9 (68-69-70=207)	8 strokes	Ayaka Kaneko
2	Sep 11, 2011	Price Chopper Tour Championship	−8 (69-68-65=202)	1 stroke	Jessi Gebhardt

Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Solheim Cup (representing the United States): 2005 (winners), 2007

References

1. "Sydnee Michaels biography". LPGA Futures Tour . Retrieved October 30, 2011.
2. "Sydnee Michaels". UCLA Bruins Sports. Archived from the original on December 10, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
3. "Sydnee Michaels Profile". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
4. "Sydnee Michaels Profile". The Golf Channel. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
5. Stroder, Mark E. (March 19, 2012). "Murrieta's Michaels on LPGA Tour, long after she outgrew figure skating dream". North County Times .

External links

• Sydnee Michaels at the LPGA Tour official site
• Sydnee Michaels at the Women's World Golf Rankings official site
• Profile at the UCLA Sports site
• Yahoo! Sports profile
• The Golf Channel profile