E. Page Halpin (born December 16, 1965), née E. Page Dunlap, is an American former

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who was a member of the LPGA Tour for six years during the 1990s. Dunlap is best known for winning the individual NCAA Division I Championship in 1986.

Early years

Dunlap was born in

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in 1965. Her parents Bunny and Bill were avid golfers, and she grew up playing the game. She attended Sarasota High School in

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, and played for the Sarasota Sailors high school golf team. Dunlap was the state high school golf championship runner-up twice—as a junior in 1982, and again as a senior in 1983. She also found success as a junior amateur golfer by winning the Orange Bowl Junior Tournament in 1982 and the American Junior Golf Association tournament in 1983. She graduated from Sarasota High School in 1983.

College career

Dunlap accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where her older brother, Scott Dunlap, was already a member of the

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team.''2008–2009 Florida Gators Women's Golf Media Guide''
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, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 39–41, 45–46 (2008). Retrieved November 27, 2010. She played for coach

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team in

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(NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987, and was a member of the Lady Gators' back-to-back NCAA championship teams in 1985 and 1986. Dunlap was also a three-time collegiate tournament medalist, which included winning the Florida Intercollegiate Golf Championship in 1985, and shooting a 72-hole score of 291 to win the individual NCAA Division I Championship by a single stroke in 1986.Paul Jenkins,
Individual title also won by UF
" ''The Gainesville Sun'', pp. 1E & 6E (June 1, 1986). Retrieved June 10, 2011. She was a second-team All-American in 1985, a first-team All-American in 1986, and won the

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for Golf as the nation's outstanding female collegiate golfer in 1985–86. Dunlap graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 1987, and was inducted into the

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as a "Gator Great" in 1998.

Professional career

After turning professional, Dunlap played on the

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Tim Spousta,
Dunlap headed to Hall of Fame
" ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'', p. 3C (November 27, 1997). Retrieved November 27, 2010. and won five tournaments. She then played on the LPGA Tour for six years (1991–1997), and had several top-ten finishes, but never won an individual Tour event. Her best finishes in the LPGA majors included a tie for thirty-fifth in the 1994

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, sixty-fourth in the 1997

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, and sixteenth in the 1994

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.Golf Observer, Best tournaments
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Retrieved November 27, 2010. Dunlap's career earnings as a professional golfer totaled over $210,000; her best earnings year was 1993, when she won $59,053. From 1998 to 2000, Dunlap served as the head coach of the

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women's golf team, and one of her team members was the first-ever

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golfer to qualify for the NCAA Women's Golf Championship tournament as an individual. Dunlap left Vanderbilt to return to Florida to get married in 2000. Dunlap has been inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) Players Hall of Fame.

Amateur wins

*1982 Orange Bowl Junior Tournament *1983 American Junior Golf Association Tournament *1985 Florida Intercollegiate Championship *1986 NCAA Division I Championship *2011 Florida Amateur

Professional wins

Futures Tour wins (5)

*1988 (3) Costa Del Sol Classic, Turkey Creek Classic, Shalimar Classic *1990 (2) Lake Eufaula Futures Classic, Cellular One Futures Classic

References

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