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European Lady Junior's Team Championship
The European Lady Junior's Team Championship was a European amateur team golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ... championship for women under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1968. It was played every year until 1984, then every second year. It was discontinued in 2006. Results Source: Results summary Source: See also * European Girls' Team Championship (Under 18) * European Ladies' Team Championship * European Youths' Team Championship (under 22) discontinued event played 1968-2006 References External linksEuropean Golf Association: Full results {{European Golf Association events Amateur golf tournaments Team golf tournaments Women's golf tournaments Recurring sporting events established in 1968 Recurring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amateur
An amateur () is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist. History Historically, the amateur was considered to be the ideal balance between pure intent, open mind, and the interest or passion for a subject. That ideology spanned many different fields of interest. It may have its roots in the ancient Greek philosophy of amateur athletes competing in the Olympics. The ancient Greek citizens spent most of their time in other pursuits, but competed according to their natural talents and abilities. The "gentleman amateur" was a phenomenon among the gentry of Great Britain from the 17th century until the 20th century. With the start of the Age of Reason, with people thinking more about how the world works around them, (see science in the Age of Enlightenment), things like the cabinets of curiosities, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlota Ciganda
Carlota Ciganda Machiñena (born 1 June 1990) is a professional golfer from Spain who plays on the Ladies European Tour and the LPGA Tour. She won the LET's Order of Merit (money title) in her debut season in 2012, and was also named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Early life and college career Born in Pamplona, Spain, Ciganda started to play golf aged five, influenced by her father. Her uncle is the former football player and coach José Ángel Ziganda. She attended college in the United States at Arizona State University from 2008 to 2011, where she majored in Business Administration. Ciganda speaks four languages. Amateur career Ciganda enjoyed a successful amateur career, winning the British Ladies Amateur in 2007. She returned to the finals in 2009, but was runner-up to compatriot and ASU teammate Azahara Muñoz. Ciganda won the European Ladies Amateur Championship in 2004 and 2008, and was the Spanish National age group champion from 2000 to 2006. She was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josephine Svenningsson
Josephine may refer to: People * Josephine (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Josephine (singer), a Greek pop singer Places * Josephine, Texas, United States * Mount Josephine (other) * Josephine County, Oregon, a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon Film and music * ''Josephine'' (2001 film), an English-language Croatian film directed by Rajko Grlić * ''Joséphine'' (2013 film), a French film directed by Agnès Obadia * ''Josephine'' (album), album by Magnolia Electric Co. Songs * "Josephine" (Wayne King song), a 1951 song, recorded by many artists including Les Paul and Ray Charles *" My Girl Josephine", by Fats Domino, also known as "Josephine" and "Hello Josephine", recorded by many artists *Josephine (Too Many Secrets)", a song by Jon English, 1982 * "Josephine" (Chris Rea song), a 1985 song * "Josephine" (Terrorvision song), a 1998 song *"Yes Tonight Josephine", a 1957 song by Johnnie Ray *"Josephine", a 1955 song from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karin Sjödin
Karin Sjödin (born 8 August 1983) is a Swedish professional golfer. She played 10 seasons on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and was in contention at the 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship. Amateur career Sjödin was born in Gothenburg, Sweden and learned golf at Delsjö Golf Club close to the city. In 2000 she won the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship and, still as an amateur, the Öijared Ladies Open on the Swedish Golf Tour, at the time named the Telia Tour. She was part of the Swedish team winning the 2000 European Girls' Team Championship at home soil in Stockholm, Sweden. She was also part of the Swedish teams capturing the silver medal at the 2002 European Lady Junior's Team Championship and the bronze medal at the 2003 European Ladies' Team Championship. Sjödin played in the 2002 and 2004 Espirito Santo Trophy (World Amateur Golf Team Championships) finishing on the victorious Swedish side and as individual champion in 2004. Sjödin played college golf at Oklahoma Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofie Andersson
Sofie Andersson Aagaard (born 6 June 1983) is a Swedish professional golfer who played mainly on the United States-based Futures Tour. She competed on tour as Sofie Andersson, adding Aagaard after her marriage in November 2012. As an amateur, Andersson represented the Swedish National Team from 1999 to 2006. In 2004, she captured Sweden's first World Amateur Team Championships gold medal at the competition in Puerto Rico with Karin Sjödin and Louise Stahle. Two years later at the same event held in South Africa, she won the silver medal together with Anna Nordqvist and Caroline Westrup. She made her debut on the Ladies European Tour at the 2005 Scandinavian TPC hosted by Annika where she missed the cut. Andersson began her college career as a freshman at Mississippi State University, earning SEC second-team all-conference honors before transferring to University of California, Berkeley in 2003, where she was a three-time NCAA Division I All-American and a member of the team fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Stahle
Louise Stahle (born 19 March 1985) is a professional golf player who has played on both the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour. She won the British Ladies Amateur back-to-back in 2004 and 2005 Early years Stahle was born in Lund, Sweden, in a family with a strong golfing background. She started playing golf at the age of nine and practiced golf and other sports during summer vacations. Tennis has been her second sport. Her father Oscar Stahle and her uncle Fredrik Stahle were both among the best amateur players in Sweden in the 1970s. Fredrik won the 1977 Swedish Junior Stroke-play Championship and represented Sweden twice in the European Youths' Team Championship. Amateur career Stahle had a very successful amateur career. In 2002, at 17 years of age, she won the French International Lady Juniors Amateur Championship as well as the Swedish Junior Match-play Championship and was a member of the European Junior Solheim Cup team. In 2003, she was again member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Birks
Samantha (or the alternatively Samanta) is primarily used as a feminine given name. It was recorded in England in 1633 in Newton Regis, Warwickshire. It was also recorded in the 18th century in New England, but its etymology is uncertain. Speculation (without evidence) has suggested an origin from the masculine given name Samuel and anthos, the Greek word for "flower".''World Almanac'', 2009 edition pp. 697–698, Dr. Cleveland Kent Evans, Bellevue University One theory is that it was a feminine form of Samuel to which the already existing feminine name Anthea was added. "Samantha" remained a rare name until the 1873 publication of the first novel in a series by Marietta Holley, featuring the adventures of a lady named "Samantha", wife of Josiah Allen. The series led to the rise in the name's popularity, ranking among the top 1,000 names for girls in the United States from 1880, the earliest year for which records are available, to 1902. The name was out of fashion in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Phillips (golfer)
Kate Phillips (born 21 May 1989) is a British actress. She became famous for her role as Jane Seymour in the successful miniseries '' Wolf Hall'' (2015). She subsequently appeared in the miniseries '' War & Peace'' (2016), the first season of the television series '' The Crown'' (2016), and last three seasons of the television series '' Peaky Blinders'' (2016–2022). In 2019, she appeared as Princess Mary in the film '' Downton Abbey''. Since 2020, she has appeared as Eliza Scarlet, the series lead, in the Victorian era crime drama, '' Miss Scarlet and The Duke''. Biography After spending three years studying at Leeds University, Phillips secured a place at The Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. After graduation she returned to Leeds to appear as Abigail Williams in '' The Crucible'' at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. By this time she had already filmed her scenes for the BBC's adaptation of ''Wolf Hall'' in which she played Jane Seymour, a role she had been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Hall
Lydia Gail Hall (born 14 December 1987) is a Welsh professional golfer and currently plays on the Ladies European Tour. In 2012, she won the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters, her first Ladies European Tour win. In 2016, she won the Welsh National PGA Championship, the first woman to win a PGA national tournament. She is the daughter of Wayne Hall, a rugby union player, who played one match for Wales in 1988. Professional wins (4) Ladies European Tour (1) *2012 ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters LET Access Series wins (1) *2017 WPGA International Challenge WPGA Tour of Australasia wins (1) *2022 TPS Victoria Other wins (1) *2016 Welsh National PGA Championship Team appearances Amateur *European Girls' Team Championship (representing Wales): 2003 *European Lady Junior's Team Championship (representing Wales): 2004, 2006 *European Ladies' Team Championship (representing Wales): 2005, 2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breanne Loucks
Breanne Alicia Loucks (born 16 October 1987) is a Welsh professional golfer. She had a successful amateur career, playing in two Curtis Cup matches, in 2006 and 2008. She turned professional in early 2009 and played on the Ladies European Tour until 2011 when injury curtailed her career. Amateur career In 2007, she won the Welsh Ladies' Amateur Championship, beating Tara Davies in the final. In early 2008, she won both the South African stroke-play and South African match-play championships. In June 2008, she won the Irish Women's Amateur Open Championship. Loucks first played for Wales in the Girls Home Internationals in 2002, aged 14, and made her debut in the Women's Home Internationals in 2004. She later represented Wales in the Espirito Santo Trophy and the European Ladies' Team Championship. She played in the 2008 Women's Home Internationals at Wrexham, when Wales won for only the second time. She played for Great Britain & Ireland in the Curtis Cup in 2006 and 2008. In 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Jones (golfer)
Sarah Jones may refer to: *Sarah Jones (artist) (born 1959), London-based artist * Sarah Jones (field hockey) (born 1990), Welsh hockey player *Sarah Jones (freestyle wrestler) (born 1983), Scottish athlete * Sarah Jones (politician) (born 1972), British Member of Parliament *Sarah Jones (screen actress) (born 1983), American screen actress from ''Ugly Betty'', ''Big Love'' and ''Alcatraz'' * Sarah Jones (stage actress) (born 1974), American stage actress, activist and poet *Sarah Jones (rower) (born 1973), American rower *Sarah Garland Boyd Jones (1866–1905), African-American physician * Sarah Jones (drummer) (born 1985), drummer for Harry Styles, NYPC and Hot Chip * Sarah Jones (author), British author and speaker *Sarah Rees Jones (born 1957), British historian *Sarah Jones (Australian journalist) (born 1982), Australian television presenter and sportscaster *Sarah Jones (American journalist) *Sarah Patricia Jones (born 1934), full name of British salsa dancer Paddy Jones *Sara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephanie Evans (golfer)
Stephanie Y. Evans (born 1969) is a full professor and former director of the Institute for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University. Until 2019, she served as the Chair of Clark Atlanta University's African American Studies, Africana Women's Studies, and History (AWH) Department. Early life and education Evans was born in 1969. Growing up in a performing arts family, she took an affinity to the practice and attended a performing arts middle school. Although she earned a scholarship from the University of Arizona, Evans said she lacked guidance to enroll in university saying "I had a scholarship but I didn’t know what to do with it. Trying to fill out the FAFSA ederal financial aid applicationwas my breaking point." She began working as a hotel auditor until a friend convinced her to share her poetry with her high school English class. Evans moved out at age 16, becoming an emancipated youth. At the age of 25, Evans became the first member of her fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
