Sydnee Michaels
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United States| Sydnee Michaels | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | June 15, 1988 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 | |||
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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]
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
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 |