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| Books LLC : Jewish Golfers: Morgan Pressel, Corey Pavin, Amy Alcott, Bruce Fleisher, Jonathan Kaye, Herman Barron, David Merkow | |
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Jewish Golfers: Morgan Pressel, Corey Pavin, Amy Alcott, Bruce Fleisher, Jonathan Kaye, Herman Barron, David Merkow |
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English |
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Paperback |
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40 |
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2010-09-15 |
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1156332605 |
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Books LLC |
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0.16 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.08 inches |
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Chapters: Morgan Pressel, Corey Pavin, Amy Alcott, Bruce Fleisher, Jonathan Kaye, Herman Barron, David Merkow. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Morgan Pressel (born May 23, 1988) is an American professional golfer currently playing on the LPGA Tour. She is the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major tournament, and has reached number 4 in the Women's World Golf Rankings. Pressel was born in Tampa, Florida, to Mike Pressel and Kathy Krickstein Pressel. She attended Banyan Creek Elementary School, Omni Middle School, and graduated in 2006 from the Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, a private school affiliated with the Episcopal Church. She has stated that her Jewish faith plays a large role in her life. Her mother died of breast cancer in September 2003, after which Pressel moved in with her grandparents Evelyn Krickstein and Dr. Herb Krickstein, a retired physician and pathologist who is her coach as well as her grandfather, while her two younger siblings stayed with their father. Pressel continues to live with her grandparents. They are the parents of former top-10 tennis player Aaron Krickstein, Pressel's uncle. For the eldest Krickstein, this is the second time he has groomed a young athlete into a star. Aaron Krickstein holds the record for being the youngest player ever to win a men's professional title, having won a tournament in Tel Aviv in 1983. Pressel's younger sister Madison plays golf for the University of Texas. In 2001, as a 12-year-old, she became the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women's Open. This record stood until 2007, when Alexis Thompson, another 12-year-old, beat the record by several months. In 2005, at the age of 17, she was one of three co-leaders starting the final round of the U.S. Women's Open, and finished...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2115634
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