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Tuesday, 19 July 2011

Stacy Lewis

Stacy Lewis biography

Lewis was a decorated amateur and a four-time All-American at the University of Arkansas. Suffering from scoliosis, which was diagnosed at age 11 and treated by a spinal fusion when she was in high school, Lewis missed her first collegiate golf season recovering from the surgery.[1] Playing her first season in 2005, she won the Southeastern Conference Tournament and was named SEC Freshman Golfer of the Year.[2] In 2006, she won the Women's Western Amateur.

In her 2007 season, though a back injury kept her out of the SEC Tournament, Lewis won the NCAA Division I Championship and was selected Golf Digest Amateur of the Year. She also received the National Golf Coaches Association Dinah Shore Trophy.[3] Following the college season, she won the 92nd Women's Southern Amateur and finished second in individual play in leading the U.S. team to a victory at the Copa de las Americas.[2]

Competing as an amateur, Lewis finished first in the 2007 LPGA NW Arkansas Championship, a professional LPGA tournament. Due to rain, the tournament was shortened to one round and Lewis's win was declared unofficial.[4]

In her senior season in 2008, Lewis again won the SEC Tournament and was selected SEC Golfer of the Year and SEC Golf Scholar Athlete of the Year. She was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America team for the second time and NGCA All-America for the fourth time.[2]

Lewis graduated from Arkansas in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting.

In 2008, as a member of the winning U.S. Curtis Cup team, Lewis became the first player ever to go 5–0 in a single Curtis Cup match.

Stacy Lewis