Anna Rawson: Tall, blonde Australian Anna, 24, is sure to make an impact on the Ladies European Tour’s fairways in this, her first competitive season.
She qualified at the LET’s Q School in November after a season competing on the US Futures Tour, where her best finishes were 5th in Texas and China.
She made her LET playing debut at the ANZ Ladies Masters in Queensland in February and in her short time with the Tour, has already caught the attention of several photographers. Anna, golf pro first and foremost, is also a fashion model and perhaps the most glamorous golf pro ever to hit the fairways. Since the age of 16, when she was a finalist in the Australian “Dolly” magazine cover contest, she has modelled on the catwalk, in print ads and on television for companies including Chanel. Originally from Adelaide, she now resides in Los Angeles, California but will be competing on the Ladies European Tour throughout 2006.
Laura Davies: A legend of the women’s game; Laura has won at least once every year in her twenty-year career bar last season; and if there’s any justice she’ll win again this year and finally get the last point she needs to make it into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Laura has done more than anybody to increase the profile of women’s golf in Britain and beyond with an astounding 66 career wins in total.
If she can secure one more major or two LPGA tournaments she will earn her place in the Hall of Fame automatically - and all of her ardent fans across the globe are willing
her to do it!
Louise Stahle: Louise, 20, from Sweden is all poised to be the next Annika Sorenstam. Having turned professional in August 2005, this year she makes her competitive debut in America and will be one of the rookies in line for ‘Rookie of the Year’.
She has made quite an impact already in her short time as a professional, finishing tied for third in this season’s-starting ANZ Ladies Masters on the Ladies European Tour as well as tied eighth at the Weetabix British Open last season.
Add to that the back-to-back British Amateur titles she claimed in the past two years and you start to get a better insight into the calibre of player in question. At LPGA Q-School, she cruised to a tie for 11th position, earning her unconditional card.
We can expect great things from Louise, who could well make an impact at the majors. Helen Alfredsson has already pointed her out as a potential future Solheim Cup rookie, but on the comparisons to her idol Annika, it’s probably fair to say that she’s a little embarrassed:
“It’s very flattering and I like it but I want to be my own star. I want to be Louise, but of course I would like to follow Annika’s path.”
