Morgan Pressel: The youngest rookie on the LPGA Tour, Pressel tied for sixth at the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament to earn exempt status for the 2006 LPGA season. Despite her youth, Pressel knows golf, becoming the youngest player to qualify for the U.S. Women’s Open conducted by the USGA at the age 12 in 2001 and she finished tied for second with fellow rookie Brittany Lang in 2005.

Last year she was a sponsor exemption in six additional LPGA events, always placing in the top 25. She is sure to be well in the running for the US Rookie if the Year title, but it will be a tough battle, with one of the strongest rookie classes this year in the history of women’s golf.

These players are a fine example of the diverse range of personalities, backgrounds, ages and nationalities that can be found globally in the professional ladies’ game. They do however, all have one common trait: their desire to win. In Europe, we will be lucky enough to witness them all in action at key times throughout the coming year, notably at the British Open and the Evian Masters, the two European majors.