Courtney Ellenbogen

Shot rounds of 77-68â??145 to finish as first alternate at the Sanford, N.C., sectional but later made the field. Best finish of her freshman season at Duke was a fourth-place finish at the 2009 Tar Heel Invitational. Tied for 18th at the 2010 NCAA Div. I Championship. Finished second in the 2009 AJGA Championship at the Virginian. Participated in Blacksburg Country Club's junior golf program with head professional Steve Prater â?¦ Qualified with a 36-hole total of 142 at Forest Creek Golf Course in Virginiaâ?¦ â?¦ played in the 2005 US Girls â?¦ played in the 2005 and 2006 US Women's Amateur â?¦won the 2007 AJGA at Chateau Elan â?¦ won the 2006 State Girls' Championship â?¦ her lowest competitive score is 65, which she shot at the 2007 Scott Robertson Memorial â?¦ she had two holes-in one â?¦ one when she was about 11 in a local tournament from 121 yards with a 7-iron and one at the sectional qualifying for the 2006 U.S. Women's Open from 180 yards with a 7-wood â?¦ her uncle Mark Hawley, an avid golfer who plays at the Old North State Club in Uwharrie Point, N.C., will be her caddie â?¦ besides golf, she enjoys piano (which she has played for 11 years), working out and running when time allows and going to movies â?¦ parents Janet and Bill â?¦ brother Matt is 18 â?¦ won the 2006 Girls' State â?¦ most memorable golf experience was winning the 2006 Virginia State Junior Golf Championship â?¦ her dad played professional football (retired from the New York Giants in 1981) â?¦ her mother is a retired professor at Virginia Tech â?¦will be a junior at Blacksburg High School where she has been on the straight-A honor roll for the past two years â?¦ she plays on the boys' golf team at school because there are not enough girls to start a team â?¦ says qualifying for the Open is her most memorable golf experience.