Karen Paolozzi

PGA Classification: A-8
PGA Section: Georgia
PGA Membership: 2012

Facility: Druid Hills Golf Club

PGA First Assistant Professional at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta...Last name is pronounced ?Pa-LOZE-ee?...in 2014, became the third woman PGA Professional to earn a berth in the PGA Professional Championship, and wioth a T-7 finish in 2016 at Turning Stone Resort, recorded the highest finish by a woman PGA Member in Championship history. . .Follows Suzy Whaley (2002, ?05) and Patty Post (2007) in women competing in the Championship. Earned berths in 2013 in the Championship via the Northern Ohio Section and the Georgia Section in 2015, '16 and '17...Competed in the 2015, '16 and '17 KPMG Women's PGA Championships...Winner, Women's Stroke Play at PGA Golf Club in 2014, '16 and '17 (in 2016, won by 14 shots)...in 2015, won Georgia PGA Professional Championship and Georgia PGA Assistant Championship...was named Georgia PGA Assistant of the Year; earned the same award in Northern Ohio Section in 2013...Attended Indiana University where she earned NCAA first-team All-America and Academic All-America honors...Captured 6 titles including the Big Ten Championship...Earned a Master?s Degree in sports management and athletic administration in 2005, before competing on the former Duramed Futures (now Symetra) Tour...Began apprenticeship at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland, and in 2010 won the Middle Atlantic PGA Assistant Championship...While a Northern Ohio PGA member, became one of three females to win a Section Stroke Play Championship...Also served on the Section Apprentice and Teaching Committees...In 2013, became the first female member of the Ohio Cup Team, which matches 14-member teams from the Northern and Southern Ohio PGA Sections...Introduced to golf by her father.